I guess it's for the best. If it wasn't removed the kid would have had the piss ripped out of him while growing up.
I'm just glad the kid's apparently okay now. He had an experienced doctor, or at least the hospital had dealt with similar cases, i.e. conjoined twins. It would have been awkward having a third arm.
It's better this way, now he can live a normal life. I hope he's fine. But maybe it's a loss for science. If they could've studied him, it could be intresting for them. I'm against that, though, he's a human not a lab rat.
Blasphemy! ...wait, this isn't English class. (book we're reading =P) Man, that would have been a horrible childhood, so many kids picking on him. But then again, with a third arm, he could learn to fight, and damn....
yeah, imagine playing basketball, or being a football goal keeper! St0f - Yeah no humans should be lab rats, it's just wrong.
Here, let me remove the bubble for you... http://www.china.org.cn/english/2003/Sep/74927.htm I dont know why you would be so offended or find it offensive about something that is fairly common and a known problem there. I didn't say "wow" as in I'm surprised, I said it as in I cant believe it is still happening at such a large rate. And the fact they are pushing to become a superpower in the next 50 years, it may not get better. This quote from the original article should set off a flag too.
my friend has like 3 lungs because she was supposed to have a twin sister but she took over her body before they were born.
I'm really grateful for that poor kid. It's good he got it removed, I don't think a biological malfunction is any reason to make an innocent kid a test dummy. But I do think they should make an investigation of living conditions or the mothers health because it may help in future treatment.
Well its nice to know he's fine now, i was wondering if such a child was born in india he would be a hero of some sort, i mean like a decendant of Mahakali (a godess with numerous arms) anything abnormal here is considered as heavenly intervention.
Naw grafitTied, I highly doubt the villagers would praise an extra arm rather than moan at their ill fate, now if it were four arms, then...
As far as growing up mentally/emotionally, removing his arm is for the better. He would have been teased constantly. Physically, it'd be sort of a trouble (trying to make every shirt he has have 3 sleeves, anyone?) To look on the bright side, if he had kept with 3 arms, he'd have somewhat of an advantage over some people. Multi-tasking, possibly. It was for the better though.
I've just thought... Imagine how well he would have been able to shred if they'd have kept his third arm...