Conjoined twins celebrates 11th birthday in October

Many things in nature are inexplicable, including our physical structure and illnesses in the body. Sometimes, even doctors can't tell the reasons but maybe these are challenges in life to train us tougher.

Tatiana and Krista Hogan are Canadian craniopagus twins whose head are fused together. 

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According to CBC documentary, the twins were expected to live less 24 hours after they had been born, but lives are tougher than anyone expected. They just celebrated their 11th birthday in October and they've learnt to swim.

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Krista and Tatiana are one in 2.5 million. Their heads are conjoined and it allows them to understand each other without saying it out. They can see through each other's eyes and taste what each other eats. 

"The abilities they have that no one else could imagine having are just incredible," their parent Hogan said.

Even suffering from Type 1 diabetes, they go to school in Vernon, B.C. for a few hours every day. 

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"For them to actually be here for 10 years is just a blessing," said Hogan in an interview with the media. "It just felt so good to see them get to this milestone."

Except for the twins, the parent are raising other three kids 15-year-old Rosa, 13-year-old Christopher, and 9-year-old Shaylee.

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Krista and Tatiana's doctor, pediatric neurologist Dr. Juliette Hukin, has followed their case since they were two, saying "they're the only twins that I'm aware of who are alive and remain conjoined with this shared connectivity."

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Even with the connected body, they have definitely different personalities. Dr. Juliette said they can now better understand their connection. 

Krista loves playing pranks and making people laugh. She is also the bigger sister who tends to take charge, Hogan explained. Meanwhile, Tatiana is a "little lovebug." She is a loving kid. She cuddles animals and wants to hug everyone who comes by the house.

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"They're just little people that are here living their lives like the rest of us," Hogan said. "That's how we see them and that's how their siblings see them."

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with immigration judges on Friday, rebuffing the Trump administration for now in a case with possible implications for federal workers as the justices weigh expanding presidential firing power.

The decision is a technical step in a long-running case, but it touches on the effects of a series of high-profile firings under President Donald Trump. The justices let stand a ruling that raised questions about the Trump administration's handling of the federal workforce, though they also signaled that lower courts should move cautiously.

Immigration judges are federal employees, and the question at the center of the case is about whether they can sue to challenge a policy restricting their public speeches or if they are required to use a separate complaint system for the federal workforce.

Trump's Republican administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene after an appeals court found that Trump’s firings of top complaint system officials had raised questions about whether it's still working as intended.

The Justice Department said the firings are within the president’s power and the lower court had no grounds to raise questions. The solicitor general asked the Supreme Court to quickly freeze the ruling as he pushes to have the immigration judges’ case removed from federal court.

The justices declined, though they also said the Trump administration could return if the lower courts moved too fast. The justices have allowed most of Trump’s firings for now and are weighing whether to formally expand his legal power to fire independent agency officials by overturning job protections enshrined in a 90-year-old decision.

A union formerly representing immigration judges, who work for the Justice Department, first sued in 2020 to challenge a policy restricting what the judges can speak about in public. They say the case is a free-speech issue that belongs in federal court.

In recent months, Trump's administration has fired dozens of immigration judges seen by his allies as too lenient.

While the order is not a final decision, the case could eventually have implications for other federal workers who want to challenge firings in court rather than the employee complaint system now largely overseen by Trump appointees.

The decision comes after a series of wins for the Justice Department on the high court’s emergency docket. The court has sided with the Trump administration about two dozen times on issues ranging from immigration to federal funding.

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FILE - The Supreme Court facade is seen in Washington, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)