Former conjoined twins Nima and Dawa approach third birthday
They’re come a long way since Melbourne surgeons helped separate conjoined twins Nima and Dawa. Back home in Bhutan, the pair are soon to turn three – but still remain inseparable.
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With huge smiles and an energetic love of life, formerly conjoined twins Nima and Dawa are passing milestone after milestone as they eye their third birthday.
Still side-by-side in almost everything they do, the sisters are in perfect health 16 months after returning to Bhutan following their separation by Royal Children’s Hospital surgeons.
With their third birthday approaching next month, Nima and Dawa’s mother Bhumchu Zangmo said the pair have been “naughty” while cooped up inside their Himalayan home during COVID-19 lockdowns, but are happy now that they can do more exploring outside.
Posting new photos outside to their saviours from Children First Foundation and all their friends in Australia and around the world, Bhumchu said the troublesome pair were growing tall but remain inseparable.
“There’s two to kiss and two to hug and, best of all, two to love,” she said.
Born joined from their chests to their abdomens as a mirror image of one another, Nima and Dawa were rescued by the Children First Foundation and flown to Melbourne in October 2018.
Over months the twins overcame health complications while a team of more than 20 Royal Children’s Hospital specialists planned unique separated surgery, which finally took place on November 9, 2018, followed by months of therapies to cope with new bodies and freedom.
After returning to Bhutan and living with their large family in the Indian border town of Phuntsholing the girls have remained by each other’s side, though have required very little medical help thanks to the efforts of their Melbourne surgeons and the work of Bhutanese surgeon Karma Sherub.
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