Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford(NEW YORK) — The California hospital where conjoined twins were separated last week released video on Wednesday of the two-year-old girls meeting for the first time since their 17-hour surgery.
#Breaking: #Video with first pictures of the successfully separated #ConjoinedTwins since their surgery 1 week ago. #PersonofTheWeek #health pic.twitter.com/94yInQdXpt
— Stanford Children’s (@StanfordChild) December 14, 2016
The pair have been recovering in the same room in the intensive care unit at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, but in different beds.
See the first pictures of formerly #conjoinedtwins Eva and Erika Sandoval, reunited for the 1st time since their surgery. #hcsm #news pic.twitter.com/xTSAyfRgTb
— Stanford Children’s (@StanfordChild) December 14, 2016
Prior to the surgery, they shared a bladder, liver and parts of their digestive system and a third leg. Eva and Erika each retain portions of the organs they shared, and each still has one leg.
Conjoined twins and our medical team who separated them named “Persons of the Week” by @DavidMuir on @ABCWorldNews https://t.co/cmA75yW1QM
— Stanford Children’s (@StanfordChild) December 12, 2016
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