We're twinseparable! Happy with his brother, the boy who refused to die

Daily Mail ^ | Last updated at 01:09am on 3rd November 2007 | By LUCY LAING

[mware]

God spared with woman a world of sadness.

I wonder if she knows how blessed she is.

[armymarinemom]

[mware]

Beautiful boys.

Life will find a way. God bless the little fellow.

[pandoraou812]

I wonder if she knows how blessed she is.

I think she must. Prayers for the twins. ~P~

[mware]

The boy who refused to die.

Hmm, I wonder if that mades the doctors Lord Voltamore???

[donnab]

I am sure she does. What a wonderful story. God bless them all.

[flowerplough]

Mrs Jones said: “It really is a miracle. Doctors carried out an operation to let Gabriel die - yet he hung on. It was unbelievable.”

No, Ma’am, your doctors “carried out an operation” to kill Gabriel. They failed. Fits well with much I’ve read lately on the competence and consience of Britain’s Nationalized Health Service.

[KarlInOhio]

"They thought it may be because the placenta had been divided. Inadvertently, it had evened out the distribution of nutrition between them, allowing Gabriel to survive.'

I wonder how often it happens that one twin grows much faster than the other and whether this might become the standard treatment for that.

[mware]

The brother's bond was stronger than the doctors of death.

I am amazed that they tried a second time to destroy the baby. After the second time, I think their conscience finally must have got to them.

[mware]

Yes, i wonder about that too. In any case the thing they thought would kill the child may have just saved him.

[television is just wrong]

this is what we have to look forward to with hillary care.

[null and void]

“The boy who didn’t die” ping...

[RightField]

I wonder if she knows how blessed she is.

Perhaps she realizes her blessings now. But, this part of the article makes me wonder:

It would be kinder to let him die in the womb with his brother by his side than to die alone after being born . . . "That made my mind up for me. I wanted the best thing for him."

I never understand it when a person says that killing a fetus is the "best thing" for the baby.

[meadsjn]

"It would be kinder to let him die ..."

"That made my mind up for me. I wanted the best thing for him."

There's a mindset to watch for.

[nmh]

WOW!

What a heartwarming story!

[nmh]

Yeah ...

“That made my mind up for me. I wanted the best thing for him.”

That’s the “compassionate” stance for abortion too ... .

[mware]

Weird how is enlarged heart actually reduced in size.

Wonder if they are aware of the irony of naming the baby Gabriel, "God's messenger"

[Reddy]

“It would be kinder to let him die in the womb with his brother by his side than to die alone after being born.”

Huh??

Anyway, this sounds like it might be a case of Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). The surgery they performed to separate the placentas probably saved this baby’s life. There is a new technique that was just developed to save TTTS babies- it is called fetoscopic laser coagulation, and has been very successful. Not sure if the article procedure and this procedure are the same, however I’m just very glad that we don’t have England’s health care system (yet!!).

[mware]

Who knows maybe, just maybe this event changed the minds of some of the doctors who do abortions.

[mware]

Thanks for that information Reddy, I was wondering if it was a procedure used for twins when one of them is in a life threatening situation.