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NEW YORK CITY, NY (December 11, 2003) – The team caring for conjoined Filipino twins Clarence and Carl Aguirre at The Children’s Hospital At Montefiore (CHAM) today continued their watch over the boys’ recovery from a minor infection.
“Their fevers are decreasing and are almost gone,” said David Staffenberg, MD, chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, CHAM. “We’re keeping Clarence and Carl with us at CHAM for observation at least through the weekend, as a precautionary measure,” he said.
Doctors at CHAM decided to remove a tissue expander, inserted under the skin covering the boys’ skulls on November 24th, to prevent a minor infection from becoming something more serious.
The boys’ moods today seemed to match New York City’s sleepy, rainy weather. Clarence, usually the more gregarious of the brothers, practiced his usual ‘high-five’ for mother Arlene and visitors without much enthusiasm. Carl took a break from trying to climb out of the crib by resting quietly, his sharp, bright eyes following every movement in the boys’ room.
Mother Arlene was doing her usual 24/7 crib-side comforting of her sons, supported by their CHAM pediatric intensive care nurse, Patty Doyle. Arlene attended the daily noon Mass at Montefiore Medical Center Chapel.
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