At dawn last Friday, Reitha and Ken Lakeberg gathered quietly with family and friends in the intensive-care unit of Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. As tears began to well, the Lakebergs made plaster imprints of the tiny hands of their daughters Amy and Angela, then picked them up and hugged and kissed them. Born seven weeks ago, the girls were Siamese twins, joined breast to belly, with a fused liver and a shared heart. As they cuddled the girls, Reitha, 24, and Ken, 26, knew that they would not see Amy, "the ornery one," alive again. Her fingernails had been left bare...
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