Category: conjoined twins

Formerly Conjoined Twins Welcomed Home 4 Weeks After Surgery

Four weeks after a team of doctors separated Ella Grace and Eliza Faith Fuller, well-wishers gathered in the town square in Center, Texas, to welcome home the formerly conjoined twins and their parents. “It’s hard to express [in] words just how excited we are,” Jesse Fuller, the girls’ dad, told KHOU-TV before the family left the…


‘One-in-2.5 Million’ Conjoined Twin Girls Who Survived Separation Surgery Graduate From Kindergarten: PHOTOS

Rare conjoined twins who survived separation surgery, despite just a two percent chance of survival, have graduated from kindergarten. Mom Heather Delaney, 33, from Statesville, North Carolina, learned at just 11 weeks pregnant that she was carrying conjoined twin girls. Doctors told her the chance of having craniopagus twins—connected at the head—was one in 2.5…


1-Year-Old Conjoined Twins Separated in Israel

Israeli doctors say they have performed a complex surgery to separate one-year-old conjoined twins, the first such effort ever in Israel. The twin girls were separated in a 12-hour procedure by Israeli and international medical experts at the Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel’s Beersheba, the center said in a statement sent to The Associated…


Formerly Conjoined Twins Thriving 5 Years After Separation Reunite With Hospital Family to Celebrate

Formerly conjoined twins—who underwent an unprecedented separation procedure—just celebrated five years of life since their operation. The South Texas twins are healthy and thriving, thanks to the expertise of pediatric surgeon Dr. Haroon Patel and the team at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Scarlett and Ximena Torres were born conjoined, a rare and surprising story on its…