Born small and fetal, conjoined twins Rosie and Ruby Formosa of London were given less than a 25 percent chance of survival when they were born. Conjoined at the abdomen, the girls shared part of their intestine. The situation was so dire they required an emergency operation to separate them or else they would die.
The surgery was a shocking success. Today, Rosie and Ruby are healthy as can be to the surprise of their doctors and even their mother.
"When I was pregnant I didn't think I'd ever see their first day at school so it is really amazing and all thanks to Gosh [Great Ormond Street Hospital] really," said their mom Angela.
Angela admits she never planned this far. She never thought that her daughters, who were born with a rare condition that happens in one in 200,000 live births, would live this long. A mere two hours after they were born, doctors swept them away to conduct the life-threatening surgery.
Today it feels like a blur.
"They are very excited [about starting school]; their big sister is in school so they can't wait. They've met their teacher a few times and they love their teacher. They're looking forward to painting, anything messy, they love reading," she told the BBC. "They are very similar, they are very bubbly little girls, they are very headstrong and very determined, which I knew they were from when they were in my belly because of the way they kept growing and surviving."
See these little boisterous, bouncy little miracles below.
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