Good news for once

[IAN 2411]

Docs Astonished As Girl Grows New Kidneys
A girl has stunned doctors by growing two new kidneys to replace ones that had failed and left her seriously ill.
Five-year-old Angel Burton went for surgery after being beset by kidney problems since birth.
But surgeons at Sheffield Children's Hospital were astonished to find she had a pair of perfectly-formed organs sitting on top of the old ones.
Furthermore, the extra organs had taken over the work of the originals - so instead of suffering kidney failure, she could look forward to a bright, healthy future.
Angel's mum, Claire Burton, told the Daily Mail: "It's a real miracle. We're just so grateful to have Angel back to her happy, healthy self."
She said the surgeon told her he was "stunned" regular scanning over a five-year period had failed to pick up on the extra organs.
It is thought they were not detected as the new kidneys were sitting just above the originals and tests showed them as one.
Angel, from Louth in Lincolnshire, suffers from duplex kidney, a rare condition where the organs are fused together in the middle. They either share or have their own ureters taking urine to the bladder.
In an even rarer occurrence, both of the organs were duplex, giving her four kidneys and four ureters.
Angel's health deteriorated almost as soon as she was born.
After being diagnosed with bilateral reflux - which means urine was leaking into and infecting her kidneys - a scan had revealed the organs had been badly damaged.
It was during an operation to create an artificial valve in October 2007 that doctors found the extra kidneys.
Angel is now eight and on course to make a full recovery.



Is this evelution in the making? i just can't immagine what that girls parents must be feeling with news like that.

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[MMI]

Great news indeed

Not to diminish the wonder of this event, I am curious why the Mail chose to report it now ... some three years after the event.

[Thorne]

I don't know if you could call it evolution. It very well may be a mutation, but apparently there were serious problems with her kidney functions, so it may not be a "good" mutation. Also, very young children are still developing rapidly, and it may just be that whatever genetic switch triggers such things hadn't yet turned off, allowing new kidneys to be developed when the old ones failed.

Another thing to consider is that the new organs have the same rare structure as the old ones, so I would be concerned about problems down the line, but now that the docs are aware of the problems they can monitor her much more closely. Either way, I wouldn't classify it as a miracle. A happy story, yes, and strange for sure, but no miracle.

On the other hand, maybe she's part Klingon, with duplicate organs!

[IAN 2411]

Great news indeed

Not to diminish the wonder of this event, I am curious why the Mail chose to report it now ... some three years after the event.

It might have been that the story was held back on request of the parents or doctors, until they were certain that there were no complications. Then again my mother is 87 and she reads the Mail and they are always behind when it comes to good news, i always thought it was a paper full of doom and gloom.

On the other hand, maybe she's part Klingon, with duplicate organs!

Err umm is there something that you haven’t told us about you, like that maybe you’re a secret treky? This could be Thorn, but not as we know him Captain LOL

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[Thorne]

Err umm is there something that you haven’t told us about you, like that maybe you’re a secret treky?

I wouldn't say "treky". You'll never see me at those conventions, even without dressing up like a refugee from a 23rd century loony bin.

This could be Thorn, but not as we know him Captain LOL

And don't call me Captain!

My Lord will do quite nicely.