A set of conjoined twin girls have been separated in a US hospital.
Miracle and Testimony Ayeni, from Nigeria, were conjoined at the pelvis.
The girls, who turned one few days ago, underwent an 18-hour operation at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 7 and 8.
They arrived in the US on June 28 with their parents Samuel Olusegun Ayeni and Mary Abiodun Ayeni, their older sister, and their pastor after being offered free flights from a Nigerian airline Arik Air.
It was their only hope at separating the girls, after trying and failing to find a hospital nearby that could carry out the operation.
Finally, after months of research, they were referred to Le Bonheur, whose surgeons offered to do the life-saving operation free of charge.
The hospital announced the landmark procedure last Wednesday morning.
Miracle and Testimony were born in the family’s local hospital in Enugu .They were immediately moved to a specialist hospital in Enugu before being flown to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where they remained until June.
They were immediately moved to a specialist hospital in Enugu before being flown to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where they remained until June.
Miracle and Testimony Ayeni were conjoined at the pelvis.
The girls turned one year old last Wednesday, a week after their procedure (pictured recovering)
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