Linda recalls one of the “toughest times” when she could physically feel her sister, Lillian’s, pain.
A set of conjoined twins made medical history in 1955, when they were separated and both survived. Now, Lillian Matthews-Hollins and Linda Matthews-Wilson are sharing their incredible story with NBC News and TODAY.
It wasn’t until their mother began pushing that her physician realized something was very wrong. That something turned out to be two baby girls who were connected from the sternum to the navel, and shared a liver.At roughly five weeks old, Lillian and Linda were successfully separated. The odds of both newborns surviving was “probably zero,” Linda told NBC’s Sam Brock during a joint interview with Lillian that aired on TODAY March 3.
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