Former Siamese presents fluid in lungs

Teresa María, one of the newly separated Siamese Dominicans will remain for a few days connected to the ventilator because you still have something fluid in the lungs, while Maria Teresa continues breathing spontaneously.

However, the team of doctors who take care of you at the Children's Hospital of Virginia, from United States, ensures not be concerned by this situation and hopes to be able to remove tubes the girl in a couple of days. Teresa Maria presents also an irritation on the skin.

According to the latest report offered by doctors, Maria Theresa, who removed the tubes during the weekend, is progressing well and so constant.

Dr. David a. Lanning, Captain of the team of doctors that the past Monday 7th of this month performed the surgery of separation which lasted for more than 20 hours, explained Maria Teresa still has a bit of fluid in the lungs. He said that after a u000areview alongside doctor Claudio Oiticica came to the conclusion that María Teresa may have had a flu virus before the surgery that is what is causing the fluid in the lungs.

It was reported that as regards the incision that presents Teresa María, doctor Oiticica came to the conclusion that she does not have an infection, but rather an irritation of the skin.

Points out that girls are going in the right direction and everything is going as expected.

The Siamese, a year and seven months, are daughters of Lisandra Sanati and Marino Tapia, who live in the impoverished community lying, Boca Chica, municipality Santo Domingo Este, born April 8 2010 hospital Luis Eduardo Aybar capital.

They were subjected to surgery of separation that lasted for more than 20 hours and in a team of 15 doctors, which participated had previously been subjected to a process of treatment.

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Process prior to the u000aSEPARATION
girls were born with their bodies United by the abdomen and sharing the liver and part of the intestines.

Travelled past August 31 passed to Children's Hospital of Richmond, Virginia, United States, sent by the Office of the first lady. Since that time they were detained in the Center and subjected to different preparatory treatments for separation surgery, which responded very well.

The past September 19 he was implanted a ball at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to initiate the procedure of tissue expansion, which consisted of inserting them girls a balloon under the right side of the chest.

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