Newly separated conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna have captured the hearts of Australians with their cheeky smiles and fighting spirit as they recover from their landmark surgery – but their biggest fight is still to come.
Without the legal documentation to stay in Australia, the girls’ ultimate fate remains uncertain and, with the birth parents signing away all rights, the twins could find themselves back in the orphanage from which they were rescued.
Brought to this country by Moira Kelly, Executive Director of the Children’s First Foundation (CFF), which provides a safe haven for children of all races, the twins’ official guardian is still the Missionaries of Charity Orphanage in Bangladesh.
After surviving a 32-hour operation at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, in which their fused heads were separated, the twins amazed medical experts with the speed of their recuperation, watching Wiggles videos and chatting just days after they regained consciousness.
The brave girls will celebrate both their third birthday, on December 22, and Christmas in hospital, but they can only remain in the country while their health care continues, as they were brought to Australia on Medical Treatment Visas.
In preparation for their return home, the twins are being tutored in their national language and culture by a Bangladeshi nanny – even though their birth mother wants them to remain in Australia.
Although desperate to be reunited with her children, Lovely Golder wants them to stay in a country she knows will provide them with a better future – and hopes the woman she calls “a god” is able to keep them.
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