Addison and Lilianna’s parents and the hospital celebrated the successful separation of 11-month-old conjoined twins. They were conjoined at abdomen and chest.
As per the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the twins shared a liver, diaphragm, chest, and abdominal wall. Their parents came to know this at the 20-week ultrasound result.
Meet Addison And Lilianna Altobelli Family – Parents On Instagram
Addison and Lilianna Altobelli’s parents are Maggie and Dom Altobelli. Maggie is 33 years old woman from Chicago, Illinois, who learned about having a conjoined twin at a 20-weeks checkup.
She and her husband, Dom Altobelli, who is 34 years of age, got shocked by the news. Maggie gave birth to the twins in November 2020 and faced complications right away.
They were taken to the NICU and underwent tissue expansion surgery to help them grow some skin. The twins had difficulty breathing as they shared a chest.
Maggie said that finding out that her babies were conjoined was like an ‘out of body experience’ for her. She explained, “I was trying to find out the gender of one baby I thought we were having, and then it turned out to be a little more complicated.”
The doctors told them that the separation was a very-risky surgery. The parents of the twins were ‘scared as Hell’ but a good job that the doctors were qualified enough to save the twins.
Trying to find the parents of Instagram was in vain. However, Dom is on Twitter with a handle @domaltobelli. There are so many articles written on the twins’ stories that are found online.
Conjoined Twins, Addison And Lilianna Separated Before & After Surgery
Before the conjoined Twins, Addison and Lilianna were separated they shared some of their body parts. They shared a diaphragm and were connected by the liver.
Conjoined twins happen once in every 50K to 200K births, according to a peer-reviewed study in the National Center for Biotechnology Information. 60% chances would be there of separated conjoined twins survive after surgery.
Addison and Lilianna are lucky and special as they got to have their own separate body at the age of 11 months with successful surgery. Doctors who did the surgery are incredible.
Addison And Lilianna Altobelli Age
Addison and Lilianna Altobelli are twins and 11 months of age. It took doctors 10 hours of surgery to separate the conjoined twins. When their parents came to know about the conjoined they were stunned.
The doctor told Dom Altobelli, the twin’s father, that the babies were not going to have an easy journey ahead of them. But like every other parent, they were determined to keep the twins happy.
As a result, 11 months after their birth, Addy and Lily have successfully been separated via surgery, and are living on their own. We hope they will have a healthy life ahead of them.