{"id":12716,"date":"2026-07-28T16:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=12716"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:05:17","slug":"from-separation-to-success-the-inspiring-journey-of-siamese-twins-separated-at-age-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=12716","title":{"rendered":"From Separation to Success: The Inspiring Journey of Siamese Twins Separated at Age 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conjoined twins who had a slim chance of survival are now preparing to go to school for the first time.<\/p>\n

Rosie and Ruby Formosa, who were born joined at the abdomen and shared part of an intestine, needed an emergency operation to separate them when they were born in 2012. Their parents, Angela and Daniel Formosa, were told the girls had a low chance of survival when medics discovered they were conjoined. But after a successful separation operation at London\u2019s Great Ormond Street hospital (Gosh), the identical twins lead happy and healthy lives and are preparing to start school in September.<\/p>\n

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The four-year-olds from Bexleyheath in Kent were \u201cvery excited\u201d to be starting school like their big sister, Lily, nine, Ms Formosa, 35, said. \u201cFour years ago it wasn\u2019t in my mind that this would ever happen,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I was pregnant I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d ever see their first day at school so it is really amazing and all thanks to Gosh really.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said it was \u201cheartbreaking\u201d when she discovered the girls had the rare medical condition which occurs in one in every 200,000 live births.<\/p>\n

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