In this Sept. 6, 2016 photo provided by the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, conjoined twins from Nigeria, Miracle and Testimony Ayeni, sit at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital before being separated in Memphis, Tenn. The girls were conjoined at the lower half of the body and separated following about an 18-hour procedure. (Lisa W. Buser/Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital via AP)
December 15, 2016 – Mary and Samuel Ayeni hold their 1-year-old twins: Testimony, left, and Miracle, right, at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital on Thursday. The girls were born on November 16, 2015, in Enugu, Nigeria, as ischiopagus twins, meaning they were conjoined at the lower half of the body. The twins were separated in an operation at Le Bonheur on November 7.
(Yalonda M. James, The Commercial Appeal)MEMPHIS, Tenn. – One-year-old formerly conjoined twin girls from Nigeria have been released from a Tennessee hospital.
The Commercial Appeal reports Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital released Miracle and Testimony Ayeni on Tuesday and they are staying with their parents and a sibling at the FedExFamilyHouse, a facility that serves patients’ families. Hospital spokeswoman Anne Glankler says both girls, who are almost 14 months old, are “doing very well.”
They were separated during an 18-hour operation in early November and Glankler says they will continue to undergo therapy for some time.
The twins were born joined together at the pelvis, a condition that only occurs in one of about every 5 million births.
