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The brain. skin involvement. they had to take, you know, the bone out of anias. they had to take skin out. you know, there's just -- for anias, there's never a break. >> despite all of that, the boy's doctors are so pleased with their progress. dr. james goodrich is the boy's neuro surgeon. >> he said he was right on or ahead of schedule even. is there a -- i mean, because this is so rare, is there a schedule? >> well, just when we deal with traumatic cases, people with injured, recovery times are in months, sometimes years. so we're a month. if you can say this is one month out. this to me is...

In the neck early sunday morning. she was in a restaurant parking lot in kentucky when a group of men opened fire. an autopsy expected to take place today. an update now on jaden and anais mcdonald, a rare set of twins born conjoined at the head. the boys are recovering from a 27-hour surgery that separated them. cnn was there exclusively as the boys' parents saw them apart for the first time. >> want to kiss him? >> hey, buddy. you look beautiful. you are even more handsome. >> they're so tiny and so cute. the twins' dad says both boys are stable. they are waiting until the boys become full...

Team hits the land of the unknown and then well past midnight, they continue to work through the twins' brains, vein by vein. and then 2:11 a.m. -- >> it's been about 17 hours now since they started operating. you can see for the first time jaden and anias are on two separate operating room tables. they still have a lot of work to do but there was a spontaneous round of applause when the separation finally occurred. and after all the applause come the tears, tears of joy. first for jaden, and then for anias. after hours of surgery, he's finally reunited with his family. >> hey, buddy.

>> 7:15 a.m. this is the day the mcdonalds have been wait withing for the for the last year. the hope that jaden and anias, 13-month-old conjoined twins will be separated at last. >> what were you thinking when you were wheeling down the hall this morning? >> it's just not real. it's like another surgery from before. >> are you talking to me? >> jaden and anias were born sharing 1 1/2 sent meters of brain tissue. they were known as cranial pegas twins and have undergone three complex operations over the past five months to slowly separate them. today is the fourth and final sta stage. >> so he...

It has been an emotional week for the parents of two boys who were born conjoined at the head 13 months ago. but after 27 pain-staking hours of surgery, the two were able to begin a new life apart yesterday. our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, has their incredible story. >> good morning, how are you doing? how are the guys? they look ready. >> 7:15 a.m., this is the day the mcdonalds have been waiting for for the last year. the hope, that jaden and anias, 13-month-old conjoined twins, will be accept raid at last. >> what were you thinking when you were wheeling them down the hal...