Tiny twins weighed just 1lb at birth

Tiny twin sisters Johanna and Ivy Good were separated straight after birth for lifesaving medical treatment after they were born weighing in at just over 1lb in weight.

Tiny twins weighed just 1lb at birth

But 96 days after their premature birth at 27 weeks, the sisters were finally reunited with the rest of their family at home in Midleton, Co Cork.

Little Johanna is featured undergoing intricate neurosurgery in this week’s episode of Temple Street Children’s Hospital for a brain bleed which led to hydrocephalus — a build- up of fluid on the brain.

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