Queen Prawn Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 NBC5.com Story SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A historic operation is being performed Friday in the Dominican Republic on an infant born with a second head. The surgery is designed to remove the second head, which has a partially formed brain, ears, eyes and lips. It's risky because the two heads share arteries. A team of 18 surgeons, nurses and doctors from the UCLA Medical Center will spend about 13 hours in the operating room. During that time, they will cut off the undeveloped tissue, clip the veins and arteries and close the skull of the 7-week-old baby. This kind of surgery has never been performed before. The case of "Baby Rebeca" -- as she is known -- is only the eighth documented case of its kind in the world. And in each of the other seven cases, the fetuses died before birth. I hope the doctors can pull this off and the child will have a healthy and normal life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Now for the wrong joke... I thought two heads were better than one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 does anyone else now kind of want to see what that looks like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 does anyone else now kind of want to see what that looks like? I sort of do and now I feel kinda evil about that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Hose Jon Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) it's pretty odd so here is a link Heads (This has a small picture....so...you're warned) Edited February 5, 2004 by Soxheads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 Sweet Jesus.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 oh....my.....god Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 NBC5.com Story I hope the doctors can pull this off and the child will have a healthy and normal life. Didn't you read your own post quote, 14?? It's a lot more complicated than just "pulling it off." There's 18 doctors, a 13-hour surgery, etc., etc... Now if it was like just an extra leg or something, then I guess pulling it off might be an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 it's pretty odd so here is a link Heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 does anyone else now kind of want to see what that looks like? I do!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 The second head looks like a monkeys head. If the kid pulls through this, that will look great on his night stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Guys enough with the jokes. It's getting disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonWeltall Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 two guys walk into a bar one ducks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Guys enough with the jokes. It's getting disgusting. I agree. Let's quit while we're a head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 There's 5 more pictures of the 2-headed baby on Ogrish http://www.ogrish.com/index2.php?include=v...4668&&element=8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Damn, I will have to wait until I go home - can't access it from here... PS - I hope she is doing well and the doctors know what they are doing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Yahoo has a more in depth story about this with a few pictures (might be the same in the other link in this post, but I can't access it so I don't know for certain). This is a yahoo link so I don't know how long it will last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 7, 2004 Author Share Posted February 7, 2004 So far so good! Almost there - the operation is 90% complete. Docs say they can't celebrate yet, but so far so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 7, 2004 Author Share Posted February 7, 2004 Duh, forgot to mention - the above link is a yahoo link - don't know how long it will stay active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Very sad news. It would have been something if they had been able to save this little girl. Sadly, I don't think they had any other choice except to try to do what may have been impossible. Her family will be in my thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 My heart goes out to the parents. Nature never intended for parents to bury their children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 7, 2004 Author Share Posted February 7, 2004 Damn. 90% of the way there...now I understand why the doctors were so hesitant about being optomistic. Hopefully they learn from this and can apply what they learned the next time a baby is born this way so that child survives. Prayers and thoughts definitely go out to her and her family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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