matt cardier mcardierhotmailcom httpwwwcnncom2002worldamericas0826perumotherreutindexhtml lima peru reuters lina medinas parents thought 5yearold daughter huge abdominal tumor shamans remote village perus andes could find cure father carried hospital month later gave birth boy aged 5 years seven months 21 days old child born caesarean section may 1939 medina made medical history still youngest known mother world time perus government promised aid never materialized six decades medina lives husband cramped house poor crimeridden district peruvian capital known little chicago 68 keeps long refused requests rake past gerardo son delivered still child died 1979 age 40 new book written obstetrician interested case drawn fresh attention medinas story raised prospect peruvian government may belatedly offer financial assistance government condemned live poverty country would objects special care jose sandoval author mother aged 5 told reuters still time repair damage done thats fundamental objective added totally willing help sandoval raised medinas case office first lady eliane karp asked government grant life pension something officials say possible totally willing help said spokeswoman marta castaneda suni ramos social action department karps office said government could grant pension aid already planning kitchen household equipment needed talk discuss wanted needed currently trying contact medina family medinas husband raul jurado told reuters wife remained skeptical got help 1939 know said thinks governments never deliver maybe today promise never come true jurado said wife whose story medical textbook classic whose case confirmed true bodies american college obstetricians gynecologists turned reuters request interview medical rarity one ever established father medinas child confirmed became pregnant raped one nine children born country folk ticrapo andean village altitude 7400 feet 2250 meters perus poorest province medina believed youngest case precocious puberty history sandoval said said first period 2 12 became pregnant aged 4 years eight months doctors performed caesarean deliver baby found already fully mature sexual organs swelling stomach worried parents thought tumor said shamans ruled village superstitions including one locals believed snake grew inside person killed recommended take hospital nearest big town pisco came staggering diagnosis pregnant father jailed temporarily suspicion incest later released lack evidence doctors police even film crew set village preliminary investigations case sandoval based book media published information interviews relatives medina declined comment said news child mothertobe drew instant offers aid including one worth 5000 us businessman turned offers followed medina transferred lima hospital fully developed 6pound 27 kg baby born may 14 1939 mothers day one offer worth 1000 week plus expenses medina baby exhibited worlds fair new york another us business family accepted early june 1939 pair travel united states scientists study case offer included setting fund ensure lifelong financial comfort within days state trumped previous offers decreeing medina baby moral danger resolving set special commission protect sandoval said abandoned case six months absolutely nothing happy ending though physically mature medina sandoval said mentally normal showed unusual medical symptoms still behaved like child preferring play dolls instead new baby fed wet nurse medina stayed hospital 11 months finally returning family began legal proceedings led supreme court ruling allowing live taunting schoolmates gerardo named one doctors attended medina became mentor discovered 10 woman grown believing sister fact mother died 1979 disease attacks bodys bone marrow sandoval said clear link illness fact mother young medina married 1972 second son 33 years first second child lives mexico appears turned bizarre story taboo subject want get lives thats said jurado adding thought absolutely nothing fact wife worlds youngest mother said couples main concern governments offer aid genuine granted value property belonged medina thengovernment expropriated two decades ago house destroyed road site said value less 25000 settling property question would conclude long legal battle get back home live modest house accessed dingy alley half blocked wooden board tough neighborhood known locals thieves paradise government really wants helpthey give us value property said sandoval said optimistic medinas story studied since student days would turn well believe happy ending said result war corporations enthroned era corruption high places follow moneypower country endeavor prolong reign working upon prejudices people wealth aggregated hands republic destroyed abraham lincoln nov 21 1864 letter col william f elkins nontext portions message removed yahoo groups sponsor 4 dvds free sp join httpusclickyahoocompt6ybbnxieaamvfiaa7gsolbtm unsubscribe group send email forteanaunsubscribeegroupscom use yahoo groups subject httpdocsyahoocominfoterms wed 28 aug 2002 204214 1000 zzzzteana compensation worlds youngest mother