Once Conjoined, Now Thriving: The Altobelli Twins Three Years Later
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Lily and Addy Altobelli underwent separation surgery at CHOP in 2021. Now active and mischievous, they are thriving. www.chop.edu/co...
When an ultrasound early in the second trimester showed they were expecting conjoined twins, Dom and Maggie Altobelli decided to move from Chicago to deliver the twins at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Eleven months after they were born conjoined at the chest and abdomen, the twins underwent separation surgery at CHOP in October 2021. Dom and Maggie saw their daughters in separate cribs for the first time.
CHOP has successfully separated 32 sets of conjoined twins, more than any hospital in North America.
Over the last three years, Lily and Addy have grown stronger every day and now have many of their medical issues behind them. Dom and Maggie get to enjoy them as active and silly kids. In May 2024, the twins became big sisters to a healthy baby girl.
It was just yesterday that I googled the Altobelli girls and didn't find any update on them. Today UA-cam presents this video. I've watched their separation video and were so glad they both survived, but worried if they were ever able to live without a ventilator, let alone the trache. I'm very happy to now see them thriving and running around, no wires, tubes or trache. They seem so happy and lively despite everything they went through. The parents did a great job and so did the CHOP. All the best for the future of the twins and the whole family, including the cute new little baby sister Mila. ❤
What a beautiful family you have now! It is so great to see the girls flourishing.😅
I watched the video of the girls separation. I can’t imagine how stressful that had to have been for these loving parents. They are doing an amazing job, you can tell because of how happy and well adjusted the girls are!💖💖
Congratulations on the success of the twins! It was a long journey for the parents with having to spend the first year in the hospital,separation surgery,going home with trach's and NG fedding tubes and slowly going off assistance to breathe and eat to now breathing and eating normally for 4 year old toddlers and now becoming big sister's to a little baby sister.
Just a healthy baby IS a miracle
Just me having a little chuckle that the place they got separated at is abbreviated “CHOP”…. lol. Awesome to see them thriving!
Your girls are beautiful! And reading about how much money you have raised to help others is simply incredible. I love your story, your girls, and your love which is for others, too, with special needs. I will look forward to following your lovely girls as they grow and change. What a wonderful story! Best wishes to all of you.
You two make BEAUTIFUL babies! Congratulations!
Those kids are so precious & cute & will get the love they need & care to grow into beautiful young ladies & enjoy there childhoods together & there baby sister too!
Beautiful Story🥰
Such a beautiful family with three beautiful little girls❤❤❤
Surgical miracles. Extraordinary parents.
Beautiful girls
Oh those little girls seen for a few seconds on their tricycles! An absolutely beautiful sight!♥️♥️
It’s a little bit unfortunate that the hospital’s name is CHOP.
That’s the abbreviation 😬
Ain't that ironic
I bet the surgeons like it 😜
My sister has an orthopedic surgeon named Dr Butcher!
That's what I thought!😂
Молодцы, низкий поклон таким родителям, какая любовь и сила духа у этой семьи. Желаем здоровья и огромной любви ❤❤❤❤❤❤
All the best to all of you ❤
Beautiful 🙏🏾
God bless those beautiful girls🙏🙏🙏
Beautiful family!
Absolutely gorgeous ❤
Gorgeous couple and gorgeous kids💞
Omg ❤❤ two most beautiful angels 👼
They are adorable ❤❤
So beautiful ❤
bless them❤
What a beautiful thing to see
Beautiful girls! ❤❤❤
Love this ❤❤❤
Such love ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful girls ❤
What a wonderful and very special family. Wishing them much love and joy! X
Darling girls❤
Beautiful and blessed by Jesus ❤
Chop, why are these the only conjoined twins you feature? What about the other 56 pairs before them
Tablets and phones are bad for kids, making them harder to parent in the long run.
Shame on you, what a terrible, insensitive, thoughtless thing to say to these parents. You were probably blessed with healthy children and never had to face daunting challenges like these parents have. They have two little ones with major medical conditions that restrict what they can physically do and it was imperative that they found ways to engage their developing minds.
100% Agree❤
100% Agree no phone and tablets
This is not that venue. Check your judgement at the door.
@@gailcreighton5484 it’s that she said that she wondered how her parents brought up children without devices. My comment was in response to that comment.
I’m not judging her parenting and special needs kids do need special parenting.
My comment was intended to be a general comment on children doing better without devices and the current evidence supports that.
Quiet time is in order.
such beautiful girls , all three of them - with best parents ❤🙏👍
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This couple look alike similar features they say it's your sole mate
You're the lucky ones. Our girls didn't make it.
I'm so sorry for your loss. May your precious little angels be in the Lords arms.
I'm so sorry. I also lost a daughter. A mother's heart never forgets.
0:40 How did parents do this without phones and tablets?? 🥴 Girl, put that stuff away and let the girls PLAY. And then teach them to clean up the mess afterwards. Obviously something YOU didn't have to learn...
I took my 2 to the park 2x a day as much as I could.
How can you deal will all the screaming??? So glad I never had kids. Love my childless life.
They are empathetic, brave and loving people… glad you did not have children .. ar least you knew it was a better idea for them…
I had three and loved almost all of it. Not everyone wants children and that is to be respected.
I can tolerate children screaming because I understand they are children. It is hard to tolerate so-called grownups who carry on like children.
What a shame that one of the children was given a real name but the other was just lumbered with a surname.
Are you talking about Addison? That’s been used as a first name for over 100 years. Maybe it’s just not common where you are.
Beautiful Story🥰