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  • Woman with ‘mannequin disease’ grows second skeleton

    12/28/2016 6:04:10 PM PST · by heterosupremacist · 28 replies
    http://nypost.com ^ | 12/28/016 | Jasmin Floyd
    It started when Jasmin Floyd was on her way to kindergarten and complained of a stiff neck. The family had just moved to Connecticut, but it turned out to be the beginning of the mother and daughter’s worst nightmare — it was when Floyd’s body began trapping her inside itself. Floyd was diagnosed with FOP (Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva), which is known as the mannequin disease, according to CNN. It is causing Floyd to grow a second skeleton, as her ligaments and muscle slowly turn to bone. It’s a rare disease that affects 1 in two million people and it is...