A recent sonogram of Kansas twins appears to show the female twin holding the hand of her dying sister.
Ian and Brittani McIntire were elated to find out they were expecting twins, but devastated to learn that the baby boy has a hole in his heart as well as an abnormal brain.
He’s not expected to survive until birth, but it appears his female counterpart is doing all she can to make sure they'll make it.
“He’s only weighing nine ounces and his sister is over two pounds, so big size difference. His only chance of survival would be heart surgery but they wouldn’t do heart surgery on him because of his brain,” Brittani told KWCH.
Every follow-up appointment brought bad news, until doctors captured the heartwarming moment in a sonogram.
“We didn’t really see much, she said there’s his hand and there’s her hand and it looks like they’re holding hands,” Brittani said.
“Most twins, when she’s trying to take pictures and stuff, they’re kicking each other and hitting each other and she said with our twins it seems like she was very protective over him. I know I’m holding him, I’m carrying him but I just want to be there for him. And she’s the only one who can actually be there and holding onto him through it, so it’s comforting to know that if he does pass he won’t be alone.”
