One of the Conjoined Twins Dies

Hope Williams, the smaller of the conjoined twins, has died following the operation to separate her from her sister, Faith. The remaining twin is in a critical condition and has been given a 50-50 chance of survival. Doctors said Hope's lungs were not strong enough to survive on her own – her bigger sister had effectively been keeping her alive.
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Faith and Hope Williams were born at 9.40am last Wednesday. Their mother, Laura, was just 18 years of age. She had initially been advised to consider an abortion. But the babies were born following a caesarean lasting 30 minutes at University College Hospital in London. Mrs Williams, from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, said: "It was just brilliant. It's amazing ... we've got two beautiful girls. "They were so beautiful, I couldn't stop looking at them. After everything everyone said, I'm so glad they've proved them all wrong.

Posted by Editor at December 4, 2008 06:15 AM