Four-year-old twin girls are connected in the abdomen, and now they are undergoing separation surgery 17 years old. How are they now?

Kendra and Malia Herring, twin girls in Salt Lake City, USA, were born with their bellies connected, and they used multiple organs. The doctor said they wouldn't live long. However, the twin sisters survived tenaciously and underwent separation surgery at the age of 4. Today, the two sisters 17 years old have just celebrated their birthdays.

The BBC tracked the growth of the two sisters. 17 years ago, when two sisters were born, their stomachs were glued together, using pelvis, liver, kidney and large intestine. The doctor told their parents that if they were separated, they could give their two children their own space, but the sisters would not live long. Because of the conjoined baby separation operation at that time, I have never been exposed to a case of using a kidney, and the doctor needs several months of research and preparation.

The two sisters grew up together in this way, and it was not until they were 4 years old that their parents finally made up their minds to separate their daughters. After an unprecedented 26-hour operation, the two sisters finally separated and lived independently with one leg. However, the kidney they used was given to Kendra.

After the operation, the two sisters stayed in the hospital for six weeks, then they went home. In the following years, the two sisters successively performed operations such as spinal correction. Nowadays, although they only have one leg, in other respects, they basically live a healthy and happy life like other peers. Maria said that they would like to thank their parents for their decision to undergo separation surgery.

Maria said that before the separation operation, the two of them had to try their best to cooperate, and they often bumped into each other or were pinned down by each other, making it very inconvenient to move. After separation, everything is under my control, crawling, adapting to strollers and crutches, and experiencing everything I want to experience. Kendra joked that the best thing about a leg is that only one foot of nail polish is enough.

There is a sister above the sisters and a pair of twin brothers below. However, the sisters like to spend most of their time together, learning from each other and sharing their stories. The two sisters went to school online for many years, especially Maria, because when 15 years old, she had a second kidney transplant. My first kidney transplant was when I was five years old. My mother's kidney was transplanted. 10 years later, she was rejected and had to undergo dialysis.

Now, Maria's body has returned to normal, and the two sisters go to regular schools together and get along with their peers. They said that no one bullied them at school.

Although the two sisters have the same friends, they have different personalities, and Kendra is more outgoing. "They are still on the video site? YouTube has set up its own channel, and regularly publishes some videos to share their lives with netizens.