GUATEMALAN TWINS RECOVERING STEADILY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services WESTWOOD - Sisters Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus dos Santos (born September 10, 1893) is a Portuguese supercentenarian, and, as of August 13, 2007, the second-oldest person in the world. She has been the oldest verified living person in Portugal since the death of fellow 114-year-old Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes on Quiej Alvarez remained in serious but stable condition Monday, two weeks after the conjoined twins conjoined twins or Siamese twins Identical twins (see multiple birth) whose embryos did not separate completely. Conjoined twins are physically joined (typically along the trunk or at the front, side, or back of the head) and often share some organs. were separated in a marathon surgery. Maria Teresa remained on a ventilator and under moderate sedation Sedation Definition Sedation is the act of calming by administration of a sedative. A sedative is a medication that commonly induces the nervous system to calm. Purpose The process of sedation has two primary intentions. while she recovers from a three-hour surgical procedure performed last Friday to fight an infection after the Aug. 6 separation. She is slowly growing more alert, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a hospital statement, while her sister continues to be alert and active. On Friday, surgeons drained an accumulation of blood that doctors believed may have been contributing to a bacterial infection in the lining of Maria Teresa's brain. She underwent five hours of surgery for a similar buildup of blood after the 1-year-olds were separated Aug. 6. Maria de Jesus has not required follow-up surgery. The twins were born joined at the head in rural Guatemala. Before their operation, they shared bone and blood vessels Blood vessels Tubular channels for blood transport, of which there are three principal types: arteries, capillaries, and veins. Only the larger arteries and veins in the body bear distinct names. but had separate brains. |
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