「美人鱼女孩」希萝．佩平辞世，得年10岁

　　"Mermaid girl" Shiloh Pepin dies at age 10

　　Shiloh Pepin， the little girl born with fused legs， has died at the age of 10.

　　出生时两腿融合为一的小女孩希萝．佩平已与世长辞，得年10岁。

　　Doctors thought Shiloh would only live for days after her birth， but her mother called her a "tough little thing."

　　希萝出生后，医师认为她仅能活几天，但她的母亲称她是「坚强的小家伙」。

　　Shiloh was born with "mermaid syndrome，" also known as sirenomelia， and she only had one partially working kidney， no lower colon or genital organs and her legs were fused from the waist down.

　　希萝出生时患有「美人鱼症候群」，也就是并肢畸形症，而她只有一枚功能不完全的肾、没有结肠或生殖器官，她的腿从腰际以下合并一起。

　　Some children with sirenomelia are able to have surgery to separate their legs， but Shiloh was unable to due to the blood vessels crossing from side to side in her circulatory system that would have been severed. She had received two kidney transplants， the last one was in 2007.

　　一些并肢畸形症儿童能够以手术分开双腿，但希萝因循环系统的血管从左到右交杂，恐遭切断之虞而无法手术。她曾接受两枚肾脏移植，最后一次是在2007年。

　　Her story was recently shown on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Her mother said she came down with a cold earlier this month that quickly turned to pneumonia. Shiloh Pepin died at Maine Medical Center.

　　她的故事最近在「欧普拉秀」播出。她的母亲说，本月初她感冒，迅速转为肺炎。希萝．佩平病逝于缅因医学中心。