Straits Time Reflection 10

Q1:
What are some of the problems involved in seperating a conjoined twin?

A1:
The problems the surgeons had to face when seperating a conjoined twin is that they may have to make one of the twins die so as the other twin will safely be seperated. This however would cause a person's life. The surgeons could seperate the conjoined twins with both of them still alive but this would have risks just like adult Siamese twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani, 29, from Iran who went to surgery in Singapore in 2003. Both of them died on the operating table from excessive blood loss. If surgeons would like to take the risks and wanting to seperate any conjoined twins, they would need lots and lots of blood in order to have both of the twins safely seperated but they may fail when operating.

Q2:
If you were a part of a conjoined twin, would you rather stay together with your twin for the rest of your life or would you risk both your lives to go for an operation? Why?

A2:
It all depends on the situation. If i were to continue to stay with my twin together for the rest of my life, it would be difficult for us to have a normal life just like other human beings. If my twins have a very bad attitude, I may intend to risk both of our lives for an operation. These may make me feel uncomfortable, helpless, sad and even envious of the other human being having such a good normal life. If possible i would like to have me and my other twins seperated as I don't want us both to have difficulties like wearing our clothes, going to school, sitting down, eating and even sleeping. In the newspaper, for example, the surgeons says that the operation is very serious and risky. The operation will eventually cause one of the twins or both of them to die and this is a sad thing. Even if one of them were to survive, the other will have serious brain damage. If we were the parents of the twins, we may be having a difficult decision to make. This decision may tell us whether the twins died unfortunately, one of them would survive or both would survive.