{"id":294639,"date":"2023-07-14T16:43:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=294639"},"modified":"2023-07-17T22:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T03:02:35","slug":"conjoined-twins-home-successful-separation-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/conjoined-twins-home-successful-separation-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"‘So grateful’: Conjoined twins go home after successful separation surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two sisters who were conjoined at birth are finally going home with their family after a successful separation surgery.<\/p>\n

Ella Fuller and Eliza Fuller were born at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital in Houston on March 1. At just 12 weeks gestation, their parents, Sandy and Jesse Fuller, learned the twins were conjoined in the womb.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour weeks after we found out there were twins, we \u2026 confirmed that they were conjoined,\u201d Sandy told TODAY<\/a>. \u201cWe were shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the babies grew, doctors were eventually able to determine that the girls were connected at the liver. \u201cThey each had their own (liver), and then it just fused together at where they met,\u201d Jesse said. \u201cSo that was a blessing as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that the twins were conjoined, the pregnancy continued well and doctors delivered the girls via C-section when Sandy was 35 weeks. \u201cIt was a beautiful experience because I just knew, \u2018Oh my gosh, my babies that I\u2019ve been carrying in here are now outside the womb,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re good \u2014 and they immediately started to cry.\u201d<\/p>\n