Update: Eight-Limbed People

This just in from our Eight Limb Bureau Chief brokedickdog . . .

(Story first published in May 2007)

A toddler born with eight limbs and believed by some to be the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess Vishnu, is set to undergo a 40-hour operation to remove half of her limbs. Read more.

UPDATE, Nov. 6, 9:15 a.m.

When brokedickdog sent this in, I had no idea it was going to be a big story today. That's because I only looked at the picture and didn't read the story about today's surgery. Here's a more current story.