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Hospital Takes on Rare Surgery to Help Baby Born With Four Legs
Surgeons have successfully operated on a baby from Africa who was born with two spines and an extra set of legs protruding from her neck.
CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune/TNS) - Advocate Children’s Hospital surgeons have successfully operated on a baby from Africa who was born with two spines and an extra set of legs protruding from her neck.
The hospital announced Tuesday that 10-month-old Dominique from Ivory Coast, or Cote d’Ivoire, in West Africa, is recovering well from the March 8 surgery. The baby has already started sitting up again, said Nancy Swabb, who is hosting the infant in her Edgebrook neighborhood home during the infant’s recovery in the U.S.
