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[jadesymb]

Congratulations! You are giving birth to a set of adorable twins! However, it turns out that the twins are conjoined in such a way that would make separation surgery life threatening. The doctors tell you that in order to attempt the surgery, it needs to be done when the children are young, ideally preformed when the twins are between the ages

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[anagramofbrat]

D: D: D: D:

Separate them. Better to give one a fighting chance than lose both.

[cherryslipz]

This just makes me sad and I am glad I am not in that position.

[bluejupiter]

Yes, I have the surgery. Chances are also good that in two-five years, their chances of survival will go up.

[tauruschick]

This. There are very very very few situations where I could see myself getting an abortion but this is one of them.

[mama0807]

Yeah, I think this would be my option. God, this is breaking my heart.

[justuschickens]

Eeeeesh. Better to save one than neither, or at least to have a chance to.

The thing I would be messed up by -- the thing that made me cry to think about -- is how do you tell one of your daughters she won't be waking up from surgery ever again? If they're sharing a heart, they HAVE to pick the twin they think has the best shot, give that one the heart, and allow the other to die. You'd know which twin it was going into it. How do you tell that little girl? DO you tell her? How do you tell her sister? Ugh.

[lutine]

Those questions should be a booj post.

[justuschickens]

Your wish, my command.

[notodette]

Your son's face = my reaction to that suggestion.