Bangladeshi conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna appear to have beaten the odds in a miracle of survival, awaking yesterday from landmark separation surgery happy and well.
As the twins got close to the opportunity of seeing each other face-to-face for the first time after being joined at the head, their separation was being hailed as a medical triumph.
Their guardian, Moira Kelly, who has cared for the girls since their arrival in Australia two years ago, hopes their cots can soon be brought together so they can touch each other.
For now, "they're too weak to look at each other, they're too sleepy," said Kelly from the Children First Foundation. She said the progress of the twins - who turn three next month - was being taken "day by day."
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The twins were separated by a 16-member team on Tuesday after 32 hours of surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.
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