Conjoinment

I've found a new show that Jessica should watch that is way better than diminutive people redoing their floors before company comes to town. While flipping through the channels last night, I stopped by TLC to see a girl with two heads. More correctly, it is two girls with one body. I've seen conjoined twins before, but never like these girls. They have two heads, two hearts, three lungs, three kidneys, two stomachs, two small intestines, one large intestine, one bladder, two arms (born with 3 arms) and two legs. But for the most part, they rather look like a person with two heads.

And they're amazing! They're 16 years old. They can swim, play softball and they just got their drivers licences (2 of them). When they drive, one of them works the pedals, one works the gear shift, one works the turn signals, and they both steer. They each have use of one arm, and can't feel the other arm. But still, when one of them is embarrassed, both hands go up and cover her face. They clap along with music and can even type on a keyboard and play the piano. (Of course, I've been playing songs in such a way with my sisters or Shannon for years, so I guess that's actually easier than playing the piano with just one person.)

Shannon and I spent a good part of the evening wondering about all the possible things they do and how they ever manage to pull it off. It was pretty darn incredible.