Conjoined twins die together a day after the Hamby twins was born. They share the same heart, torso, arms and legs. The sad news was shared on Facebook by Robin and Michael, parents of the conjoined twins who died together on Friday afternoon.
The conjoined twins die together in the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston after they had been transported from Northside Hospital. On Friday morning, the twins sustained heart complications that led to their death.
"I am so sad to say that my sons passed away today at 5 o'clock," Michael Hamby stated in the tearful video posted on Facebook late on Friday. "They fought long and hard." The case of the conjoined twins is considered rare because the twins were able to survive after birth.
The conjoined twins die together after they were born on Thursday through caesarian section at 7:32 a.m. The babies were named Asa and Eli. Their loss delivered great grief to Michael and Robin Hamby who said that they miss the twins in the short time they were brought together.
Before the conjoined twins die together at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Robin, the mother of the twins was transported to the hospital from Northside Hospital to be able to see the twins after they suffered heart complications.
JOBS&HIRE reports that Robin Hamby, the mother of the conjoined twins was able to spend the last few hours with the twins. The Hamby couple expressed their gratefulness to the doctors and nurses at Egleston hospital who have done everything to save the twins.
The conjoined twins die together after suffering atrial flutter, the condition of the heart, where it develops abnormal heart rhythm, according to Heart Rhythm Society. The physicians attending to the conjoined twins reported that their heartbeat reached 300 beats per minute.
The conjoined twins were treated with the best medicines to save them, but eventually they succumbed to death. Michael, the father of the twins expressed his sadness saying that it was hard losing two babies at a single time.
The University of Maryland Center reports that conjoined twins occur very rarely once in every 200,000 live births. The chance of survival rate is between 5 to 25 percent and about 35 percent only survives in a day.
According to records, conjoined girls are more likely to survive than conjoined boys. Male conjoined twins are often formed but female twins have three times more chances to survive. Separating conjoined twins is a complicated medical process where success rates are not that high.
The conjoined twins die together, but Robin and Michael knew they had done everything to make their short stay meaningful.
