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 heads. here in life size is the exact configuration not just of the boys heads but of the increasingly complex web of blood vessels inside. it will show us the arteries or the veins or the scalp or the bone or dura. you actually took them home?
it s a kind of second birth for them to go to america because when people say america here, it s great. it means a lot. but ibrahim will not go himself. this simple man chooses to remain in egypt to look after his family and place his faith in nasser. translator: i had to trust nasser because he loves my boys, not like other children but as if they are a gift from god. and so in june 2002, dr. nasser, dr. mamdouh, and their medical team take the twins onto an airplane bound for a brave, new world. then, arriving in dallas with his team and two tired little boys, nasser takes a part of this from his own children and presents the whole vexing case to dr. kenneth salyer.
also been dramatic. the function of his right hand right now is 50 percentage improvement more than in the past because in the past he cannot open it and right now he has the ability to open his fingers. hold the toy. put it in my hand. good. and while dr. samy acknowledges the twins amazing growth, he still has concerns for them and their future. the success of the separation is the state of the children after the separation. the success of the operation is to have a kid, a good citizenship, a kid independent. and much of that success depends on their education, which is a major concern for the family. the private school they attended is no longer available to the twins. so the family is looking for a school that can meet their needs. translator: i just hope they can go to school, and i think they will need private tutoring to learn how to write. i just want them to go to school, do well, and see them become something big. happy birthday to you [ singing in a foreign la
and the pros pekt of separating them is all consuming for dr. kenneth salyer. he is now as obsessed as dr. nasser abdel al, the boys egyptian doctor. and both of them watch the egyptian nurses, who have spent nearly every day of the boys lives caring for them, changing them, feeding them, and playing with them. wafa looks after mohamed, and nagla cares for ahmed. translator: we love these children like mothers, and we feel like mothers. sometimes we even sleep with these children. do you begin to understand the degree of closeness that these boys would have? translator: they already feel very close to each other. if one of them is hungry or needs something, they ll start crying, and his brother, even though he doesn t need anything, also gets upset because his brother is crying. translator: mohamed tries to turn himself around so he can get close to his brother, even though he can t. so he reaches over to touch his hand. so when you think about the
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 right here? it s still a little soft. it has to grow some more. yeah. it was a wonderful reunion and an opportunity to examine their skulls and see that they re healing. next page. i know, next. okay, next. okay, next. don t forget, there is another one. no, i would never forget you. how are you doing?