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Forty years later, a woman who has been separated from her continuous twins in a pioneering surgery has been intertwined with the doctors who have made her life.
In 1985, Jill Rich gave birth to the twins of Holly and Carlyl, who joined the chest from chest.
Just a few days later, a team of 26 doctors, led by Louis Spitz and Edward Kiley surgeons, started operating in a nine -hour operation at the Urmond Grand Hospital in London to separate babies.
While the separation was successful, Carly died six weeks after cardiac complications.
Holly had 10 next operations and one year staying on the Big Orvand Street.
Now known as Holly Kiwiros and lives in Texas in the United States, he has been in contact with Professor Spitz over the years, even in his 2004 retirement celebration.
In a heartbreaking alliance before her 40th birthday, Ms. Kivirouz joined the video with Master Spitz and Mr Kiley, and showed the first time she had spoken to the second in two decades.
Surgeons expanded their birthday to Ms. Kuirooz.
“I am very grateful to Professor Spitz and Mr. Kale, and thank you for helping them in a small way to learn when they were separated, so many children were able to live,” Ms. Kavirouz said.
“It is incredible to think that my parents have passed,” he said.
“I wanted to thank both of them, I am really alive because of them, and I know that this was a completely different world 40 years ago, and things in this realm were completely new, but God bless them because of their knowledge and ability,” he said.
“I am very grateful to both because I was able to live a very beautiful life and it wouldn’t happen without them.”
Since this operation, teams at the Great Ormond Street Hospital have taken care of 43 continuous twins – are thought to be a single hospital at the same time.
“We had never done it before, so it was unique and emergency. I was certainly nervous,” Professor Spitz said, describing the first operation on Holly and Carly.
“When we started we had an ultrasound, but we didn’t have CT, MRI and that’s why we were blind, we just had to do it,” he said.
“We had a heart surgeon with us if we join the heart,” he said.
“Imaging has been one of the biggest changes.
“It’s great to see them again, it makes you realize that we have saved their lives and hear how they do and feel proud.”
“It was new at that time, but it was just a big operation and we were doing a lot of the main operations, so I am not saying that we were drowned, but we were very aware that two babies were at risk,” Mr Kiley said.
“Many people were involved and they were all important because they allowed us to separate,” he said.
“With a look back, anesthesia and intensive care advances have made the most difference.
“When you are a children’s surgeon, you have to deal with children and hope they will have another 70 years,” he said.
“You are trying to maximize their potential and hope to set them up to make your trip ease in life.”
Mr Kiley and Professor Spitz worked at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for more than 25 years.
