Since the Fullers learned their twins were conjoined, they've prayed for miracles. They got one: Their girls were successfully separated and are going home.
A few days ago, baby Ella was enjoying some tummy time. For parents Sandy and Jesse Fuller, this felt wonderful. That’s because Ella was born conjoined by the abdomen to her twin, Eliza., they felt stunned. Then another surprise followed.
They soon discovered the babies were connected at the abdomen, and their livers were joined. But that’s all doctors could tell from early imaging. Time would reveal how much the two babies shared. The Fullers live three hours from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, so when Sandy Fuller was 32 weeks pregnant, she went there to stay. Doctors wanted her close in case anything happened. They hoped to deliver the babies at 35 weeks. On March 1, 2023, Ella and Eliza arrived right on time. Seeing her daughters for the first time felt incredibly joyful for Sandy Fuller.
“It all was amazing,” he said. “The team was so prepared because they knew from so early on what they needed to do. So everything went so smooth.”Courtesy Texas Children's HospitalTwins joined at the stomach are called omphalopagus conjoined twins, Dr. Jonathan Davies, co-leader of the conjoined twin clinical program at Texas Children’s Hospital, told TODAY.But discovering that the babies were conjoined early meant Davies and his team could prepare for the birth and eventual separation.
“We have to sort of specialize just for them — from the simplest things of how we position them in the bed and move the around to when we give medications, how we’re giving them medications and what dosage that we use,” he continued. “That’s a lot easier when you have one baby in one bed … when you have two babies side by side. That becomes much trickier, and there’s a lot of potential for risks.”
After a six-hour surgery, Ella and Eliza were successfully separated and started their new, separate lives.When the Fullers held their babies separately for the first time. they experienced “an overwhelming feeling excitement," Sandy Fuller said.
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