Neighbors parade to see the separate Siamese

Soon shine Sun's first rays when the House where live the separated twins Maria Teresa and Maria Teresa already was turned into a nest. National and international press, visitors of the foreign entity that contributed to the separation and a long parade of neighbours, friends and family, arrived at the House interested in seeing them during her first day at his home after returning from the successful separation surgery in United States.

Already mid-morning yesterday, girls for a year and eight months were sold out. They were late night giving kisses to his three brothers and their marine dad Tapia, who holding Teresa Mary between his arms concealed the face so that he would not mourn. "Now they tell me uncle, imagine, were nearly four months without seeing me", said excited.

Recovery experienced by girls, whose separation surgery began on November 7 and concluded the eight day after u000aa duration of 20 to 24 hours, surprised even themselves doctors in the hospital Children's Hospital of Virginia, United States, where they were intercepted, revealed yesterday Rocío Watson, Wold Pediatric project, international entity that served as the contact for the acceptance of girls in the hospital and who accompanied the family on the journey back.

Revealed that this was the first surgery of separating Siamese practiced that hospital and a team of 45 people, including doctors, nurses and anesthesiologists in the same participated. Every hour, the head of the team of surgeons, Dr. David a. Lanning, called him from the operating room to inform him of the evolution of surgery, so that this in turn communicate it to the mother of the girl, Lisandra Sanatis.

Surgery cost nearly a million dollars that were contributed by the hospital and Wold Pediatric project. It was reported that all doctors who participated in the u000aintervention are American, with the exception of a Brazilian, but all members of the staff of the facility, mostly with world-class.

Life
"Spent 36 hours without sleep," said Watson, after explaining that the girls are already a normal life, only will take half of an aspirin for 12 months. María Teresa will be given a nutritional supplement because it is the small, while the monitoring of health it will be in the country doctor Emilio Mena Castro, director of the hospital Infantil Robert Reid Cabral, who was also the first person who made contact with the intermediary NGOs with the hospital

He said that the cardiovascular, functioning which is in principle what most concerned, is completely normal.

"Girls are incredibly well, they have exceeded the expectations of doctors, is something unusual that they have recovered soon after, medically they don't need much" u000akeeping out of the ordinary that is regular check with your pediatrician. "We brought a protein that is a supplement for Mary to help him with his pancreas to digest food, although she has nothing, everything works fine, but as it is the smallest precaution is giving this enzyme," explained.

Maria Teresa and Teresa María, who traveled to United States from August 31 to be evaluated and prepared for separation surgery, underwent rehabilitation therapies so that they begin to use the arms and legs, after separate. Currently stand alone and are beginning to take the first steps to start walking in a way normal.

Before separating them walking together, but not forward, but towards the sides. Born on April 8, 2010 in the Luis Eduardo Aybar hospital. They live in the impoverished community of Los Botados, in Boca Chica.

Lisandra Sanatis, the mother, said to be u000aexcited, because he didn't think he wouldn't be celebrating Christmas with her daughters separated.

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