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He is ready for something his parents had only dreamed of. he can be picked up and cuddled for the first time. its as if nicole sees him for the first time. >> as a mother, you know when you hold your child, you know every bit of their face. well, his face also encompassed anias. so it was my first moment of relearning his face. when he looked up at me for the first time in that way, i got to see that he was reassured, and he was comforted in my arms, which is something i was scared o of. i was ...

He can be picked up and cuddled for the first time. its as if nicole see him for the first time. >> as a mother, you know when you hold your child, you know every bit of their face. well, his face, also encompassed anias. my first moment of relearning his face. and he looked up at me for the first time in that way. and i got to see that he was reassured and he was comforted in my arms, which was something i was scared of. he had never been held. and he melted in. and it was wonderful. >> what di...

What are your dreams out of all this? most immediately nicole, whos the mother, said, look, ive never been able to hold my boys. theyve always conjoined, always got to be two people. never been able to just hold one of them. when theyre crying, need comforted. the moment. i want you to take a look, because a few days after the operation now, which went well, this is what happened. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: meanwhile, four days after the operation, jadon wakes up. he is ready for something his parents...

Keeping everybody safe and festive. thanks so much. well check back with you. so of course thanksgiving is always a good time to count our blessings. and thats especially true for one illinois family, you know them because just last month they had conjoined twins, jadon and anias and they were separated in this marathon surgery last month. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta brought us that cnn exclusive and this morning he brings us a progress report. >> when nicole mcdonald got to hol...

Mcdonald are still recovering from the surgery that separated them, doctors say the recovery is ahead of schedule. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has this exclusive update. >> when nicole mcdonald got to hold her son jaden for the first time, it was as if she saw him for the first time. >> as a mother you know, when you hold your child, you know every bit of their face. well, his face also encompassed anias. so it was my first moment of relearning his face. >> jaden and anias a...

Journey for the family of conjoined twins. but after a rare 27-hour surgery, the 13-month-old twins are now sleeping in two beds, separate beds, and interacting with their parents one on one. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta reconnected with the family nearly one month after the surgery. heres his exclusive report. >> reporter: when nicole mcdonald got to hold her son jaden for the first time it was as if she saw him for the first time. >> as a mother, you know when you hold your chi...