MUTYA?

'Mermaid' baby born in CamNorte town dies 

By Shiena M. Barrameda 

MUTYA. Mutya Gonzales lies peacefully after she was declared dead by local doctors five days after she was born with fused legs and no anus. 

The baby, who died five days later after birth, was named Mutya Gonzales by parents Jane and Fortunato Gonzales, the name apparently inspired by a ‘telenovela’ about a child mermaid of the same name.

Camarines Norte Gov. Edgar ‘Egay’ Tallado confirmed to media that the baby was born with her legs fused together that made her appear like the mythical aqua-human creature. He, however, disclosed that the child had no scales on her legs but was, nonetheless, dubbed a ‘sirena’ by amused neighbors in Barangay Matoogtoog in the coastal town of Mercedes, Camarines Norte where her parents live.

Tallado confirmed that the child was immediately buried after it was declared dead by the municipal health officer who claimed that toxins had poisoned the baby’s frail body. Medical findings declare that the child also had no anus which means her body was not capable of expelling toxins through bowel movement.

Meanwhile, the child’s mother Jane admitted she was very fond of watching the teleserye about a young mermaid called Mutya when she was still pregnant. Apparently, she and some of her neighbors associated her fondness for the mermaid to be the reason behind her child’s deformity.

The child’s condition, which is medically known as Sirenomelia or “mermaid syndrome,” is a rare congenital disorder which affects one out of 100,000 live births all over the world, according to studies. 

I believe in PURPOSE. Can you imagine Mutya as a grown up? Do you think she will be given equal treatment? I don’t think so. For just five days, her life became a blockbuster in the media. How much more if she lived few more days? Or months? Years? Decades?

Maybe God allowed the baby to die and give her just five days to live because he doesn’t want Mutya to be put to shame. But that is just “Maybe”. I am not sure, but it can be the reason.

You would ask, why did God made Mutya like that? Why not made her a normal person? I cannot answer you that. I am not God. But as far as I know him, his plans are great and our way of thinking is far from the way he thinks. And nobody could ever imagine how great his plan is for each of us, if only we would listen.