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.
Since birth, Ximena and Scarlett have defied the odds. In 2016, they were born conjoined at the pelvis.
Their separation required a groundbreaking 12-hour separation surgery at a hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Doctors said they may never walk again. Now, nearly ten years later, the girls are doing a lot more than walking.
The sisters are cheerleading in a statewide competition.
Sisters once given a slim chance to walk after birth are now thriving in Texas.
Their routine tells the story of their lives, from the music to the final pose, a reference to their very beginnings.
After the surgery, the family lived at a Ronald McDonald house for more than a year as the girls recovered.
“I’m not going to forget this. The people here were always with us. When we cried, they cried with us. We never felt alone,” mother Sylvia Hernandez said.
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