Mermaid girl died

Shiloh Pepin was born with the so-called "mermaid syndrome" (sirenomelia) - a rare defect in which the legs are fused. According to the forecasts of doctors girl had to spend a few hours after birth, a maximum of days. But the child stunned the scientific world, denying even the most optimistic assumptions.

The girl died at Maine Medical Center District. Here, it was about two weeks after urgent hospitalization associated with the critical condition. Since the birth of Shiloh became a celebrity of her constantly journalists wrote, the story told in the child's rating American TV show Oprah Winfrey.

Availability sirenomelia It means that a baby at birth is only one partially functioning kidney. He also lacks the descending colon and genitals. Some children suffer from sirenomelia , Surgeons separated her feet, but in the case of Shiloh it was absolutely impossible. The blood vessels are intertwined so tightly that they can not be divided.

Shiloh had two kidney transplants, the last held in 2007. A few days ago the girl had a cold, she developed pneumonia. October 10 Shiloh was taken to the Medical Center of Maine. The last days she was on the respirator, it tried to treat with antibiotics.

The girl went to school like other children. This year it went to the fifth grade.

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