Ezequiel and Samuel Nuñez, the Costa Rican siamese twins who underwent a separation surgery at the National Children’s Hospital three months ago are almost ready to leave the hospital.

The twins who are now 2 years and 5 months old have slowly made progress to the point that Samuel could be going back home as early as next week; Ezequiel still requires to get some infections under control but could join his family just a few days after Samuel.

According to Olga Arguedas, director the National Children’s Hospital, the parents are receiving training and information to properly care for their children at home.

“The idea is that the kids are home with their parents before the peak of respiratory infections begins in the country, and this way they are not exposed to other infections”, explained Arguedas.

Doctors estimated the twins would require a longer hospitalization, at least six months, but they have evolved better than expected.

The children must remain under medical control of a multidisciplinary team twice a week and now their recovery focuses in physical rehabilitation.

Ezequiel and Samuel were conjoined by the top of their heads, didn’t share brain or cerebellum but did share veins, arteries and corpus callosum (the part of the mind that allows communication between the two hemispheres of the brain). The characteristics of the procedure made this one of the most complex surgeries done in the National Children’s Hospital and required the assistance of 20 specialists and over 18 hours of work.