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Lakshmi Makes First Post-Op Appearance

'So far, so good,' says doc who removed Indian girl's extra limbs

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 13, 2007 2:58 PM CST
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(Newser) – Nearly a week after the marathon surgery to remove her two extra arms and legs, 2-year-old Lakshmi Tatma made her first public appearance today, the AP reports. The girl appeared healthy and alert before the Indian media, although her legs are in casts and doctors say she will need additional treatment, and possibly more surgery, for clubbed feet.

"She is coping very well and she is stable," said the chief surgeon of Lakshmi's medical team. "We still have things to do, but so far, so good." Lakshmi will continue to be monitored closely as her surgical wounds heal. Doctors reported she had begun eating solid food again.

Shambhu, right, holds his daughter Lakshmi as her mother Poonam, left, brother Mithilesh, center, and Dr. Sharan Patil, standing center background, look on during a press conference at Sparsha Hospital in Banglore, India, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Nearly a week after surgeons removed the extra limbs from the Indian girl...
Shambhu, right, holds his daughter Lakshmi as her mother Poonam, left, brother Mithilesh, center, and Dr. Sharan Patil, standing center background, look on during a press conference at Sparsha Hospital...   (Associated Press)
In this photograph provided by the Sparsh Hospital, Poonam, right, holds her daughter Lakshmi inside a ward of the Sparsha Hospital in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Nearly a week after surgeons removed the extra limbs from the Indian girl born with four arms and four legs, the bright-eyed...
In this photograph provided by the Sparsh Hospital, Poonam, right, holds her daughter Lakshmi inside a ward of the Sparsha Hospital in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Nearly a week after surgeons...   (Associated Press)
Dr.Sharan Patil, center left, addresses a press conference along with other doctors at Sparsha Hospital in Banglore, India, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Swathed in blankets and lying on her father's lap, Lakshmi, appeared before reporters without the extra limbs which had led some people in her rural village to...
Dr.Sharan Patil, center left, addresses a press conference along with other doctors at Sparsha Hospital in Banglore, India, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Swathed in blankets and lying on her father's lap, Lakshmi,...   (Associated Press)
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