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A dividing issue: Can the girls be separated?

And if so, should they? Past cases reveal major successes and utter failures in trying to give conjoined twins their own lives


In Pictures

The Twins Popup

Images taken during the days and weeks before and after their birth


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The Birth Popup

Video of the delivery of the conjoined twins at the B.C. Women's Hospital


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Types of conjoined twins Popup

A graphic detailing the different types of conjoined twins

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Globe series 

Part One: Connecting with a pair of 'little angels'

Mother says girls joined at head will face pain, but with support and love. Their grandmother says maybe they'll teach others tolerance

Part Two: Mother on mission to protect her babies

Whether they face tiring medical tests or a deluge of cruel comments, Felicia Simms rises to her girls' defence

Part Three: A tight-knit clan unites in tough times

Conjoined girls belong to a large family that isn't part of Vernon society; they live in rented houses and receive social assistance


Past stories 

Girls may never be separated

Family told not to get its hopes up as experts evaluate angiogram on blood vessels

Twins await test to see if they can be separated

Conjoined twins' mom leery about separation surgery

The mother of 16-week-old girls joined at the head said she won't consider surgery to separate them unless she is certain it will be successful

Twins go home for Christmas

After weeks in hospital, conjoined sisters are escorted to Vernon by medical team

Tissue 'bridge' joins twins' brains

Conjoined infants may be able to transmit signals to each other, doctors speculate

Conjoined twins 'doing well'

Babies breathing on their own after delivery; feasibility of separating girls will take months to determine

Tears, fears for conjoined fetuses

Joined at the head, Krista and Tatiana 'very healthy in womb,' MD says

Facing the unknown in awaiting the birth of rare twins

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