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<title>Inspiring.</title>
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    <p>For the record, I think Shiloh&#39;s cute, not the disease. *Gulp*</p>

  	
	
	








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<title>There&#x26;#39;s no doubt in my mind she shouldn&#x26;#39;t </title>
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    <p>There&#39;s no doubt in my mind she shouldn&#39;t get her legs separated. If you&#39;ve seen this show you&#39;ll see that her legs are pretty much morphed together in a tangled mess making it nearly impossible for them to separate them. They have bigger things to worry about, like her waste bags, which I think is the cause of her infections. She also has that whole kidney problem. Ah, seriously there are just so many issues with this. I couldn&#39;t help but feel horrible for the parents because they really weren&#39;t sure whether or not they should have had her in the first place. But hey, I say it&#39;s pretty damn cool to have a mermaid baby.
Besides all her medical stuff Shiloh was pretty normal. She may be only 8, but she acts years older. It&#39;s strange when she acts like a kid on the show because she handles all the medical stuff pretty well. You pretty much get a sense of how much is sucks to be a mermaid child (weight gain, constant medical business, the risk of infection at any time) She&#39;s basically always in danger of getting sick.
I thought the people who made the documentary were a little over the top with the mermaid references. They kept on putting her in the pool and showing the ocean. It was kinda funny, but also a little too much. 
Overall it&#39;s a great show.
EVERYONE MUST SEE THIS.</p>

  	
	
	








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I thought the people who made the documentary were a little over the top with the mermaid references. They kept on putting her in the pool and showing the ocean. It was kinda funny, but also a little too much. 
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