Mom embraces miracle twins
2010-07-22 14:07
Melbourne - A Bangladeshi woman whose conjoined twin daughters were parted in marathon surgery in Australia has embraced them separately for the first time, the children's guardian said on Thursday.
Trishna and Krishna, born with their skulls and brains fused, were separated in a complex 32-hour operation last December, after being rescued from a Dhaka orphanage by Australian aid workers convinced that they faced certain death.
Their incredible survival through the risky surgery was hailed a miracle around the world.
Their mother, Lovely Goldar, had given up the girls shortly after birth in the hope they would receive medical care.
Goldar, 24, had finally been reunited with her three-year-old daughters in Melbourne, Australian guardian Moira Kelly said on Thursday.
Tearful reunion
"The last time she saw her children was horrific for any human being, so it was very important to create a very special memory for her now, because it was going to be something that was implanted in her heart and her mind," Kelly said.
"Trishy came up and warmed to us so beautifully and hugged the two of us, started wiping our tears, and of course (her) mum then just put her arms around the little girl. It gives me goosebumps now, it was a really special moment."
Though the girls are to remain in Australia until they were older and in better health, Kelly said she would "love" for them to eventually return to Bangladesh, and said she wanted Goldar to remain in their lives.
"We would like Lovely to be a part of the girls' lives, watch the girls grow up and any big milestones," she said.