Separated twins alive and well
Separated twins alive and well
Almost two days after being separated in a historic surgical procedure at a Melbourne Hospital (Khalidoscope, November 18), conjoined Bangladeshi orphan twins, Krishna and Trishna, are alive and well.
As they slept in their own beds yesterday after coming out of their induced coma following their marathon 32-hour surgery, doctors gave them a clean bill of health.
"The scans look great. I believe we have brought them through safely," overjoyed neurosurgeon Warginer Maixner said yesterday.
"I believe the girls will come out really, really good. Krishna has a little bit ahead of her at the moment. Her body has to readjust to her own circulation.
"Not only did we separate them, which was a huge thing ... but to separate them and bring them through alive and in good condition," she said.
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Krishna was brought out of sedation very slowly to limit the shock to her brain and bodyu00a0- which is expected to take some time to readjust to its circulation and blood pressure.
Meanwhile Trishna the larger and stronger of the two is said to have shared loving cuddles with guardian Moira Kelly and is asking about her sister.
"Trishna is talking, she's being Trishna, she's behaving the way she always has. It is fantastic. I am really, really proud," the neurosurgeon said yesterday.
Will learn to walk
Dr Maixner said arrangements had been made for the sisters to overcome issues of being separated, followed by the basics of learning to walk and normal activities of three-year olds.
The "phenomenally good" Trishna has been talking with a speech therapist but is being kept in intensive care on the right side of Krishna to minimise the shock of both being kept apart.
"Moira said she (Trishna) started to react as if she was missing Krishna beside her and Moira patted her and said 'Krishna's sleeping' and that seemed to calm her down," Dr Maixner said.
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"So I think there is certainly a period of readjustment and that's something as a medical team we are very much aware of."
Rescued in 2007
The twins were rescued from a Bangladeshi orphanage in November 2007 by Kelly's Children First Foundation and would almost certainly have died if the separation process over a period of two years had not been undertaken by the hospital.
"Every step of the way we've had to be innovative, we've had to rethink the way we do things," Dr Maixner said.
(Source: Daily Telegraph)
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