A teenager who has two extra arms and a torso growing on her body is to finally have them removed. Veronica Cominguez, 14, was born with a parasitic twin growing on her body. The twin obviously failed to develop properly but has continued to grow with Veronica.
Now the schoolgirl from Iligan City in the Philippines will have them removed after villagers raised enough money for her to be flown to Thailand for an operation. She said: ‘When I was little, I thought it was just a foot. But as I grew up, it became bigger. It’s heavy, it limits my movement. It keeps swinging. My dress often gets wet.’ Veronica’s mother, Flora Cominguez, said their family has a history of twins. She was not able to properly see a doctor during her pregnancy but said that she knew that it was twins. She even had a name for both of them. Unfortunately, the other baby did not fully develop.
Veronica is now waiting to have her ‘twin’ who has become a parasite, removed as soon as possible. The local government office in her village, which has her under its welfare care system, said she is due to fly to Thailand in the coming weeks for the procedure.
