Conjoined Twins Coming
At The Of The Month
Next Tuesday, doctors at
the Lucile Packard
Children’s Hospital de
Palo Alto, California,
will be announcing that
the separated twins,
Yurelia and Fiorella
Rocha Arias, will be
making their way back to
Costa Rica by the end of
the month.
The conjoined twins were
separated on November
12.
Yurelia and Fiorella
were born joined at the
torax and shared the
liver and a heart valve.
The twins mother Marķa
Elizabeth Rocha Arias
has been with her babies
since their arrival in
the United States and
will be coming home with
them.
The separation surgery,
led by Dr. Gary Hartman,
took months of
preparation and planning
and only a 50% success
rate had been expected.
However, the twins beat
the odds and have made a
wonderful recovery.
Marķa Elizabeth has
called the operation an
unforgettable experience
and "a miracle of God",
thanking all those who
prayed for her and her
children.
Although the Yurelia and
Fiorella were born in
Costa Rica, both parents
are Nicaraguan nationals
and are asking help both
from the Nicaraguan and
Costa Rican governments
for help when they
return home. |
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