Pray For Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen

Surgeons at the Mayo Clinic have reported that the livers of conjoined twins Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen from Fargo have been successfully separated, as have the girls' pancreas and "all other major organs," Mayo spokesman Lee Aase said at about 4 p.m. today. The separation was met with a burst of applause by surgeons and others in the operating room, he said.

Surgeons have also successfully reconstructed Isabelle's bowel. Abby's bowel reconstruction is under way now.

"It's going very well," Aase said.

"We would expect that the separation will be happening fairly soon." Star Tribune