>The couple, who share two other children who are also patients at the hospital talked about their journey.

Um...maybe stop having kids now.

I'd agree, but first need to know why the other two are hospital patients as well 😳

Is it incompatible gene pool or just really bad odds

They're patients there in the same way you're a patient at your doctor's practice. None of their other kids are currently staying at the hospital. It's clumsy wording.

They are freekin cute; so glad they are expected to recover!

I don't know why they bothered to add that detail, since most people would not care where they took their children to hospital, unless it was the hospitalised children in question or they were currently in treatment there.

It's clumsy enough to not be just clumsy, but misleading.

eta: not only that but there are a lot more stories that say they were "adding to a family of five" and that there are three other children.

One of them gets regular treatment for sickle cell, but I agree it is misleading. There is a much better and detailed article you can read through the hospital's website.

Yes...so not just "like a patient at a dr practice" then I guess, but being treated by the hospital as written. Not that SCA is anything to do with the conjoined twins, I don't think (I have no idea if there's any particular risk factor for conjoining)

But also....isn't that nearing a HIPAA violation to reveal who is a patient, when it's not part of the story in question? (I suppose the parents may have given consent for that to be shared)

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What a rather unfortunate name for a children's hospital.

I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if their older kids were currently getting outpatient treatment at the hospital. I can imagine there might have been some psychological counselling going on just in case something happened.

Depending on their age, the idea of doctors cutting your little sisters apart might be a bit traumatic.

Name not withstanding, they really are a wonderful hospital.

They used to be conjoined triplets.

“You’re just spare parts, aren’t ya bud?”

I'm not really a fan of their sides. Too chewy. Main course is excellent though.

Before surgery. They place a air bags under the skin. Slowly adding air to stretch the skin and allowing for new growth. That extra skin is used for the grafts.

Regardless of the name I think it's a job well done.

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As I understand it. They were conjoined high up around the breast bone. Sharing a liver, which was divided. Half to each. Liver will regrow.

It seems they do facilitate successful transitions. Pray they aren't menaced by conservative militants.

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I assume it's so people would think what OP thought.

It would only be a HIPAA violation if the hospital or insurance company made the disclosure.

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Try it with some fava beans and a nice chianti on the side next time.

*cries in prince Harry

None of the press coverage has gone into that level of detail.

Could've they used spray on skin for these kids?

Spray on surgery glue will not allow the skin that would need to be stretched to hold.

What do you mean? Spray on skin is to help reduce scaring is what I thought.

https://www.templehealth.org/about/blog/spray-skin-technology-heal-severe-burns

Yes it can be used in some situations but not in this case. The separation would cause too large a gape to use glue. That's why they do grafts to cover the large gape

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It's absolutely wild that the liver can just regrow itself after being cut in half.

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Yup it will. Most liver transplants are done that way.

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I believe the limit is around 30%