This little girl...

[synnoveaevael]

Has more balls than anyone I've ever met.

Real Life Little Mermaid

Shiloh Pepin will turn 8 years old on Saturday, against all odds, against all reason and against what doctors told her parents the day she was born.

Shiloh was born with sirenomelia, a disorder also known as Mermaid Syndrome. The vast majority of fetuses with sirenomelia never make it to full-term. Of those that do — and scientists say their numbers are only in the hundreds throughout the world and throughout history — almost all die within hours of birth.

Real Life Little Mermaid

You can donate to this little girl! Donate!

I totally did. /sap. <3

ETA: 09/30/10

Apparently she passed away from complications of pneumonia shortly after this. October 23, 2009 :(

Comments

[craftyskwrl.livejournal.com]

I want to hear more. Is there a full show about her?

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

i think there is an episode about her in a discovery series.

i heart this little girl!

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_nature/393222.html

wandering free...wish i could be...part of your world....

[lord-pendulous.livejournal.com]

forget the fact that her legs are fused together...how about she wasn't born with fucking gills.

Re: wandering free...wish i could be...part of your world....

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

you are a FREAK.

Re: wandering free...wish i could be...part of your world....

[jedi-007.livejournal.com]

and this is news?

Re: wandering free...wish i could be...part of your world....

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

i just like to state the obvious time to time ;-)

[jedi-007.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwww

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

jes!!

[blueyz72.livejournal.com]

OMG, I really think this is the little girl I have an article on from 3-4 years ago (age, name the same...must be right?) but I thought at the time it was an article about her going in for surgery to have them separated. Hmmm, now thinking about it they described how it would happen but not that it DID happen (they had many surgeries listed of what would have to happen from start to end). Maybe they only did the first one(gave her out for digestive system).

Lol, yes I am a geek but now I must go look up more.

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

lol... go for it :)

[vladyphoenixv.livejournal.com]

I don't know if surgery would benefit her at this point. She's never had legs to use, so she'd never be able to walk. And from what I've seen in the videos, she doesn't look like she gives a shit if she has two legs or one.

She's a very brave and articulate little girl. I wish her nothing but the best. =)

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

exactly!

me too :)