It is amazing to see the miracle that doctors can perform today. Twins can be successfully separated without to much complications. It is cool to see how technology has changed and how much we can do with it now.
Two conjoined infants have successfully been separated through an operation last Saturday, Dallas hospital officials confirmed.
Owen and Emmett Ezell were born conjoined from their breastbone to their hip bone. Before the surgery they shared a liver and an intestinal tract.
Five days after their surgery, the six-week-old infants are reported to be in stable condition at the Medical City Children's Hospital.
Dr. Clair Schwendeman, a neonatologist treating the twins, said he was "cautiously optimistic" for the twins' recovery.
"They're on some breathing support, but they've stabilized," said Schwendeman.
Schwendeman said incidents of conjoined twins are extremely rare and are estimated to occur at a rate of between one in 50,000 to one in 200,000 births. Depending on where the twins are conjoined, the survival rate for the infants is often extremely low.
Schwendeman said that the Ezell twins were estimated to have a 40 to 50 percent chance of survival.
The twins' mother, Jenni Ezell, has been writing about her experiences on her blog.
Writing about the morning of the surgery, Ezell wrote that she and her husband, Dave Ezell, had a few moments alone with the twins before they were taken away to the operating room.
"I hope I never have to experience a moment like that again," Ezell wrote. "I didn't know if I would see my babies alive again, if I would see only one, or if I would see them after they had gone to be with their creator."
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