{"id":18771,"date":"2026-08-30T22:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=18771"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:46:51","slug":"conjoined-twins-were-given-just-a-5-25-chance-of-survival-their-story-is-incredible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=18771","title":{"rendered":"Conjoined Twins Were Given Just a 5\u201325% Chance of Survival\u2014Their Story Is Incredible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abby and Erin Delaney were born in 2016 joined at the head. Doctors gave the tiny twins only a <strong>5\u201325% chance of survival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born weighing just 2 pounds, the sisters spent their first 485 days at Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia preparing for a life-changing separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June 2017, a team of <strong>30 medical professionals<\/strong> performed an incredibly complex surgery that lasted more than <strong>11 hours<\/strong>. Against the odds, the operation was successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The girls later needed additional surgeries as they grew, but their recovery has been remarkable. Their journey has included difficult moments, setbacks, and countless hospital visits\u2014but also incredible progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Abby and Erin are growing up as two strong, beautiful sisters, surrounded by parents who have supported them every step of the way. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their story is a powerful reminder of just how far love, courage, and medical science can go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/acvFSXuVIqk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The Delaney Twins: Progress Report\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:480px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abby and Erin Delaney were born in 2016 joined at the head. Doctors gave the tiny twins only a 5\u201325% chance of survival. Born weighing just 2 pounds, the sisters spent their first 485 days at Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia preparing for a life-changing separation. In June 2017, a team of 30 medical professionals performed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18773,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18771\/revisions\/18773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}