A Philadelphia family is reunited as conjoined twins are now home after being successfully separated and spending a year at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
These two little boys just celebrated their first birthday at CHOP, where they’ve been since they were born.
Amari and Javar Ruffin were born last September conjoined at the abdomen. The team at CHOP explained to their parents Shankea and Tim Ruffin that a separation surgery would not be overly complicated.
“The boys shared their liver. The really nice thing though is they had equal parts and equal parts were normal size,” said Dr. Holly Hedrick from CHOP. “So it was the perfect scenario.”…