Disabled twins get their Christmas wish: a disabled dog

[Tiana and Giana Johnson with their adopted pit bull, YouTube]

For months, nobody wanted disabled pit bull Carmela. Then, a few days ago, she finally found a home — and made the Christmas wishes of two very special girls come true.

Tiana and Giana Johnson are 10-year-old twin sisters from Wayne, New Jersey. They are both legally blind, and Giana is also autistic. A few days ago, the girls told their mother what they wanted for Christmas: a disabled dog.

Why? Tiana explained to NBC 2 New York: “Because I’m very different in school. I’m the only one who walks with a cane, and I thought if I got a disabled dog, she would know the same feeling.”

Just 24 hours later, Tiana and Diana’s wish came true.

Their mother, Dana Polito-Corry, was visiting a dog grooming salon to have the family’s other dog’s nails clipped. Salon owner Sandy Roberto was doing the clipping, and as she performed the procedure, Polito-Corry explained the Christmas wish of her daughters.

“Almost on cue, Carmella walked over, and I noticed Carmella was disabled,” Polito-Corry told NBC.

Then Roberto told her Carmella’s story. The pit bull’s legs are deformed, likely from being constantly kept in a crate until she was rescued by Roberto. Carmella had been passing her days in the grooming salon for more than a year because no one wanted to adopt her.

Now Carmella is living with her new family, and the twins couldn’t be happier. Giana barely spoke before Carmella arrived, and now she is constantly talking about her new pet.

“She snuggles,” says Giana. “Just because she is disabled, it doesn’t mean she is any different from regular dog.”

The girls told CBS 2 New York that they hope everyone will consider adopting a pet that is “differently abled, just like them.”