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Machines, and generous financing would all combine to make sense of the impossible choice. but time and tests revealed an outlook which was even more complicated than anybody had imagined. >> this is an orchestration of the most complex surgical procedure that occurs on this earth. there's no question about that in my mind. >> these are the images that confront dr. salyer. a tangled confusion of blood vessels he's never seen before. major veins that originate in one twin, snaking their way deep into the other twin's head. mohamed and ahmed are not only stuck firmly together, they depend on eac...

Their life to the fullest? and we believe that for the boys and their interaction with society, that it will be better for them to be apart. >> but swift and his team will not make the final decision. while the twins' mother stays in egypt to look after the twins' siblings, their father, ibrahim, flies to dallas. nothing will be done without his agreement. >> we've had a lot of communication with especially their father, who seems to understand very well what the risks are. >> he's kind of put it in the hands of god. >> he has. he has. >> coming up -- time is running out. will the family and d...

The weak areas on their skulls. but overall, he is delighted with their progress. >> i think they are very happy children right now. mohamed is more outgoing because he's moving more and making a lot of noises. but ahmed is overcome with shyness. he's getting more and more social. >> to your left. the right foot. >> and the boys are making great strides with their physical therapy. >> good boy. >> this was ahmed when he got off the airplane in cairo. this is him two years later. >> go. go. go. >> in the past ahmed cannot take steps. and now he can walk about 10 to 20 feet without support. >> u...

But all the doctors know that if they're going to perform surgery it will most likely be soon. but dr. salyer knows that to accomplish this he needs to reach out and find an elite group of pediatric neurosurgeons. he does find them. but the question is can they help? >> initially it was quite daunting. it was very difficult to figure out the exact anatomy. >> dr. dale swift is one of the team that would attempt to come up with a surgical plan for ahmed and mohamed. swift and his colleagues conduct ct scans, mris, arteriograms, and using the data they commission replica models of the twins' hea...

>> in may 2006 the twins have a very special visit. >> how's your english? >> good. >> is your english good? >> yes. >> dr. salyer's visit to cairo is twofold. he'll tour the facility run by dr. nasser and, of course, check up on mohamed and ahmed. >> it's been a long time. >> okay. >> okay. >> you went over to egypt to see these boys. >> right. >> what was that like? >> it was a wonderful moment. we had an opportunity to see these boys, and they were happy. >> it's still soft right here. i mean, it still hasn't filled in like i wanted it to. >> this is you. that's you. look. see this place ri...