After 13 months conjoined at the head, these twins see each other for the first time
When Jadon and Anias McDonald emerged from a life-saving surgery one month ago, their mother Nicole could barely believe the sight.She had spent the last 13 months since their birth in countless hospital visits because her twins, born with the tops of their heads fused together, had narrowly survived dozens of medical complications throughout their first year of life. But when an arduous surgery in October separated the two, giving each the chance at new independence, even she had trouble proce..>> view originalMicrocephaly Found in Babies of Zika-Infected Mothers Months After Birth
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Thursday, December 1, 2016
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