Whatever happened to the 'Little Mermaid'?
Looking back over my collection of notes for last year, I wondered what became of little Milagros the "merbaby'.

Born with the rare condition "mermaid syndrome" or "sirenomelia", her legs were fused together, connected by skin down to the feet. Her feet were splayed in a V-shape, and her abdomen merged into her legs, but with normal bone structure and independent movement within the two joined legs.

Usually babies with the condition die within days of birth. Milagros is one of only three known survivors. The only person who is known to have survived in the long term is 16-year-old American Tiffany Yorks, whose legs were separated before she was one year old.

OK that was a year ago. Where is Milagros now ?