Cradling their newborn twins, new parents Jeana and Jeff Cassellius admitted they still were unable to tell Owen and Gavin apart. But for the Casselliuses, figuring out each son's traits has an even deeper feeling, because the boys almost died in the womb.
Doctors diagnosed Owen and Gavin with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome before they were born. The condition is when one baby takes too much of the blood supply and, in most cases without any therapy, at least one child is lost.
But thanks to an experimental surgery involving tiny cameras and lasers, physicians at Abbott Northwestern and Children's Hospital in Minneapolis were able to save the twins, who were born Wednesday.
The life-saving procedure lasted 90 minutes and took place in July, said pediatric surgeon Brad Feltis.
In the operation doctors cauterized the shared blood vessels between the babies. And even the doctors were anxious about undertaking the surgery.
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