So I just want people to know that
they're just two normal kids.
They are in this an unusual circumstance
and just treat them normal.
They like to be treated like any
other kids because they are.
Callie and Carter Torres are twin girls.
They are six years old.
They love to play and they love school.
What makes them so unique and
special is that they are conjoined.
They're devoted mom and Dad work to
raise awareness and acceptance for
their little girls, and it's working.
Maggie O'Mara spent a day with the
Torres family to meet Callie and Carter,
and as you're about to see,
they are too sweet girls with
their very own personalities.
In the sleepy small town of Blackfoot, ID.
In this House on your typical St.
you'll find a very special set of
twin girls. Are you guys best friends?
Best friends. They're just
like any other twins.
They argue. They fight.
They love each other.
Callie and Carter Torres are six years old.
They started kindergarten this year,
a huge milestone, and they
have a lot of friends. How's
school? How do you like school?
We really like schoola.
What's the best part about school? Umm.
Mens lunch is at the best part yet. What
makes these little girls so unique is
that they aren't conjoined twins. They're
in school, they're going
to physical therapy,
they do normal activities.
They ride bikes.
Even though Callie and Carter are
two individuals put together,
you have to remember that
they are individual children.
When mom Chelsea Torres had
her first ultrasound in 2016,
it was just a really big shock to us.
When we found out we had
conjoined twins, I was devastated.
But Chelsea? Knew she wanted to give
birth to her daughters. She wanted
to give them every chance at life.
Yes, I definitely wanted to keep
the babies. I knew at the very
beginning I wanted to keep the
the family was sent to Texas Children's
Hospital for the rest of her
pregnancy and delivery. The plan was
birth, separation, staying in Texas
for a few years, and just getting
them healthy and ready to come home.
Callie and Carter were born via
C-section on January 30th, 2017.
They brought him to me and
they cuddled them up to me.
And then they took him away
and my husband went with them.
Then I told him go, go with them,
be with them being, you know,
I'll be, I'll be OK.
The girls were strong and they thrived in
the hospital in the days after their birth,
just stayed with them the whole time.
And they were just just little cute babies.
They're just calling Carter.
The twins went through extensive
testing in Texas to see how their
tiny bodies worked together.
And they said.
Nothing's wrong with them.
They're perfect, they're healthy.
Take them home,
treat them like normal kids.
So that's what we did.
The Torres is quickly learned
separation of the girls would be
life altering and life threatening.
The chance of death for one or
both babies was just too high,
but they were to separate.
They would have probably ostomy bags,
colonoscopy bags, medications that
they would have to take and all this
other medical complex stuff that.
They don't have to deal with right now.
So counting cars, anatomy is like
2 waves that crashed together.
So their top part is themselves.
They have two separate stomachs where
everything starts to get jumbled
is in the intestines and then it
comes to kind of 1 interesting
like the one bottom half the
girls are now working on walking together.
How they walk is Callie
controls the leg under her,
Carter controls the leg under her.
Takes a lot of teamwork.
Yes a lot of teamwork for them
to do that. That is amazing girls. Their nine
year old brother Jason loves to
give them piggyback rides and
is one of their biggest fans.
So high to the camera.
They're both special to me.
They're both funny.
They both love each other.
I love them both.
They play with each other.
They're special.
I see them as like
just two individuals,
just like anybody else
here in Blackfoot. There are the
occasional stairs, but these
kindergarteners are well known
and they say, oh look, it's, you know,
Kelly and Carter is say hello.
They kind of know them from the news. Thanks
to social media, the twins have
fans all over the country.
So I made a page beating the odds
with Callie and Carter on Facebook,
and I decided, hey, this is what
I was going to do to find people
who had conjoined twins. And I did.
I found groups. I found people.
People have got in touch with me,
you know, lot of support.
I needed a lot of support. Chelsea
posts about the girls often and
their followers love to watch them
grow and comment on their photos.
Pretty positive comments about them, like,
hey, you know, they're doing awesome.
I can't believe they're walking.
Says the insensitive or
hurtful comments can sting,
but the majority of the
twins followers are kind.
It's easy to see why Callie
and Carter are so lovable.
Oh my gosh, girls, you are so sweet to hold.
You guys are precious.
Chelsea says one day the girls
may want to be separated.
She's leaving that major
decision to them. We'll
definitely try if they decided, hey,
we want to try to get separated.
I said OK, you're going to
listen to what the doctors say.
You're going to understand the odds.
But if you want to go through with
it and do it, then I'll support it.
You know, it's not my choice to make.
I don't feel, I don't feel like
it's my choice to make for them.
They're not broken to me.
For now, these precious girls will
grow up together here in Idaho,
raising awareness for other
conjoined twins around the country.
Are you a good team together?
Callie and Carter are beating the odds,
and they are our seven zeros.
For more information on Callie and Carter
and to follow them on social media,
go to this story on ktvb.com.
They also have a wish list there if you'd
like to send the girls something special,
they love to get packages.