From Mother’s Day, congrutulations for the parents of conjoined twins Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen, placing their baby daughters on an operating table was one of the hardest moments.
Five-month-old twin girls who were surgically separated last week were upgraded Monday from critical to serious condition, the Mayo Clinic said.
Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen, of Fargo, N.D., were born Nov. 29 attached at the diaphragm, pancreas and liver. They also shared a common bile duct and part of an intestine.
But the day-long surgery worked. Doctors untangled their livers, repositioned their hearts and divided a shared intestine. The twins were separated Friday during a surgery that lasted nearly 12 hours and remain in intensive care. The Mayo Clinic said Monday the girls continue to show steady improvement and finally slept in separate beds.
“We’ve had our prayers answered up to now,” the girls’ parents, Amy and Jesse Carlsen, wrote in a message posted on the family’s web journal at the weekend. “And we will continue to pray for a perfect recovery.”
The girls, separated by a team of Mayo Clinic surgeons, have a tough recovery ahead. On Saturday, they remained in intensive care under sedation, breathing with the assistance of ventilators. As the care team continues to closely monitor their progress, the girls are right on course as expected and hoped, with tests showing continued healing,’ Mayo Clinic said in a statement.
‘It`s amazing how our girls have touched so many people`s lives,’ the parents said.
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