Dad of Formerly Conjoined Twins Hopes His Girls 'Stay Close': 'I Always Tell Them That'

Mar. 15, 2025

Amanda Arciniega with her daughters JamieLynn and AmieLynn Finley.Photo:Cook Children’s Health Care System

Cook Children’s Health Care System

A pair of formerly conjoined twins are doing well one year after a successful separation surgery, according to their parents.

JamieLynn and AmieLynn Finley weresuccessfully separatedduring an 11-hour surgery in January 2023, four months after they were born conjoined at the livers and chests, Cook Children’s Medical Center previously said.

Amanda Arciniega and James Finley with their daughters JamieLynn and AmieLynn Finley.Cook Children’s Health Care System

Amie is doing particularly well, having undergone an additional chest surgery before she and her sister left the hospital.

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James Finley with his daughters JamieLynn and AmieLynn Finley.Cook Children’s Health Care System

The twins have quite different personalities, too, according to their father. “Aime is the kind, gentle soul, you can just see it in her eyes,” Finley said.

“And Jamie, she’s my little firecracker,” he added.

JamieLynn and AmieLynn Finley.Cook Children’s Health Care System

This spring will mark one year since the girls went home from the hospital, though they came home more than two weeks apart. JamieLynn was released from the hospital on March 21, while AmieLynn came home on April 7.

Nonetheless, Finley and Amanda Arciniega, the girls’ mother, are looking forward to what the future holds for their daughters.

source: people.com