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Baby in Zambia getting conjoined twin removed

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Little Faith Mwampe was born with the feet and extra tissue of an unformed twin sister on her bum area. Now that she is 9 months old, the doctors in Zambia will perform surgery to remove what’s left of her sib. Her mom, Mercy Lenganji, is 18 years old. The father of the child rejected her outright and hasn’t been back. To send him hate mail, you can look him up in Zambia. His name is Martin Mwampe.

baby Faith Mwampe

Mercy’s family have been with her all the way and kept her and the kid strong. Now there’s just waiting for the actual surgery. They have been told Faith will only need one surgery and the rest of recovery will be therapy.

from the UK Telegraph
and wtf_nature