Conjoined Tucker Twins Successfully Separated
Two little girls started their lives connected to one another in a way that few siblings experience. They were conjoined twins. Allison and Amelia Tucker have been successfully surgically separated from each other. The twins need to undergo some therapy, but are doing well. Allison June Tucker, and Amelia Lee Tucker, were born as conjoined twins. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, this is rare. It only occurs in one out of every 200,000 live births. Their survival rate is not very high. Somewhere between 40% and 60% of conjoined twins are stillborn. Another 35% survive until birth, … Continue reading