Siamese Twin That Survived Goes Home
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SAN DIEGO — Saying they were leaving part of their hearts behind, parents of a surviving Siamese twin took the baby girl home to Tijuana on Friday.
Their trip came a little more than a month after Sarah Morales was separated from her twin, Sarahi, who died 3 1/2 hours after surgery at Children’s Hospital in San Diego. Born Jan. 12 at a Tijuana clinic, the girls were joined at the chest and abdomen.
“We’re leaving part of our hearts here because Sarahi died here,” said father Miguel Morales, during a news conference at the hospital. “But it’s a day of rejoicing because our family will be together again.”
A crying Maria Espinoza, the mother, thanked the doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital and “all the people in the United States” for their support.
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