Newborn twins Jenna and Jillian Thistlethwaite began their lives as best friends. After being born 48 seconds apart Friday at Akron General Medical Center, the rare "mono mono" twins held hands when the doctors held them up to see their mother.

The twin girls were born with a rare condition, but by the afternoon on Mother's Day their ventilators were removed and they were able to breathe comfortably on their own.

Their...