jadon!and also remember her 3-year-old, aza, has not been allowed in intensive care, and nicole hasn't left since the surgery three weeks ago. finally she feels confident enough to leave. >> i was like, all right. we're going to go to dinner. and we had a great time at dinner. >> until a message from the hospital. >> it's like one of my worst moments, i swear. >> it's not anias this time, but jadon. he's having a massive seizure. they're trying desperately to get it under control. >> your earth sattehatters, and feel the worst guilt for leaving them because who was holding his hand? it wasn't me. and was he afraid? why did i leave my baby? >> jadon stabilizes, and for the next few weeks, she is by their side nonstop until she has no choice. that part of the story when we come back. no touch ups needed? superstay 24 from maybelline new york. microflex technology stays crack-proof. resists 200 bites... 120 sips. ...it's lifeproof! maybelline's superstay 24 make it happen. maybelline new york.

this is jadon.>> it's two days before the final separation. >> you wouldn't know it. jadon's really kind of in pain all the time. >> she's right. you wouldn't know it. while they bear the scars of the earlier operations, the boys seem like happy, carefree little kids. it all weighs heavily on their parents. >> it's been hard. every day is a decision. it was a leap of faith. we had to move our whole family out here. >> remarkable faith. despite remarkable uncertainty. >> it doesn't matter what the statistics say. the surgery is going to happen. the outcomes are going to be whatever god allows them to be. >> are you being funny, anias? are you ready to be your own boy tomorrow? >> the night before the operation, all christian and nicole can do is what they have done every night since the twins were born. a bottle. a cuddle. and a little prayer before bed. >> i love you. god loves you more. >> will those prayers be answered? >> everything. everything is going to be okay. >> we are going directly inside

. ♪ >> reporter: meanwhile, four days after the operation, jadon wakes up.thing his parents had only dreamed of. 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's one of those things you take for granted. but the family, they had a system of bringing both boys in and putting them on the exam table and turning and twisting, et cetera. but it seems so trivial to everyone else, to be able to hold your child individually. and for mom to bring jadon over and hand him over, it was powerful. >> what about you, dr. goodrich?

. >> they've got to continuously move jadon and anias. >> an uncertain future. >> all right.

. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: meanwhile, four days after the operation, jadon wakes up. 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 as 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, something i was scared of. scared he didn't want to be held because they had never been held and he melted in, and it was wonderful. >> wow. that's powerful. >> i mean, they didn't know what to expect. talk about, you know, they knew this operation needed to happen. these boys may not have survived. certainly wouldn't have had a normal life of any sort if they hadn't been separated, yet it's such a risky operation. it's a near impossible decision, i think, for parents to make. and this is what, what happened, and at least a few days after, that's wha