Twin Astonishes Doctors by Surviving Fatal Procedure in Womb
"It really is a miracle. Doctors carried out an operation to let Gabriel die—yet he hung on."
(United Kingdom)—Despite the fact that Rebecca Jones heeded her doctor's advice to "terminate" one of the twins she was carrying five weeks before her delivery, that boy, Gabriel, refused to die. (Photo: Daily Mail)
In an astonishing story out of the U.K., the Daily Mail reports that the doctors—after saying Gabriel's heart was three times larger than it should be and that he would suffer a heart attack in the womb—divided Jones' placenta to kill the baby. They also claimed that Gabriel's brother, Ieuan, would die in the womb if they did not take Gabriel's life.
Says Jones: "It really is a miracle. Doctors carried out an operation to let Gabriel die—yet he hung on...The doctors couldn't believe it when they could still hear his heartbeat the next morning."
Now the twins are seven months old and going strong. Mrs. Jones says, "The boys are so healthy...Gabriel is always laughing, it's like he's just so happy to be here. There is such a strong bond between them. They are always holding hands and if one cries, the other reaches out to comfort him."
