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Article: Conjoined twins follow their dreams
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 12, 2002
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READING, Pa. - While the doctors who separated conjoined twins in
Los Angeles talk about the little girls' prospects for healthy,
productive lives, another pair of conjoined twins say that's exactly
the life they've lived for 40 years.
The women, one a former hospital worker, the other an aspiring
country-western singer, say the separation isn't necessary.
'You don't mess with what God made'
"I don't think it should be done," Lori Schappell told The
Associated Press in an interview at the twins' apartment in a high-
rise seniors complex.
"You don't mess with what God made, even if it means you enjoy
both children for a shorter time," she said.
Lori and her sister Reba live a life few people ...