The conjoined California twins that were separated last week following a 17-hour marathon surgery have been reunited for the first time since the operation.
Eva and Erika Sandoval have been recovering in separate beds in the same room, but they could not see each other well.
Their parents and intensive care team carefully carried Erika and placed her in Eva's bed to say hello on Monday, officials at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford said on Wednesday.
It's the closest the twins have been since they were separated early in December.
"It was such a thrill for us to see the girls next to one another again," said the twins' mother, Aida Sandoval.
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Dr Meghna Patel, who is caring for Erika in the paediatric intensive care unit, said both are doing well with no significant complications.
Before surgery, the girls shared a bladder, liver, parts of their digestive system and a third leg.
Each girl retains portions of the organs they shared, and each still has one leg. The third limb was used for skin grafts to cover surgical wounds.
The two-year-old Sacramento area girls are awake and breathing without ventilators and are expected to continue recovering from surgery in the hospital for another week before moving out of intensive care to an acute care unit.
