Almost 26 hrs & still not seperated ... the teams of surgeons say it will take as long as it takes.
The girls are ok so far though & the world news is camped outside the Royal Children's Hospital here in Melbourne waiting for news.
This is ground breaking surgery & we are all hoping the girls will make it through !!
(11 min ago)
"It's going very well," anaesthetist Dr Ian McKenzie told reporters outside Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital. "Basically the kids are going very well, the team's going very well... and they're not separated just yet. It's very fiddly." Dr McKenzie would not put a time frame on when the twins would be separated after their groundbreaking operation began about 8.30am (10.30am NZT) on Monday. Dr McKenzie said the girls' general condition was "really good" and had improved as doctors worked to separate them.
"We were holding our breath about the general condition of the children ... and at this stage their general condition is really good and both have actually got better as they got disconnected," he said. "From that point of view that's been great news."
Dr McKenzie was sticking to the odds given before surgery that Trishna and Krishna have a 25 percent chance of complete recovery. But he said he was an optimist and said the twins had got this far without problems."Some of the things we're worried about are in the past but, to make it clear, it's not a 'gimme' so I'll stick to those odds," he said.
"The bones are now disconnected ... and a whole lot of things we were worried about are getting better and better as we go. "But on the other hand, it's not over yet ... and there are still some life-threatening things happening."
Maz-aust2009-11-16 14:47:34Maz...I have friend who works at the Royal childrens hospital, not in that area though...She said its been madness trying to keep the press out.
Thoughts and prayers are with the little ones x
12.08pm
Unofficial news is that the twins have been seperated & the plastic surgeons have taken over to do their thing ..
This is sensational news, what a marathon journey the girls have had & so ar are still ok.
God bless them both and the wonderful Drs, what an amazing feat, lets hope and pray that all keeps going great! Janie. They look such happy little souls.
The operation was a sucess, still a long way to go in terms of recovery but at this time the twins are doing wellPrayers for the little ones.
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