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Angelica Sabuco (right) and her twin sister Angelina draw on paper with the help of their mother, Ginady Sabuco, at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital on Monday in Stanford, Calif. The hospital is preparing for surgical procedure to separate the 2-year-old girls who were born joined at the chest and abdomen. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated Press)

Conjoined twins successfully separated at Stanford

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Two-year-old conjoined twins can finally lead separate lives, after a successful seven-hour surgery by a huge medical team at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Hospital.

In a tearful meeting with the media at the hospital’s entrance late Tuesday afternoon, Angelina and Angelica’s exhausted mother, Ginady Sabuco, said, “I thank God for everything. This is a dream come true.”

Angelica Sabuco (right) and her twin sister Angelina draw on paper with the help of their mother, Ginady Sabuco, at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital on Monday in Stanford, Calif. The hospital is preparing for surgical procedure to separate the 2-year-old girls who were born joined at the chest and abdomen. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated Press)

2-year-old conjoined twins prepare for dangerous separation surgery

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Stanford surgeons seek to give two sisters a life apart, dividing their shared bodies into two in a long, delicate and risky surgery.

Without the procedure, San Jose conjoined twins Angelica and Angelina Sabuco -- fused at their liver -- would face a troubled future, with curved spines, muscle problems and the emotional challenges of intimately shared lives.

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