Rare conjoined twins who survived separation surgery, despite just a two percent chance of survival, have graduated from kindergarten.
Mom Heather Delaney, 33, from Statesville, North Carolina, learned at just 11 weeks pregnant that she was carrying conjoined twin girls. Doctors told her the chance of having craniopagus twins—connected at the head—was one in 2.5 million.
The babies had a low chance of survival but fought against the odds. Twins Abby and Erin were born by cesarean section at 30 weeks on July 24, 2016, weighing 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms) combined.
Erin (left) and Abby (right) shortly after they were born. (SWNS)
Ms. Delaney and Mr. Delaney with their two daughters, Abby and Erin. (SWNS)
Ms. Delaney and her husband, Riley Delaney, 30, a landscape foreman, were thrilled despite their daughters having to remain in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)—10 hours from home….