A US couple is preparing for an operation that will separate their conjoined twins.
The girls, Erika and Eva, were born sharing a lower body and a third leg, but each has their own brain and lungs.
They will likely end up with one leg each, and one half of a shared liver.
The girls were born in 2014 and have been thriving at home.
Their Mum, Aida Sandoval, has been busy learning to hold them but also how to dress and transport them.
Their local newspaper, The Sacramento Bee, reports that the girls had to leave hospital in a special seat-belt-equipped car bed, because there’s simply no such thing as a car seat for conjoined twins.
They have a modified stroller, and Aida has been learning how to cut and re-sew onesies, into double outfits.
Aida and her husband Art knew before the girls were born that they would be conjoined, and prayed for the best.
Between 40 to 60 percent of conjoined twin pregnancies result in stillbirths but Eva and Erika were delivered safely.
“They are two little people and they are fine,” Aida told the Bee, “In fact, they are perfect.”
Erika and Eva mostly share a lower body. They have their own brains, their own hearts and mostly their own digestive systems.
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