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Twin baby boys who were conjoined at the head were successfully separated early Friday morning at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
Jadon and Anias McDonald, 13-month-old twins, were still undergoing surgery at 6 a.m. to reconstruct their skulls and make them whole.
The surgery was led by Dr. James Goodrich, considered the leading expert on what's known as craniopagus surgery. The separation part of the surgery took nearly 16 and a half hours.
It marked the seventh separation surgery performed by the same Goodrich
The parents, Nicole and Christian McDonald, had to make an agonizing decision(a very painful risk), opting for the procedure even though it carried major risks, including the possibility of death or long-term brain damage for one or both boys.
Goodrich informed the family of the separation around 3 a.m.
"Well, we did it," Goodrich said.
The moment marked an end to an agonizing wait for the boys' parents.
Thursday was a day of high emotion and high stakes, of anxious parents and calm medical professionals. It was a day of unchartered territory and amazing, one-of-a-kind surgical activity.
And amid it all were two infants -- beautiful boys with deep brown eyes and a shared swirl of hair at the top of their foreheads. They came into the world together, and became two individual boys overnight.
The parents' worries extend beyond their boys surviving today. They wonder what happens with recovery.
well, what are we waiting for then?? lets bow our heads in prayers for these little kids
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