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Former conjoined twins out of critical condition
Aug 15, 2006, 20:08 GMT
Salt Lake City - The 4-year-old twins who were separated last week in a 26-hour operation have been removed from the critical list and have held hands for the first time since the risky surgical procedure, the family said Tuesday.
Kendra and Maliyah Herrin are awake intermittently, joking with their family and nurses as the medical team at Primary Children's Medical Centre monitors their progress to make sure there are no infections, their father Jake said.
'Things are going great today,' he wrote Tuesday on the family's website. 'Maliyah is talking much more and smiling. Kendra is as well. We see progress every day, and that means it's one day closer to going home.'
The girls were born joined at the pelvis and sharing a pair of legs, a liver, a single working kidney and large intestine. They were separated on August 7, with each girl getting one leg and Kendra retaining the kidney. Maliyah is on kidney dialysis while recovering and is scheduled to receive one of her mother's kidneys in three to six months.
© 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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annieAug 16th, 2006 - 11:18:01
its great that they are both here today unjoined and healthy i wish them the best of luck in the future
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