Krista Hogan and Tatiana Hogan (born October 25, 2006) are craniopagus Kafataslarından birbirine tutunmuş yapışık ikizler conjoined yapışık twins. They are joined at the top, backs, and sides of their heads. They were born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and are the only craniopagus twins currently şu anda alive in Canada.
At birth, they were described tanımlamak as "wriggly kıpır kırpır,vigorous kuvvetli and very vocal esini çıkarmaktan hiç çekinmeyen; sesi hep çıkan."
They live with their mother, Felicia Simms, in Vernon, British Columbia and travel to Vancouver for care at BC Children's Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. Their father is Brendan Hogan.
Tests on the twin girls in April 2007 showed that Tatiana's heart is working harder than her sister's and that she has high blood pressure baskı because of it. Tatiana is smaller and less robust kuvvetli than Krista. A surgery ameliyat is planned to give Krista's heart a "jump start" so Tatiana's heart will not have to work so hard.
The twins'nervous sinir systems are highly interconnected birbirine bağlı, içiçe geçmiş; their doctors reported that when one of the girls is tickled gıdıklamak, the other jumps, and that putting a pacifier emzik in the mouth of one child could cause the other to stop crying.
Their birth, potential separation,depth yoğunluk of community halk support and their family's financial situation durum have been subject to significant önemli media coverage haber yayın süresi in Canada. The twins and their mother were also guests on The Tyra Banks Show in the US.
In August 2007, it was declared açıklamak the girls cannot be separated ayrılmak,due to dolayı the likelihood olasılık of the surgery killing or paralyzing felç etmek one or both girls.