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LOS ANGELES, June 7 (UPI) -- One of two formerly conjoined twins from Guatemala was released from a Los Angeles hospital Saturday.
CNN reported her 22-month-old sister, however, remained hospitalized, recovering from complications from surgery last August to separate them.
Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez squirmed and smiled as she left Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA. There was no word when her sister, Maria Teresa, might be discharged.
The twins were joined at the head for 377 days before doctors separated them in a 23-hour operation.
The girls returned to Los Angeles on May 22, but their parents were left in Guatemala because there was no room on the plane.
Maria Teresa underwent surgery last month to replace a valve that helps drain brain fluid. It was her fifth operation since the separation.
Her sister was being treated for an infection and will stay with a foster family for now.
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