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                    [Title] => Mother of once-conjoined Filipino twins thanks NY doctors
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A Filipino woman who gave birth to conjoined twins has thanked the New York doctors involved on the 10th anniversary of the boys' separation.

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One twin uses an iPad, plays video games and dances to Michael Jackson tunes. The other has significant, possibly permanent, problems walking and talking.

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Until 2004, Carl and Clarence Aguirre could not sit up, stand straight or look each other in the eye because of their unusual link.

But at a party at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx on Friday, they romped like healthy kids. Carl stuck his hand in the birthday cake. Clarence hung on to his mother, Arlene Aguirre, and ran about with a toy. [DatePublished] => 2007-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298799 [Title] => Former conjoined boy starts walking [Summary] => WHITE PLAINS (AP) — Clarence Aguirre, one of the conjoined Filipino twins who survived a long series of delicate surgeries to separate him from his brother, Carl, has begun walking, Montefiore Medical Center officials said.

Carl is expected to follow in his brother’s footsteps soon.

Montefiore spokesman Steve Osborne confirmed Sunday that Clarence had begun walking on his own after "Dateline NBC" showed images of the three-year-old, wearing a helmet, taking steps at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla.
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Doctors, nurses and technicians applauded after the successful operation that ended at 3:20 a.m. (yesterday afternoon in Manila), said Steve Osborne, a spokesman for the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center here.

The two-year-old boys’ mother, Arlene Aguirre, burst into tears after being informed that she was "now the mother of two boys."
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Hindi napigilang maiyak ni Arlene Aguirre, 32, ina ng kambal na sina Carl at Clarence dahil sa sobrang kaligayahan matapos na maisakatuparan ang pinakadelikado at sensitibong operasyon sa Montefiore Children’s Hospital.
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After a nine-hour operation Friday, 22-month-old Carl and Clarence Aguirre were wheeled to the pediatric critical care unit to begin adjusting to rerouted circulation systems, said Pamela Adkins, spokeswoman for Montefiore Medical Center.

No detailed comment on the results of the surgery was expected before yesterday’s news conference in New York.
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Arlene Aguirre, 31-year-old former nurse from Silay City in Negros Occidental, and her twins Clarence and Carl, left late Tuesday night for New York aboard Philippine Airlines flight PR-102.

"Wish ko sana na maging successful ang operation at magkaroon sila ng normal life," Aguirre said in an interview at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Centennial Terminal 2 a few hours before the 10 p.m. flight.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Mother of once-conjoined Filipino twins thanks NY doctors
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A Filipino woman who gave birth to conjoined twins has thanked the New York doctors involved on the 10th anniversary of the boys' separation.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-06 08:42:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140806/Filipino-conjoined-twins.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1353748 [Title] => Decade on, separate lives for once-conjoined Filipino twins [Summary] =>

One twin uses an iPad, plays video games and dances to Michael Jackson tunes. The other has significant, possibly permanent, problems walking and talking.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-04 08:10:13 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390260 [AuthorName] => Jim Fitzgerald [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140804/Filipino-conjoined-twins-10-years-later.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 395836 [Title] => Formerly conjoined Pinoy twins in US turn 5 [Summary] => NEW YORK (AP) – Twin Filipino boys, born joined at the top of their heads, celebrated their improbable fifth birthdays Saturday, three and a half years after doctors separated them in a series of difficult surgeries.

Until 2004, Carl and Clarence Aguirre could not sit up, stand straight or look each other in the eye because of their unusual link.

But at a party at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx on Friday, they romped like healthy kids. Carl stuck his hand in the birthday cake. Clarence hung on to his mother, Arlene Aguirre, and ran about with a toy. [DatePublished] => 2007-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298799 [Title] => Former conjoined boy starts walking [Summary] => WHITE PLAINS (AP) — Clarence Aguirre, one of the conjoined Filipino twins who survived a long series of delicate surgeries to separate him from his brother, Carl, has begun walking, Montefiore Medical Center officials said.

Carl is expected to follow in his brother’s footsteps soon.

Montefiore spokesman Steve Osborne confirmed Sunday that Clarence had begun walking on his own after "Dateline NBC" showed images of the three-year-old, wearing a helmet, taking steps at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289317 [Title] => A year after separation, formerly conjoined Pinoy boys seem reborn [Summary] => VALHALLA, New York (AP) — One year after a neurosurgeon separated them by cutting through a section of brain, Carl Aguirre says "Wow!" as he whizzes a toy truck off the tray of his high chair and his brother Clarence holds his nose to let his mother know his diaper is dirty.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260221 [Title] => Conjoined Pinoy twins separated in New York [Summary] => NEW YORK — Conjoined twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre have finally been separated and are now "strong and stable" after a marathon operation that stretched into the wee hours Thursday.

Doctors, nurses and technicians applauded after the successful operation that ended at 3:20 a.m. (yesterday afternoon in Manila), said Steve Osborne, a spokesman for the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center here.

The two-year-old boys’ mother, Arlene Aguirre, burst into tears after being informed that she was "now the mother of two boys."
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260274 [Title] => Pinoy conjoined twins,hiwalay na ! [Summary] => Matagumpay na napaghiwalay ang kambal na batang lalaking Pinoy na ipinanganak na magkadikit ang ulo matapos ang isinagawang 12-oras na panghuling operasyon ng mga dalubhasa sa New York hospital sa Estados Unidos nitong Miyerkules ng gabi.

Hindi napigilang maiyak ni Arlene Aguirre, 32, ina ng kambal na sina Carl at Clarence dahil sa sobrang kaligayahan matapos na maisakatuparan ang pinakadelikado at sensitibong operasyon sa Montefiore Children’s Hospital.
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After a nine-hour operation Friday, 22-month-old Carl and Clarence Aguirre were wheeled to the pediatric critical care unit to begin adjusting to rerouted circulation systems, said Pamela Adkins, spokeswoman for Montefiore Medical Center.

No detailed comment on the results of the surgery was expected before yesterday’s news conference in New York.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220231 [Title] => Mother of conjoined Pinoy twins hopes for successful NY surgery [Summary] => A normal life is all a mother wishes for her one-year-old conjoined twins as they head for New York for surgery to separate them.

Arlene Aguirre, 31-year-old former nurse from Silay City in Negros Occidental, and her twins Clarence and Carl, left late Tuesday night for New York aboard Philippine Airlines flight PR-102.

"Wish ko sana na maging successful ang operation at magkaroon sila ng normal life," Aguirre said in an interview at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Centennial Terminal 2 a few hours before the 10 p.m. flight.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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