Peru: 'Mermaid' baby walking

Peru’s “miracle baby” was seen walking without the help of a doctor, six months after her second operation to fully separate her legs.

Peru: 'Mermaid' baby walking

Peru’s “miracle baby” was seen walking without the help of a doctor, six months after her second operation to fully separate her legs.

Milagros Cerron, whose first name means “miracles” in Spanish, was born with a rare congenital defect known as sirenomelia, or “mermaid syndrome”, which left her legs connected from her heels to her groin.

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