‘We Did It’: Conjoined Twin Girls Separated at Cook Children’s Medical Center Make History

Sisters JamieLynn and AmieLynn underwent surgery on Monday, becoming the first conjoined twins to be separated at Cook Children’s Medical Center.

Jamie and Amie lay face-to-face and shared a liver, which was successfully separated during the 11-hour procedure.

After the surgery, the girls returned to Cook Children’s NICU to begin their journey to recovery, this time on the road together, but separate.

Parents James Finley and Amanda Arciniega of Saginaw, Texas were overjoyed to reunite with their girls and see them in their separate cribs, laying on their backs for the first time on Monday evening.

Doctors are optimistic as the girls heal. Their primary focus will be breathing support and pain control in the next few days.

The girls were born in October via C-section at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. They were transferred to the Cook Children’s NICU to remain under the care of their neonatologists. Jamie and Amie love music and listening to their grandmother sing.

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