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And blinking, however, he shows no signs of understanding language. responding to verbal commands or awareness of his surroundings. he has not spoken. he has not engaged in any purposeful movements or behaviors. his exam shows a spastic quad ra par sis. which means he has profound weakness and contraction in the muscles of his arms and legs. the most important diagnostic test thus far was an imaging scan of the brain. this study showed extensive loss of brain tissue in all regions of the brain. ...

Dr. bonomo and dr. foreman. >> the news for the warmbier family is sobering. doctors just giving us an indication of what they learned in the last 40 hours. the neurological condition has spontaneous eye opening and blinking but not engaged in any purposeful interaction. the mri, extensive loss of brain tissue. as for trauma, they say theres no sign of trauma to his body or his skull or his bones as you just heard. was it botulism? no suggestion that that is the case. the damage they suggest cou...

Neurological injury. this pattern of brain injury, however, is usually seen as a result of cardiopulmonary arrest where the blood supply to the brain is inadequate for a period of time results in the death of brain tissue. we received copies of brain mri images from the medical personnel in north korea. the earliest images are dated april 2016. based upon our analysis of those images, the brain injury likely occurred in the preceding weeks. at the request of the family, information regarding his...

This pattern of brain injury, however, is usually seen as a result of cardiopulmonary arrest where the blood supply to the brain is inedadequate for a perd of time resulting in the death of brain tissue. we received copies of brain mri images from north korea. the earliest images are dated april, 2016. based upon our analysis of those images, the rain. injury likely occurred in the preceding weeks. at the request of the family, information regarding his prognosis, prospects for improvement and f...

They said he had a pattern of brain injury that is usually seen as cardiopulmonary arrest where the blood to the brain stops, and causes loss of brain tissue. the doctors said in agreement with the family, they are not going to be discussing his treatment or his prognosis, so questions about that didnt get answered. but they say that he did not appear to have evidence of broken bones, and that the information they got from the north koreans, there was some medical information that came along. re...

How it plays out. no way to see what the conclusions will be. >> areba, for a brief period of time baez said they were holding his brain illegally. >> there was a dispute going on about the release of the body and the release of the brain tissue. the medical examiner wanted to complete its investigation, do its medical investigation to determine the cause of death. once the cause of death was determined a suicide, apparently the brain was released to the family per their wishes. that was to the ...

Answered. >> i never doubt that they are a miracle. not just that they were miraculously separated, its been the miracles that took place every step of the way. >> reporter: miracles like jaydens first tastes of peas. >> are you excited for peas? hey, were learning. there we go. >> reporter: or first words. >> da-da-da. >> reporter: and the simple miracle of the entire mcdonald family -- mom, dad, 3-year-old aza, and his two brothers spending time together as a family. conjoined tess head, they ...

Miraculously separated. its then the miracle that took place every step of the way. >> miracles like jadens first taste of peas. >> are you excited for peas? >> yeah, were learning. there we go. >> reporter: or first words. and the simple miracle of the entire mcdonald family, mom, dad, 3-year-old aza and his two little brothers, jaden and anias being all able to spend time together as a family. conjoined at the head, jaden and anias were born sharing 1 1/2 centimeters of brain tissue fused toge...

>> da, da, da. >> da, da, da. >> reporter: and the simple miracle of the entire mcdonald family, mom, dad, 3-year-old aza and his two little brothers jayden and anais being able to spend time together as a family. conjoined at the head, jayden and anais were born sharing 1 1/2 sent meters of brain tissue fused together. theyve defied the odds. theyve endourd four different operations, the most recent lasting 27 hours to separate the two of them. i came to visit them one last time at their hospit...

Hold your child, you know every bit of their face. well, his face also encompassed -- so it was my first moment of relearning his face. >> jaden and ani sis were born conjoined at the head, sharing 1 and a half to 2 inches of brain tissue. after a year of planning, last month they were separated after a 27-hour long operation at childrens hospital in the bronx. mcdonalds have allowed cnn to follow their journey from surgery through rehab, exclusively. >> oh, my goodness. oh, my goodness. hi, bud...