Conjoined twins undergo surgery in Houston - KPRC Houston

FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR COURT. LIVE, ROBERT ARNOLD, KPRC "LOCAL 2". THANK YOU, ROBERT. TWO BABIES, TWINS, ARE MAKING HEADLINES IN HOUSTON. THEY ARE CONJOINED. DOCTORS HAVE BEGUN THE LONG, DIFFICULT PROCESS OF SEPARATING THEM. THEY JUST HAD THE FIRST OF THE MANY SURGERIES. LAUREN FREEMAN WITH MORE ON THE OPERATION? NATALIE AND ADELINE UNDERWENT A FIVE-HOUR SURGERY TUESDAY AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO PLACE TISSUE EXPANDERS IN THEIR CHEST AND ABDOMEN TO STRETCH THEIR SKIN IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR SEPARATION SURGERY. PRAYERS FOR NATALIE AND ADELINE, AS THEY GET READY TO GO INTO SURGERY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING TEAM. Reporter: THEIR PARENT'S FAITH IS EVIDENT AS THEY COPE. I FEEL THEY ARE A MIRACLE AND ARE SOMETHING GIVEN FROM THE ONES WHO GAVE THEM TO ME, WHICH IS GOD. SO I PUT HOPE IN FAITH. HE IS OBVIOUSLY WORKING MIRACLES, GIVING THEM THEIR OWN HEART. THEIR BRAINS ARE PERFECTLY HEALTHY. THEY SHARE THE LIVER, WHICH CAN BE SEPARATED. INTESTINES CAN BE SPLIT. DIAPHRAGM, THE SAME. DOCTORS WILL INSERT TISSUE EXPANDERS TO MAKE MORE. ONCE THEY ARE SEPARATED THEY WILL HAVE ADEQUATE SKIN WHERE THEY ARE CONNECTED. THE PARENTS ARE EAGER TO HAVE THEIR GIRLS SEPARATED. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE ABLE TO HOLD TWO INDIVIDUAL BABIES AND TWO -- LOOK AT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME INSTEAD OF HAVING TO LOOK AT ONE, THEN THE OTHER. I JUST CAN'T WAIT. I'M SO EXCITED. Reporter: THE SURGERY WENT WELL BUT THERE ARE MORE OPERATIONS AHEAD FOR THESE TWO LITTLE GIRLS.

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