Conjoined twin's condition downgraded

Surgeons have placed a shunt in one of the formerly conjoined Egyptian twins to drain spinal fluid, and the two-year-old’s condition was downgraded today.

Surgeons have placed a shunt in one of the formerly conjoined Egyptian twins to drain spinal fluid, and the two-year-old’s condition was downgraded today.

Ahmed Ibrahim was in guarded condition in a Dallas hospital today. Doctors said the downgrade from good condition was common in such cases.

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