JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville's first conjoined twins, Conner and Carter Mirabal, are recovering well after being separated, according to Erin Wallner with Nemours Children's Specialty Care.
"We're so thrilled with the way the boys have been doing," says Dr. Solange Benjamin-Thorpe, Medical Director of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Wolfson Children's Hospital.
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Wallner says Conner is now at a Medical Surgical Unit. Carter is remaining in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
The boys were born in December and successfully separated May 7. They were conjoined at the torso and had fused livers.
"These two have been wonderful to take care of and the family's been wonderful to work with as well," says Dr. Daniel K. Robie, Division Chief of Pediatric General Surgery.