Karen Crowe, the girls' mother, was conscious for the hour-long caesarean procedure, and the father, Angel Garcia, was at her side. At a news conference later that afternoon, doctors said they were hopeful that both twins would survive, and were optimistic about the chances of separating them. The news conference was attended by 13 television news organizations, six newspapers, and two Los Angeles radio stations. A month later, Loma Linda took over her care. This is a rare condition with only two lower extremities.
Organs involved in the conjoined tissue are the liver, a solitary kidney, and intestine.
There is only one bladder. Conjoined twins occur once in every 100,000 to 200,000 births. When the girls were born, they seemed about as healthy as any other newborns, doctors reported. Surgery to correct the problem was anticipated. Also as expected, Gabrielle, the left-side baby, had weaker blood circulation than her sister, but both were in reasonably stable condition.