Previously conjoined twin girls long for each other post surgery

Nurses describe how the two keep finding ways to 'bum-shuffle' back to each other

Bhutanese conjoined twins, surgically separated in Australia last week were seen snuggling to be close to each other, CNN reported on Saturday.

Nurses informed reporters about how the 15-month-old sisters Dawa and Nima Pelden 'insist' on being close to each other, finding ways to "bum-shuffle" back to each other.

Nurse coordinator at Melbourne's Royal Children Hospital told reporters that the pair is never far apart from one another.



She mentioned that the staff initially tried putting them in separate beds but "they didn't like that at all."

"They're in the one bed together and just happy playing with one another, and it's actually beautiful to see," Smith added. "They like their mother close too. They're always looking for mum and she's never far away."

Lead pediatric surgeon Joe Crameri said the girls were doing fine six days after the surgery.



"The girls have followed largely the path that we set out for them," he said.

"Like any surgical pathway, there have been a few bumps in the road, and there are a few bumps we're still smoothing out - but with all the resources we've got here at the Children's Hospital ... we're making good progress at the current time."

A high-risk procedure was carried out on the pair earlier in November. The operation which was performed by a team of 25 professionals took more than six hours.

This article originally appeared in CNN.