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![The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care. They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Hope Elizabeth Richards smiles with Dr. Rebecca Cavazos before she is discharged from Texas Children's Hospital. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 634](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000J3yVb63nJvc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000J3yVb63nJvc.jpg)
![The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care. They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Texas Children’s NICU nurses, Nidia Estrada and Melissa Ramos, say goodbye to Hope. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000GlQoSXdvxRU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000GlQoSXdvxRU.jpg)
![The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care. They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Hope and Anna Richards gaze into each other’s eyes as their mom, Jill, and brother, Seth, look on. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000kSa4kM0F_c8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000kSa4kM0F_c8.jpg)
![The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care. They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Hope rides down the hallway as she prepares to leave Texas Children’s after 482 days. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000h8Twt2WFOMc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000h8Twt2WFOMc.jpg)
![The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care. They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Hope Elizabeth and Anna Grace Richards reunite at Texas Children’s before Hope is discharged. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000EGC1tq0.Bc4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000EGC1tq0.Bc4.jpg)
![The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care. They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Jill and Michael Richards smile as their daughter, Hope, is discharged from Texas Children’s. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00003BA1pV.sq8E/fill=/fit=250x250/I00003BA1pV.sq8E.jpg)
![The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care. They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Ambulance personnel arrive to take Hope home. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000l5W413gyicw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000l5W413gyicw.jpg)
![The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care. They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Dr. Ed Buchanan, pediatric plastic surgeon at Texas Children’s, stops by to see the girls. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000n4lGbZGq05c/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000n4lGbZGq05c.jpg)
![It was almost 'game over' for this dog - after swallowing a video game cartridge. Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rocco was rushed to the vet and needed emergency surgery after the four-year-old dog began to vomit and refused to eat. Worried owners Sean Johnston and Rebecca Moss from Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, took him to a PDSA [People's Dispensary for Sick Animals] centre for treatment. Rocco was admitted immediately and PDSA vets were stunned when an X-ray revealed a rectangular shaped object in his gut. After surgery toremove the potentially fatal object, they retrieved a Nintendo DS game cartridge lodged in his small intestine. Left untreated, the cartridge could have caused a fatal blockage. Owner Sean said: “He wasn’t acting himself at all and we were worried he’d eaten a corn on the cob, but we were so shocked when the vet said it was from a video game! "We don’t own a Nintendo or anything like that so we’re baffled as to where he got it from." He added: "He’s a rescue dog and we’ve only had him for about six months so the only thing we can think is that it was from his previous owners – who knows how long it’s been in there!” The surgery was carried out at PDSA’s Glasgow Shamrock Street Pet Hospital. After an overnight stay to keep a close eye on his recovery Rocco was discharged the following day. PDSA Senior Vet, Susan Hermit, said: “We see dogs that eat strange things all the time but none of us had ever seen anything like this. "It was a good job Sean brought Rocco in when he did, as an object of this size trying to pass through the guts could have caused a deadly blockage or pierced his internal organs.” Please credit Courtesy of PDSA/MEGA. 11 Apr 2019 Pictured: Rocco looking happier. Photo credit: Courtesy of PDSA/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00006H2NrQc4t2I/fill=/fit=250x250/I00006H2NrQc4t2I.jpg)
