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Post by RockToe on Dec 19, 2007 1:11:19 GMT -5
Six Freaky Fingers
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Post by dustyblue25 on Dec 19, 2007 2:39:06 GMT -5
Rocktoe that is the first time I have seen six fingers! ;D6 Red Ruby Hearts 
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Post by dustyblue25 on Dec 19, 2007 2:46:22 GMT -5
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Post by dustyblue25 on Dec 19, 2007 3:03:03 GMT -5
6 Lovely Disney Ladies  |
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Post by dustyblue25 on Dec 19, 2007 3:13:12 GMT -5
6 Fine Footballs  |
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Post by cfbj01 on Dec 19, 2007 20:50:59 GMT -5
RJ love your captions ;D ;D ;D
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Post by redjasper on Dec 19, 2007 21:44:27 GMT -5
OMG, Rocktoe!! Is that six fingers pic for real or has there been some really, REEEAAAALLLY good abracadabra going on?   I'm dating myself, but does anybody remember that spy toy called "Sixfinger"? The commercial used to go... "Sixfinger, Sixfinger, man alive...how did I ever get along with five?" Check it out:  It shot caps, bullets, fragmentation bombs AND it was a ballpoint pen!! Vintage 1965 toy from Topper!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D And how about that Secret Code Clicker!! I want one for Cringemas!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by cfbj01 on Dec 19, 2007 22:00:47 GMT -5
RJ - ;D ;D ;D Can't say as I remember that one - maybe my brothers might.
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Post by RockToe on Dec 19, 2007 22:16:39 GMT -5
OMG, Rocktoe!! Is that six fingers pic for real or has there been some really, REEEAAAALLLY good abracadabra going on? Real Pic & Happy Ending Tirso Furcal grew up in the Dominican Republic with six fingers on his left hand and six toes on both feet.
On November 11th, Dr. Carl P. Valenziano, chairman of surgery at Liberty Health Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, N.J. had all three extra digits removed. Dr. Marc Urquhart performed the surgery.
Furcal was born with a sixth finger, as well as an extra toe on each foot.
Thanks to the generosity of a hospital and surgeons in Jersey City, Furcal, 41, now has ten fingers and ten toes on both hands and feet. Their patient is healing quickly, and hopes to return to his wife and three children in his village, Brisas de los Palemeras. The region Furcal comes from has several other residents, mainly children, who also have extra fingers and toes.
"The majority of the time, it interfered with everything I did, especially when I had to lift up heavy stones," Furcal said through an interpreter.
"The surgery was a success," he said, eight days after his Nov. 11 surgery at Jersey City Medical Center. "I'm hoping things will be better."
Furcal now plans to go to school and pursue his dream of a career in electronics repair, something previously impossible because his deformity prevented him from getting his hands inside electronic equipment.
His left hand had a full extra finger sticking out from the side, forming a "Y" with his pinkie.
Hand surgeon Dr. Marc Urquhart removed that finger and reattached the muscles from it to Furcal's fifth finger so he could move it normally. Urquhart also removed the extra toes on each foot, which sat atop his fourth and fifth toes, making it very painful to wear shoes. Furcal's right hand has a small nub on the side about the size of a wart, but that did not need to be removed.
"He's going to do fabulously," said Dr. Carl Valenziano, chairman of surgery at the medical center. "He has very good function of his hands now."
Valenziano, who arranged for Furcal's first trip ever away from his home so he could have the surgery, said Monday that Furcal could walk almost immediately afterward and already is wearing shoes comfortably.
A former shopkeeper who lost his small food store in his village in an economic downturn, Furcal then got work with his brother's construction business, polishing stone floors being installed in churches and school buildings in and around Santo Domingo, the country's capital.
He first met Valenziano a couple years ago, when the doctor was on a medical charity mission organized by the group Foundation for Peace. Valenziano periodically goes on the group's missions to build schools, orphanages and churches and to provide health care, medicine, vitamins and water sterilization systems to people in the poor Caribbean nation, which shares an island with Haiti.
Valenziano was helping to pour the floor and put up walls for a new church, and Furcal was part of the construction crew working there.
Furcal eagerly accepted Valenziano's offer to fix his condition, and the doctor arranged for Furcal's airfare, visa and for him to stay with Dominican families in northern New Jersey before and after the surgery. The hospital's chief executive, Jonathan Metsch, agreed to waive all the costs for the man's surgery and hospital stay.  |
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Post by IWOmusic on Dec 19, 2007 22:19:04 GMT -5
6 off-Balanced Ballerinas 
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Post by IWOmusic on Dec 19, 2007 22:21:05 GMT -5
6 Giggly Guys 
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Post by redjasper on Dec 19, 2007 22:23:11 GMT -5
The real thing! Thanks for the background story, Rocktoe!!
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Post by redjasper on Dec 19, 2007 22:29:12 GMT -5
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Post by redjasper on Dec 19, 2007 22:55:39 GMT -5
6 Dated Dolls1 & 2   3 & 4   5 & 6   Match the doll to the picture!! - Little Miss No Name - Chatty Cathy - Tippee Toes - Thumbelina - Betsy Wetsy - Liddle Kiddle
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Post by IWOmusic on Dec 19, 2007 23:12:19 GMT -5
RT Wow! a real thing! RJ I wish to match the names, but I only had a one doll as a kid and she was a generic type without the name  6 Dutiful Dogs 
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Post by IWOmusic on Dec 19, 2007 23:14:08 GMT -5
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Post by IWOmusic on Dec 19, 2007 23:15:14 GMT -5
6 Busy Builders 
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Post by dustyblue25 on Dec 20, 2007 2:38:31 GMT -5
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Post by dustyblue25 on Dec 20, 2007 2:46:05 GMT -5
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Post by redjasper on Dec 20, 2007 20:32:04 GMT -5
5 Zippy Zebras
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