Sheboygan Conjoined Twins Separated; Baby Boys Endure 12 Hours of Intense Surgery
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › September 08, 2006
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Infant conjoined twins from Sheboygan were separated Wednesday night after nearly 12 hours of complex separation surgery at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., an effort that brought together more than 65 health care workers and culminated months of waiting by the parents.
Early this morning, the final steps of the surgery were being completed with the closure of Mateo and McHale Shaw's massive surgical wounds, the hospital said. Surgeons were able to completely close each boy's back and buttocks. Both had received successful colostomies, too, the hospital reported.See the full content of this document
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Sheboygan Conjoined Twins Separated; Baby Boys Endure 12 Hours of Intense Surgery
The hospital said both boys were critical but stable early today.
The boys' parents, Ryan Shaw, 28, and Angie Benzschawel, 25, said they were emotionally drained and relieved."It's been the longest day but it's been the ...See the full content of this document
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