Icloud deleted 2nd phone contacts and apps

I connected to iCloud when upgrading my iPhone 4 to v5 s/w.
I also upgraded my wife's iPhone 3 to v5 s/w. She uses the same iTunes account to download apps, songs. All her stuff was backed up to iTunes during the upgrade.
I went ahead and connected her phone to iCloud. As recommended by the "no warning about the problems that lie ahead" encouraging message.
It has replaced all of her contacts with mine. It has replaced all of her apps with mine.
iTunes knows that we have 2 phones and handles it fine.
I assumed (foolishly) that iCloud would do the same.
Please advise - is there a way to get her contacts and apps back??
Thanks
Steve

No it doesn't!!!
I had my iCloud setup by the Geniuses at WillowBend Apple Store in Plano, TX
and yet one day my work calendar disappeared...wasn't on iCloud...wasn't in the backup
Apple engineers spent a day and restored everything but the last 2 months of data (irreplaceable data).
Despite calls several times a week to my appointed 'senior advisor'....no response as to where my data went and why it did that...
the obvious answer is that iCloud is not dependable..it is buggy..and either there are only two possible reasons Apple will not respond to my inquiries....they know why the data was lost but won't reveal it or two, they don't know and that scares them even more....but, it is a crappy thing not to even respond to me in over 2 weeks.
But heh...as long as Tim Cook gets a tingle up his leg opening nice beautiful Apple Stores....who are we to compalin

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To restore from a back up made through iTunes, follow these instructions.
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