![It was almost 'game over' for this dog - after swallowing a video game cartridge. Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rocco was rushed to the vet and needed emergency surgery after the four-year-old dog began to vomit and refused to eat. Worried owners Sean Johnston and Rebecca Moss from Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, took him to a PDSA [People's Dispensary for Sick Animals] centre for treatment. Rocco was admitted immediately and PDSA vets were stunned when an X-ray revealed a rectangular shaped object in his gut. After surgery toremove the potentially fatal object, they retrieved a Nintendo DS game cartridge lodged in his small intestine. Left untreated, the cartridge could have caused a fatal blockage. Owner Sean said: “He wasn’t acting himself at all and we were worried he’d eaten a corn on the cob, but we were so shocked when the vet said it was from a video game! "We don’t own a Nintendo or anything like that so we’re baffled as to where he got it from." He added: "He’s a rescue dog and we’ve only had him for about six months so the only thing we can think is that it was from his previous owners – who knows how long it’s been in there!” The surgery was carried out at PDSA’s Glasgow Shamrock Street Pet Hospital. After an overnight stay to keep a close eye on his recovery Rocco was discharged the following day. PDSA Senior Vet, Susan Hermit, said: “We see dogs that eat strange things all the time but none of us had ever seen anything like this. "It was a good job Sean brought Rocco in when he did, as an object of this size trying to pass through the guts could have caused a deadly blockage or pierced his internal organs.” Please credit Courtesy of PDSA/MEGA. 11 Apr 2019 Pictured: A photo of the cartridge retrieved after surgery. Photo credit: Courtesy of PDSA/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00003mH260GCm08/fill=/fit=250x250/I00003mH260GCm08.jpg)
![It was almost 'game over' for this dog - after swallowing a video game cartridge. Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rocco was rushed to the vet and needed emergency surgery after the four-year-old dog began to vomit and refused to eat. Worried owners Sean Johnston and Rebecca Moss from Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, took him to a PDSA [People's Dispensary for Sick Animals] centre for treatment. Rocco was admitted immediately and PDSA vets were stunned when an X-ray revealed a rectangular shaped object in his gut. After surgery toremove the potentially fatal object, they retrieved a Nintendo DS game cartridge lodged in his small intestine. Left untreated, the cartridge could have caused a fatal blockage. Owner Sean said: “He wasn’t acting himself at all and we were worried he’d eaten a corn on the cob, but we were so shocked when the vet said it was from a video game! "We don’t own a Nintendo or anything like that so we’re baffled as to where he got it from." He added: "He’s a rescue dog and we’ve only had him for about six months so the only thing we can think is that it was from his previous owners – who knows how long it’s been in there!” The surgery was carried out at PDSA’s Glasgow Shamrock Street Pet Hospital. After an overnight stay to keep a close eye on his recovery Rocco was discharged the following day. PDSA Senior Vet, Susan Hermit, said: “We see dogs that eat strange things all the time but none of us had ever seen anything like this. "It was a good job Sean brought Rocco in when he did, as an object of this size trying to pass through the guts could have caused a deadly blockage or pierced his internal organs.” Please credit Courtesy of PDSA/MEGA. 11 Apr 2019 Pictured: Rocco after his operation. Photo credit: Courtesy of PDSA/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000G5MWnrElvoI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000G5MWnrElvoI.jpg)
![It was almost 'game over' for this dog - after swallowing a video game cartridge. Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rocco was rushed to the vet and needed emergency surgery after the four-year-old dog began to vomit and refused to eat. Worried owners Sean Johnston and Rebecca Moss from Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, took him to a PDSA [People's Dispensary for Sick Animals] centre for treatment. Rocco was admitted immediately and PDSA vets were stunned when an X-ray revealed a rectangular shaped object in his gut. After surgery toremove the potentially fatal object, they retrieved a Nintendo DS game cartridge lodged in his small intestine. Left untreated, the cartridge could have caused a fatal blockage. Owner Sean said: “He wasn’t acting himself at all and we were worried he’d eaten a corn on the cob, but we were so shocked when the vet said it was from a video game! "We don’t own a Nintendo or anything like that so we’re baffled as to where he got it from." He added: "He’s a rescue dog and we’ve only had him for about six months so the only thing we can think is that it was from his previous owners – who knows how long it’s been in there!” The surgery was carried out at PDSA’s Glasgow Shamrock Street Pet Hospital. After an overnight stay to keep a close eye on his recovery Rocco was discharged the following day. PDSA Senior Vet, Susan Hermit, said: “We see dogs that eat strange things all the time but none of us had ever seen anything like this. "It was a good job Sean brought Rocco in when he did, as an object of this size trying to pass through the guts could have caused a deadly blockage or pierced his internal organs.” Please credit Courtesy of PDSA/MEGA. 11 Apr 2019 Pictured: X-ray showing the game cartridge inside Rocco. Photo credit: Courtesy of PDSA/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000V6ExcJXrb2A/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000V6ExcJXrb2A.jpg)
