Two sisters once given only a slim chance to walk after birth are now thriving with the help of some amazing doctors and some very generous people in their community.
The director of pediatric neurosurgery said the operation was rare, performed so far in the world only about 20 times.
The Torres family had decided not to publicly show the faces of the girls when they were born, however, they are now sharing images of the girls.
Stanford performed its fifth operation involving conjoined twins. The 2-year-old girls from the Sacramento area were successfully separated in a 17-hour operation.
Jadon and Anias McDonald were connected at the head when they were born 13 months ago. They underwent a 27-hour surgery last week to be separated.
Doctors in the Bronx finished a rare operation on Friday to separate conjoined twin boys, 1-year-olds Jaden and Anais McDonald from Illinois, who were attached at the head.