Melissa Buckles holds her conjoined twins, Jade and Erin Buckles.

At home, Kevin Buckles feeds his conjoined twins Jade and Erin, before leaving for an operation to separate them. Some weeks previously, doctors had implanted special expanders to stretch the twins' skin in advance of the surgery.

Kevin Buckles rests his head as he gives a bath to his daughter Taylor (2). His conjoined twins Jade and Erin Buckles will soon have surgery to separate them. Some weeks previously, doctors had implanted special expanders to stretch the twins' skin in advance of the surgery.

At Children's Hospital, Kevin and Melissa Buckles listen as Dr. Michael Boyajian explains the successful procedure on the couple's conjoined twins to stretch their skin in advance of a surgery to separate them.

Melissa Buckles weeps as she prepares to hand over her four-month-old conjoined twins, Jade and Erin, for surgery to separate them. Some weeks previously at the Children's Hospital, doctors had implanted special expanders to stretch the twins' skin in advance of the surgery.

Conjoined twins Jade and Erin Buckles are prepared for a procedure at Children's Hospital to implant special expanders to stretch the twins' skin in advance of the surgery to separate the two.

The medical team at Children's Hospital monitors a procedure on conjoined twins Jade and Erin Buckles to implant special expanders to stretch the twins' skin in advance of the surgery to separate them.

The medical team at Children's Hospital performs a successful surgery to separate conjoined twins Jade and Erin Buckles.

The medical team at Children's Hospital keeps watches the monitor of the operation to separate conjoined twins Jade and Erin Buckles.

The medical team at Children's Hospital lifts Jade Buckles from the operating table to be transported to the recovery room. Jade was conjoined with her twin sister Erin. They were separated when they were four months old during an operation at the Children's Hospital.

Melissa and Kevin Buckles are overcome as they see their onjoined twins Jade and Erin for the first time after they were separated in a successful surgery at Children's Hospital. The twins, who had been given the middle names of Faith and Hope, both survived the operation, although Erin's legs were paralyzed.

Kevin Buckles holds formerly conjoined twins Jade and Erin after their return home from Children's Hospital. The twins, who had been given the middle names of Faith and Hope, were separated when they were four months old. The operation was a success, although Erin's legs were paralyzed.

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