Finding out you're pregnant is a blessing, and finding out you have twins is even more of a blessing! But along with carrying two babies at once comes some complications at times. It may be a more high-risk pregnancy for not only yourself, but your babies too. And one of the very rare, 1 out of 100,000 cases that comes from having twins is having conjoined twins.
Conjoined twins are born joined somewhere on the body, and often share organs making it difficult to survive in some cases. In 2011, Rital and Ritag Gaboura were finally given the life-changing surgery for which they had waited 11 months after being born conjoined.
The twins were born conjoined at the head, and they had a one in 10 million chance of survival. Their parents even said they were preparing themselves to live with conjoined twins forever because the risk of separation was so high.
But, the surgery became necessary after Ritag's heart started to fail because of the amount of shared blood flow between herself and her sister's brains.
After two surgeries in May and July, they were finally separated in August of 2011. Now, their parents are so grateful to the team at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
According to DailyMail they were quickly and successfully healing, making small changes every day with their helmets on, protecting them from any harm to their fragile heads!
These little ladies are beautiful, and now they can live on their own and have a life that is not at a disadvantage.
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