Once conjoined, Florida twins heading home after 7 surgeries
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — Jesi and Remi Petri are coming home in separate car seats seven months after they were born conjoined at the belly.
The babies were born to Angi and Andre Petri on Mother’s Day, and have undergone seven surgeries at Gainesville’s UF Shands Children’s Hospital.
Doctors suspected something was amiss on one of the sonograms and confirmed their livers and small intestines were fused. After doing research, the Petris chose to have the babies in Gainesville.
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