Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100815:11:48:00
Strength and they're going to need faith and patience. >> reporter: youssif's mother's wish for her son was more down to earth. she said she just wanted her son's smile back. and as youssif played by the water, the first time he or his family had seen the ocean, she said she saw a glimmer of the old youssif. if you asked his parents, that's what they say they wanted. they wanted their son back, their old youssif. coming up, i'm going to scrub in on youssif's first operation. just minutes from now, you're going to see what youssif looks like three years later.