October 25, 2007

"Human Pin Cushion"


The length that people will go to in an effort to have a boy in China. This woman believes her grandparents inserted over 25 pins into her in an attempt to change her sex. Years later, the late grandparents missed seeing her be rushed into surgery after finding blood in her urine.
"[The needles] had penetrated vital organs such as the lungs, kidney and liver, while a needle in her brain had broken into three pieces.
Others in her chest were lodged near major arteries."
No word on why the grandparents thought poking their granddaughter with 26 pins would turn her into a boy.

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