Hospital officials said the pair will likely face upcoming medical challenges, but they believe they’ll encounter them with a smile on their faces. Patel said the sisters essentially run the place. Abigail Loraine Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel (born March 7, 1990) are American conjoined twins. They have 2 heads (2 brains), which makes each of them individuals, but they share one body. They have an extremely rare condition known as Polycephaly this a rare type of conjoined twins. The sisters, their triplet, Catalina, and their younger sister, Lucia Ambriz, visited the clinic for a routine check-up. Abigail and Brittany Hensel are currently 2 16-year-old female healthy identical twins. Patel in a statement.įive years later in 2020, the now-separated twins are living their normal lives to the fullest. Since Abby and Brittany were born in 1990, people have always been fascinated with them. The girls are going to have ongoing medical needs,” said Dr. While all of the conjoined twins on this list have been featured in various news outlets and documentaries, Abigail (Abby) and Brittany Hensel were so famous at one point that they were given their own docuseries on the TLC television network in 2012.
It wasn’t going to be a one-and-done surgery. “We let the parents know from the start that this was going to be a lifelong relationship.
Hospital officials said the operation included staff from several specialties, including pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, urology, orthopedics and anesthesia.īoth Scarlett and Ximena were released from Driscoll Children’s Hospital on and they then returned to the Rio Grande Valley.