Saturday post...who would have thunk it...but I just read a news article and had to share.
Gabriel and Ieuan Jones are identical twins who are apparently inseparable. At the 25th week of gestation their mother was told that Gabriel, while have the size of his brother, had heart that was 3 times normal size and that he would surely die in the womb. They told the mother that if by some miracle Gabriel survived to term that he would not live.
Their primary concern was that if Gabriel died in the womb it could lead to life threatening issues for his twin. The mother had to make a horrible choice...to let the doctors operate to end one baby's life in hopes of saving the other.
During the first operation the doctors attempted to cut Gabriel's umbilical cord....attempted and failed. The cord was too strong for them to cut.
The tried again...this time they cut the placenta in half hoping that when Gabriel died it would allow his twin to survive.
Imagine their surprise the next day when little Gabriel was kicking up a storm...bet they were not as amazed as when they discovered a short time later that his enlarged heart began to reduce in size or that Gabriel himself began to increase in size!
They are now both healthy happy baby boys...their mother says that the bond between them is incredibly strong...that they are often holding hands and that if one cries the other reaches out to comfort him....
Amazing.....
2 comments:
God has a plan. Life and death are not up to us. Great story.
That makes my heart hurt to hear that story. I have fraternal twin girls and one had a very tough time in the womb. She wasn't growing as well. One doctor counseled us to "let her go" to allow her twin to go to term. Uh. No. We decided to go get 'em at 32 weeks, even though her twin was doing fine, to give the smaller one a chance. It was a long month in the NICU, but God IS Good. They are happy and healthy and perfect in every way.
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