SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic ? Two once-conjoined toddler girls from the Dominican Republic are getting a presidential welcome in their homeland.
President Leonel Fernandez and Dominican first lady Margarita Cedeno welcomed the girls upon their arrival from the United States. Later, an emotional Cedeno said in a public ceremony that the girls are "two angels" whose arrival Tuesday is like a Christmas gift.
Maria and Teresa Tapia and their mother and aunt flew in from Richmond, Virginia.
The girls underwent nearly daylong surgery Nov. 7 at Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University. They were conjoined at the chest, and a team led by university surgeons divided their liver, pancreas and other shared organ systems and reconstructed their abdominal walls.
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