Conjoined twins locked in battle for life

A Chicago mother is hopeful for her twins to survive, who depend on a ventilator to keep them alive, but doctors aren't as optimistic...

TheGrio Staff

Jun 9, 2010

From chicagotribune.com

Lying face to face, with one arm draped around the other, Kaydon and Kameron appear to be locked in a loving embrace.

But the boys, not yet 3 months old, have no choice but to hug each other every minute of every day. They are conjoined twins who share a liver and a single malformed heart.

Doctors discussed terminating the pregnancy with the mother, Brianna Manns, 21, after they determined the twins were not likely to survive. But Manns said abortion was never an option.

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