Miracle and Journee Brooks were born conjoined

- Surgeons separated them when they were seven weeks old

- Despite immense challenges, they are still fighting to stay alive two years later

Formerly conjoined twins in Kentucky, US are bravely fighting to stay alive despite immense health challenges two years after they were separated.

Miracle and Journee Brooks were born conjoined from their chest down to their belly button, a situation known as a thoraco-omphalopagus.

Surgeons performed surgery to separate them when they were just seven weeks old. It was extremely risky because only about five to 25 percent of conjoined twins survive it.

Miraculously, the two are still alive two years later. Journee is however still in hospital while Miracle was able to recover faster and was discharged.

However, both are without a sternum. This means that they have to be on a ventilator for the foreseeable future in order to breathe. They are also unable to eat on their own.

Their mother Jasmine Brooks has appealed for help to cover their medical bills through a GoFundMe page. The twins also need full-time nurses to care for them.

In an interview, she said: "It's been chaos all over the place trying to get everything figured out for Miracle being here, and then going to Louisville to see Journee, and all their medications and support they have to have."

They mom has appealed for help to cover their medical bills.