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NY’s miracle Siamese twins 10 yrs. later

Their identical white helmets are a special reminder that they were once among the rarest of even Siamese twins — and saved by Bronx doctors who worked a miracle.

To mark the 10th anniversary of their historic separation, Carl and Clarence Aguirre, 12, and their beaming mother on Monday celebrated with the staff at Montefiore Medical Center who performed surgery on the boys.

Life hasn’t been easy for the twins, who were born with a “bridge’’ connecting their brains. It took four surgeries over nine months to successfully be divided.

Arlene, a single mother, gave birth to the conjoined twins in her native Philippines, where doctors told her the boys would not survive.

But everything changed for her and her babies when the charity Children’s Chances and Montefiore stepped in. The charity flew them over, and Montefiore performed the surgery for free.

Still, while the surgeries saved the boys’ lives, Carl was left with severe disabilities that left him wheelchairbound.

He can only speak a few words and suffers from periodic seizures, according to the boys’ pediatrician, Dr. Robert Marion.

Meanwhile, Clarence functions as a normal preteen with “excellent health” who loves Michael Jackson, high fives, anything that has do with superheroes, especially Batman, and dancing.

He’s already thinking about what he wants to do when he grows up.

“Sometimes, Clarence says, ‘I want to be like a policeman, but then he’ll see his fireman friend and say, ‘I want to be a fireman!’ ” she said.

Their mom said, “It’s very diffi cult, especially because it’s just me taking care of them 24/7.

“But I don’t have any regrets at all,” she added.

Dr. James Goodrich, who led the risky surgery that is now the medical standard for similar procedures, said he sees the boys at least twice a year for biannual celebrations — one on April 21, their actual birthday, and again Aug. 4, the day of their final surgery in 2004.

He stands by the risky “staged procedure” that ensured the medical miracles a shot at life.

“It was a complete success,” he said Monday. “It gave us the chance for each of the kids to become independent.”

“When they were separated, there wasn’t even bone to form two skulls,” Dr. Marion said.

In a few years, the boys won’t need their protective helmets anymore.

Arlene is raising the two boys in a donated Scarsdale apartment to continue treatment at the hospital, which has footed the bill for the twins’ recovery.

She worked as a nurse back in the Philippines but has been unable to get a job in the United States because of visa issues.

“If we’re allowed to stay here, I really want to stay here,” she said. “Everything we get here, when it comes to the therapy, the medical, we don’t really have that kind of stuff in the Philippines.”