Rare Conjoined Twins Share The Same Heart

Northside Hospital in Atlanta welcomed conjoined twin boys who share a torso, arms and legs and a heart, making them quite the medical rarity.

As the babies share a heart and circulatory system, they will not be separated, according to social posts made by parents Michael and Robin Hamby of Alabama.

Conjoined twins occur once in every 200,000 live births and most do not survive, with about 40 to 60 percent stillborn.

The two boys were born at 7:32 a.m. and have been named Asa and Eli.

The boys are doing well, with no immediate complications. However, at this time, they are on oxygen masks as a precaution while doctors at the hospital examine them.

"The neonatologist said two things can happen. They can come into this world as healthy babies and then get sick on us really quickly," Michael said, via The Daily Mail. "Or they can come in sick and we can get them healthy. It's hard to say. We don't know.'
For more updates, visit the Hamby Twins Facebook page."

Those interested in donating to the Hamby twins can do so through the twins' account at Wells Fargo or by visiting the Hamby twins' page at www.youcaring.com.

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