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Surgery reveals newborn baby had foot and other body parts embedded in brain

Posted December 17th, 2008, 02:15 PM by Admin - 4 replies Post to Facebook Bookmark and Share



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Springs newborn had foot, other body parts, embedded in brain



The parents of Sam Esquibel know him only as a miracle baby.
The Colorado Springs infant survived surgery to remove what was believed to be a tumor when he was just 3 days old.
"The doctors said to us, 'This one is for the books,' " mom Tiffnie Esquibel said.
Inside the microscopic tumor was what looked like the formations of two feet, a hand and thigh.
"To find a perfectly formed structure (like this) is extremely unique, unusual, borderline unheard of," said Dr. Paul Grabb, the veteran pediatric neurosurgeon who performed the operation on Sam at Colorado Springs' Memorial Hospital for Children.

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Old Posted December 17th, 2008, 05:06 PM

Incest is bad kids, m'kay?

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Old Posted December 20th, 2008, 09:17 PM

So he had his normal hands and feet, but he had extra body parts growing from his brain? That wouldn't be a tumor would it?
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Old Posted December 21st, 2008, 07:58 AM

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So he had his normal hands and feet, but he had extra body parts growing from his brain? That wouldn't be a tumor would it?
Nope. Sounds like one of those parasitic twins or something that didn't quite make it to the outside.
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Old Posted December 21st, 2008, 09:12 AM

I wonder, would this kid be any good at football?

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