Transplant Stories
Follow the human stories behind the life-and-death stakes of organ transplants in British Columbia.
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Episode Title:The Waiting Game
A Langley grandmother gets weaker while on the waitlist for a donated set of lungs. A young father races to VGH for a liver transplant. A corneal transplant gives a young woman a glimpse of hope.
Episode Title:The Life You Give
An organ retrieval team flies to Kelowna to retrieve a liver. A possible heart transplant brings a variety of emotions. A woman arrives from Colombia, hoping to donate a kidney to her ailing brother.
Episode Title:Fighting Chance
A racing enthusiast with a rare disorder finds his heart near failure. A girl who had a heart transplant just after birth undergoes tests. A woman donates one of her kidneys to her partner.
Episode Title:Life Changing
Doctors implant an artificial pump in a man with sudden heart failure. A man with cancer hopes to find a suitable donated liver. A jewelry-maker's body begins to reject her transplanted liver.