Miracle of the Little Dancing Mermaid Girl

Apr 23, 05:49 AM

Current Headlines: Peru's "miracle baby" was seen walking without the help of a doctor, six months after her second operation to fully separate her legs.

Milagros Cerron, whose first name means "miracles" in Spanish, was born with a rare congenital defect known as sirenomelia, or mermaid syndrome, which left her legs connected from her heels to her groin.

Her doctor, Luis Rubio, said doctors successfully recovered her hips, knees and ankles and that she was "doing well physically".

The toddler, three next week, has begun taking ballet classes and running around the playground with her nursery school playmates.

Milagros will need another operation to reconstruct and repair her urinary organs.

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