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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. it's 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 scared he didn't want to be held because they had never been held. he melted in, and it was wonder...

He can be picked up and cuddled for the first time. it's 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 did you think? what was that like? >> well, we saw the parents so many times before surgery. and it'...

What are your dreams out of all this? most immediately nicole, who's the mother, said, look, i've never been able to hold my boys. they've always conjoined, always got to be two people. never been able to just hold one of them. when they're 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 had only dreamed of. he can be picked up and cuddled for the first time. it's as if nicole sees...

Keeping everybody safe and festive. thanks so much. we'll check back with you. so of course thanksgiving is always a good time to count our blessings. and that's 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 hold her son jadon for the first time it was as if she saw him for the first time. >> as a mother you...

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 are two in one half million. they were born conjoined at the head sharing nearly 2 inches of brain t...