i was tlc alot. its a channel here that has lots of reality-ish tv shows, but not hollywood at all. just real reality. home renovations and fashion and medical things. stuff like that. and more.
so tonight, a show came on about britney and abby, conjoined twins that share a body, but have their own heart, lungs and digestive systems (for the most part). they are basically a two headed girl. i found it so hard to comprehend. each girl controls her side of the body, and has no feeling of the other side at all, and yet somehow, they walk and play sports, ride bikes and drive cars. i think i cried through half of it at least. its so amazing and mind boggling.
i just cant even imagine. they were 16 as of the show i watched, but i guess are 18 now.
http://www.fernleynews.com/Video/Conjoined_Twins.html
November 23, 2008
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I've seen them on TV a couple of times now. I have so many questions about them. Some inappropriate (hey, I'm a curious person) and some just functional.
yeah they definately addressed that, about people having questions and feeling that they just had the right to ask, or film them. they dont like it, and rightly so. its an intrusion on their privacy.
the fact that they can text and email is also mind blowing. when each brain only controls one hand, the fact that they can type sentences without alot of speaking is incredible..
Yeah, agreed. I would never ask someone in that situation any personal questions (unless we were really close friends... and even then I'd feel weird about it).
It is pretty incredibly that they are able to write, drive, play softball etc. If my brother and myself were conjoined like that... we would have killed each other in our late teens/early 20's.
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