New Life Twins

Seven years ago, Macy and Mackenzie Garrison born Siamese twins fused pelvis. They had shared the third leg and the inside. They also have another sister who was born normal. In September 2003, the twins successfully separated, and now they live an active life, go to the gym, ride horses, etc. Let's look at their journey to a normal life.

13 ph © Darla Garrison





2. Macy's biological parents, Mackenzie, and their sister Madeleine had problems with drugs and gave them to custody. Jeff Harrison (pictured) and his wife Darla have adopted all three sisters and brought them to his home in Riverside, California. Harrison before adopting children (only 10), but conjoined twins have become for them a new challenge. Each of them weighed 910 grams at birth and had a Colostomy bags. The girls had problems with speech and learning



3. September 10, 2003 Mackenzie and Macy went on a 24-hour surgery at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, to be shared. Then it was only 9 months.



4. The surgeons had to pull them apart liver girls and a third leg to be amputated. They also had to restore the pelvis girls.



5. The sisters were alive and quite active during the recovery. This photo was taken just five days after surgery.



6. In the US, every 200 000th child born with a brother or sister Siamese twins, and more than 70% of them - girls.



7. The father of twins, Jeff Harrison said that Mackenzie was discharged after six weeks, and Macy took a month longer to recover



8. Mackenzie and Macy's were fitted with prostheses and physical therapists teach them to walk



9. Their mother Darla was very grateful to the doctors at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. "We work with a huge number of doctors ... I can not remember how much, - she says. - The way they worked to take care of us ... we really appreciate it. "



10. All three learned to ride horses, and Madeleine had to help their sisters



11. Apart from the Harrison twins have three of his sons - 18-year-old Tyler, 14-year-old Matt and 13-year-old Luke. "Our sons ... they are very patient. They had to sacrifice »



12. Their mother says that girls are very independent. They have their chores, their horses. "This is a 7 year old girl!»



13. Recently, the girls went to the second class. Their favorite subjects - physical education and drawing.



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