{"id":4949,"date":"2025-09-06T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2025-09-06T00:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:01:03","slug":"the-twins-kendra-and-maliyah-herrin-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4949","title":{"rendered":"The twins Kendra and Maliyah Herrin arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Birth and Early Struggles<\/strong><br>Kendra and Maliyah Herrin were born on February 26, 2002, in Salt Lake City as conjoined twins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They shared vital organs, including one kidney, making survival uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors even advised abortion, but their mother Erin said,&nbsp;<em>\u201cI\u2019d seen our daughters\u2019 faces close up, at an MRI scan, and fallen in love with them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/goffa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15043\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Risky Decision<\/strong><br>By age four, doctors offered separation surgery, though only 75% of such cases had at least one survivor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erin and Jake chose to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jake said afterward,&nbsp;<em>\u201cEverything is going as well as we could hope and pray for.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jerim-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15044\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Prayers are working.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recovery and Transplants<\/strong><br>The surgery succeeded, though both girls had to relearn movement with one leg each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erin donated a kidney to Maliyah, but it failed after ten years. In 2018, she received a new donor kidney with no rejection signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tjejr-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15045\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Life Today<\/strong><br>Now in their twenties, the twins live independently but remain close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glada-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15051\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Erin noted,&nbsp;<em>\u201cSometimes I\u2019d find them\u2026holding on to one another like they were still conjoined.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jejkt-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15046\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birth and Early StrugglesKendra and Maliyah Herrin were born on February 26, 2002, in Salt Lake City as conjoined twins. They shared vital organs, including one kidney, making survival uncertain. 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