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Part of the brain. just seven hours after the first indecision, we check in with the family. it's 5:00 p.m. >> really? what's waiting in my stomach is for that phone call. okay. we're into -- i call it the land of the unknown. really we're into that area that we just don't know are we going to be separated today, or are we not? >> around 10:00 p.m., 12 hours since the operation started, doctors hit that land of the unknown. >> so i was at a point that i was wondering whether we were going to lose both kids. >> goodrich has to stop. >> no, no, don't do that. the reason why, you'll tear these gu...

>> you want to go through that doughnut. >> the boys share more brain tissue than expected, 6 to 7 centimeters, not 2. the crucial vein that brains blood from each brain is more complex than goodrich expected. if he injuries it or just kinks it, the blood won't drain and both boys' brains would begin to swell. that could be devastating. >> this is the venous complex. >> then at 1:30 a.m., goodrich and his team see a way through the land of the unknown. >> should be 1 centimeter away from it. >> you can see it right there. >> in the midst of the quiet chaos, all of a sudden. >> through. congrat...

>> better. >> yes, much better. >> and to separate the boys, dr. goodrich dissected more of anias' brain tissue. in particular, the area that controls motor function. the concern, he might not be able to move his arms or his legs. but his parents' faith is still undeniable, unshakeable. >> i knew god got him this far. why is he going to let him go now? >> finally around 1:00 p.m., 27 hours after the operation began -- >> you want to kiss him? >> -- it ends. anias is finally reunited with his parents. >> he looks beautiful. >> and soon back with his brother in the same room. but for the first t...

Passing over drugs, for the rest of us trying to give one kid a drug, the other picks it up. it is an enormous ordeal. >> give me a little more. >> the clock officially starts at 9:45 a.m. plastic surgeon dr. oren tepper makes the first incision. cutting through the scalp to the conjoined skull eed skull. then removing the bone that he'll save and use later to rebuild each boy's head. >> all right, sir. >> 10:15 a.m., dr. goodrich takes over and begins the process of exposing the delicate brain tissue. he starts with the parts of the brain he worked on before, opening them up to get access dee...

Ordeal. >> give me a little more. >> the clock officially starts at 9:45 a.m. plastic surgeon dr. oren tepper makes the first indecision. double skin hooks. >> cutting through the scalp to the conjoined skull and then removing the bone. >> get some bone wax ready. >> that he'll save and use later to rebuild each boy's head. at 10:15 a.m., dr. goodrich takes over and begins the process of exposing the delicate brain tissue. he starts with the parts of the brain he worked on before, opening them up to get access deeper into the shared tissue. >> in order to do this operation, they've got to cont...