Rare life saving surgery on twins in Minneapolis

Gavin and Owen Cassellius were struggling against each other for survival in their mother’s womb. The twins were sharing the same placenta- one  receiving too much of the blood supply and growing at a fast pace  while the other was  struggling  for life.

Owen and Gavin were diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome while they were still in the womb. In most of the cases, at least one child is lost.

But the doctors performed a rare experimental surgery on the twins. Using tiny cameras and lasers, the surgeons at Abbott Northwestern and Children's Hospital in Minneapolis were able to save the twins.

Both Gavin and Owen, who are identical twins, were born with nearly the same weight - 5 pounds, 9 ounces and 5 pounds, 4 ounces.
"Indescribable, I guess," said their mother Jeana Cassellius.

"A miracle, essentially," said new father Jeff Cassellius, "to be here holding both of them."