Conjoined twins' operation bittersweet for family

Updated: 2016-03-29 08:33

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Zou Jichao and Zou Jifan, who were born joined with shared livers and abdomens, look at their mother in bed at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai before a surgical separation on Jan 12, 2016. The three-month-old twins were successfully separated. [Photo/qq.com]

With the successful surgery, the family should have been looking forward to a life filled with happiness. But real life is not a fairy tale. The twins' father, a house painter with an annual income of 50,000 yuan ($7,683), said economic woes would challenge their lives in near future.