http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/eat/default.aspxTags: eatenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/15/girl-eats-twin-says-quot-needs-salt-quot.aspxThu, 15 May 2008 17:58:00 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:93746Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!)5http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=93746http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/15/girl-eats-twin-says-quot-needs-salt-quot.aspx#comments<p><a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/4920b_2346859365_7a84f65d53_o.jpg"><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/4920b_2346859365_7a84f65d53_o.jpg" alt="" align="right" border="0" height="168" hspace="4" width="127" /></a> A 9-year-old girl complaining of stomach pains had a <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/15/international/i045832D00.DTL&amp;tsp=1">2-inch-long embryo </a>complete with head, hair and eyes removed from her belly, while her parents issued this statement from the waiting room: &quot;So <i>that&#39;s</i> where the other one went! I <i>knew</i> we were missing something.&quot;</p><p>Doctors in Greece, where this occurred, said that one in a set of twins absorbs the other in about 1 in every 500,000 births. The girl -- I mean the one who was not eaten -- had complained of stomach pains, went to get checked out and voila, there was a lump in her stomach. (Did this lump remain for the girl&#39;s entire 9-year existence? Was this the first time she ever felt discomfort? Good questions -- no answers.)</p><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=93746" width="1" height="1">embryogirlabsorbedeattwinmmmm