Great-grandmother of conjoined twins speaks with News10NBC

Posted at: 11/08/2012 9:24 PM | Updated at: 11/08/2012 9:33 PM

They've been joined at the chest for almost a year. Now, after a seven hour surgery, two baby girls are finally separated and their great-grandmother spoke with News10NBC.

Eight-month-old twins Allison June and Amelia Lee Tucker from the Watertown area were joined at the chest and abdomen. After a team of 40 surgeons operated on the girls for more than seven hours Wednesday, they're finally separated.

News10NBC spoke with their great-grandmother who lives in Spencerport.

Catherine Ambeau said, “I was just crying and I went out and told everybody in this place because everybody in this place knows about them. These babies are here today. It's a miracle.”

Doctors say the complex surgery went very well.

 

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