Though the surgery to separate them, which came two years later, was a success, they still had serious deformities and they often had to be hospitalized for pain and sickness. They could never stray far from NTUH, much less return to Kaohsiung to live.
兩年多後的分割手術雖然成功，但部份構造嚴重畸形，常有病痛要住院治療，他們依舊不可能遠離台大醫院，返回高雄的家生活。