Mum in good spirits as twin girls prepare for separation
DEVOTED mum Bjumchu Zangmo is confident Australian surgeons will separate her conjoined twin daughters who are scheduled for surgery a long way from their Himalayan home.
Fourteen-month-old Nima and Dawa are joined at the torso, but surgeons at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital plan to give the girls their independence during a marathon procedure on Friday.
“The doctors here in Australia are one of the best in the world and I have all the confidence that the operation will be successful,” Ms Zangmo said through a translator yesterday.
The Bhutanese twins are coping well since arriving in Melbourne last week. “They are very happy, they are jolly and after coming to Australia they are more exposed and more happy,” she said.
Ms Zangmo also expressed her gratitude to the Australian public for the support she’s received.
“It’s beyond words to express my gratitude,” she said.
After extensive tests and scans the surgical team is confident about the operation, which will include splitting the girls’ shared liver.
“We feel we are in a position to give mum her ultimate wish which is to go forward with the separation of the children,” paediatric head surgeon Joe Crameri told reporters.