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Shiloh Pepin, 10-year-old Maine girl rare condition known as "mermaid syndrome," died Friday. After a cold developed into pneumonia earlier this month, Pepin was rushed to Maine Medical Center, where they took antibiotics and ventilato

Doctors and her family were hopeful for a while, but after a week in critical care, Shiloh Pepin diedHer condition, also known as sirenomelia, meant that herlegswere fused together. As a result of the condition, Shiloh Pepin only had one partially working kidney, no lower colon, and no genital organs. She was not expected to live for more than a few days after birth, but her mother described her as "a tough little thing."Many patients with the condition are able to have surgery to separate their legs, but blood vessels in Shiloh Pepin's system that crossed from one side to the other

Shiloh Pepin was a fifth-grader in the Kennebunkport Consolidated School. Counselors will be available next week to talk to school mates Pepin, because sad.

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Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born fused legs after the death of ten. Shiloh Pepin was born in Kennebunkport, Maine in August 1999. Girl hit "mermaid syndrome", which is very rare among.

Before her death, she appeared on Oprah and TLC. On the Oprah show, she aired her family’s dirty laundry and totally ignored Oprah. As she was being called “mermaid girl”, on Oprah she said that she doAt the time of her birth, Doctors had predicted that she would only survive only for few days. Hence, after fighting from the disease for ten years the little girl died on Friday afternoon at Maine Medical Centeresn’t mind by

He was in critical condition in the last week. Shiloh was born the "mermaid syndrome", also known as Sirenomelia is a very rare congenital malformation of the legs are fused together, giving the appearance of the mermaid tail. The condition is found in every 100,000 live births,

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Today is a sad day. 'Mermaid Girl' Shiloh Pepin died at the age of ten. This little girl was born with rare condition in his legs fused together. This is the "mermaid syndrome" or sirenomelia.
After being predicted for only having the ability to survive for days by doctors at her birth, she died ten years later defying all odds. Her mother said that her daughter was "a tough little thing".

Shiloh died after coming down with a terrible cold that turned into pneumonia. Despite medicine and the ventilator she was strapped to, she didn't pull through. Shiloh's story made it on the "The Oprah Winfrey Show". She also had a documentary on TLC. From there she gained a following on the internet and tv. People around the world are being touched by her story.
Shiloh never had the ability to have surgery to separate her legs as important blood vessels crossing side to side in her circulatory system would kill her.(c) tPC