Conjoined twins separated in Melbourne 16 years ago living 'wonderful' lives

Krishna and Trishna were separated by doctors 16 years ago, a surgery deemed impossible by most.

It has not been an easy fight but now the twins are stepping into adulthood.

"Life's been wonderful, and it just, just gets better," their mother, Moira Kelly, says.

"If you could just see how beautiful they are and we should just be so proud to be Australians to see what we've accomplished.

"I just love them so much and I thank everyone for loving them too."

Humanitarian and founder of the Moira Kelly Creating Hope Foundation, Moira has been fiercely protective of her daughters' privacy.

"I've been protective of the two girls because I want them to have a normal life in Australia," she told A Current Affair.

"And Chrissy, because of her special needs and her challenges."

Moira even donated a kidney to Krishna, who still battles health issues, when she suffered end stage renal failure.

She rescued the twins from an orphanage in Bangladesh.

They were separated in 29 hours of surgery in 2009 at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital as the world waited.

They were two years and nine months old at the time.

Before the marathon operation, they had endured 20 separate surgeries.

However, Trishna said credit goes to the hospital.

"I believe that the Royal Children's Hospital are braver because they said yes, decided to separate conjoined twins," she says.

"And I'm forever, every day grateful for them, because we wouldn't be here. You gave us a second chance in life.

"It's pretty, pretty remarkable how we're walking and school, going to school, and doing everything like normal, like all normal people are doing."

Moira said doctors can't believe how well the twins have done.

"The doctors are absolutely over the moon," she told A Current Affair.

Trishna said she often gets recognised.

"When I was young and sometimes now, people come up to me and says, 'Wow, are you the twins, conjoined twins?' And I would just say, yeah, I am, like, I'm Trishna, you know, like just introduce myself," she said.

A Current Affair joined Trishna as she headed to her deb ball.

However, thoughts of her sister are never far away.

"I love her more than anything in the world and if anything would have happened to her I'd be devastated."

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