Baby With Two Heads

[WinJStar]

Okay, so I know you all heard about it. I want to know what you think.

Is this one baby born with the deformity of having two heads or is this twin boys? Does it matter? Should they surgically remove one head to give the other child a hope at having some normalcy? How do you choose which child? It appears both have normal brain functions but share same heart, lungs, liver, stomach and pelvis. After reading some of the comments, someone mentioned dietary function, two mouths one stomach. This is a political, medical and emotional debate. I can not even imagine being a conjoined twin, but at least you have separate bodies. How can this/these child/children lead any sort of normal life?

They have for now decided no surgery. The parents seem very pleased and loked forward to bringing him home. What kind of life can this child have? Do you just love this baby and raise him/them as best you can? What chice do you have?



Link to one article. The comments are very interesting: Baby with two heads born in Brazil: Dicephalic parapagus twins Emanoel and Jesus | Mail Online

[Niccivan]

There is another case like this. A girl with two heads and she's got to be almost 20 years old? Now I gotta go look it up. Google here I come.

[Niccivan]

It's not as uncommon as it seems. I mean yes, it's uncommon, but from what I see and read, it happens quite a few times.

[WinJStar]

That seems crazy. I can't even imagine.