VietNamNet Bridge – One baby could grip his mother’s finger and the other could cry. Doctors said that these are good signs.

Separation of complicated conjoined twins complete successfully

One of the babies in the separated twins in danger

Phi Long could grip his mother’s finger.

On December 2, when the mother paid a visit to her newly-separated twins, the baby named Phi Long opened his eyes and gripped his mother’s finger. A few days ago, the baby always closed his eyes or just unveiled his eyes and fell asleep.

Mr. Truong Quang Dinh, deputy director of the Children’s Hospital 2, said that milk was pumped into the baby’s stomach and the body absorbed the milk very well. The gastrointestinal and excretion functions were normal. The last pleural duct was withdrawn out. Transaminase enzyme reduced, liver ultrasound was normal and doctors planned to stop using the respiratory machine.

The other baby named Phi Phung could cry, instead of resting with closed eyes as the days before. He was also fed with milk. The ventilator parameters are diminishing while vasoactive drug dose is also reducing by doctors.

"These are good signs to see that the bodies of the babies are getting used to living independently," Dr. Dinh said.

On November 26, conjoined twins Long and Phung were separated by a group of 70 surgeons in a 12-hour operation. After the surgery, Long was in better conditions while Phung faced danger.

Le Ha