Little Lakshmi, who had wriggled her toes and smiled to signal, is off ventilators and will move out of the ICU in a couple of days.
A team of doctors led by Dr. Sharan S Patil, of Sparsh Hospital in southern Indian city of Bangalore, said the baby's condition continues to be stable. Doctors are hopeful that she will soon be able to walk about.
Dr. Sharan S Patil told the Times of India, "This morning, blood parameters were within normal limits. We started weaning her off the ventilator and now she is completely off the life support system."
"But chances of infections are high as the surgical wounds are fresh and she is not completely out of the woods. We are nearing the completion of critical time. But as of now, everything has been going according to plan and has been showing good signs of recovery," the doctor added.
Lakshmi, who has been revered by some in her village as a reincarnation of the four-armed Hindu goddess she was named after, was born joined at the pelvis to a "parasitic twin" that stopped developing in her mother's womb. The surviving fetus absorbed the limbs, kidneys and other body parts of the undeveloped fetus.
On Wednesday, a team of more than 30 surgeons concluded the 24-hour operation, removing the extra limbs, transplanting a kidney from the twin and reconstructing Lakshmi's pelvic area.
Though the surgery was a great success but the toddler will need further treatments and possible surgery for clubbed feet before she will be able to walk.
