Transplant Stories
Season 1
A four-part documentary series following patients undergoing urgent, life-saving organ transplants in British Columbia.
Where to Watch Transplant Stories • Season 1
4 Episodes
- The Waiting GameE1
The Waiting GameA grandmother gets weaker while on the wait list for a donated set of lungs but time is quickly running out. A young father races into hospital for a liver transplant but finds out it's not a sure thing. A woman's eyesight deteriorates to blindness and a delicate cornea transplant gives her a glimpse of hope. - The Life You GiveE2
The Life You GiveAn organ retrieval team flies to Kelowna to obtain a liver from a dying man but faces losing the organ completely as time runs out. A woman with a condition that hardens her heart tissues finds that getting a transplant brings an unexpected emotional impact. A sister flies from her home in Colombia to donate a kidney to her ailing brother, but her smoking habit could scuttle everything. - Fighting ChanceE3
Fighting ChanceA racing enthusiast with a rare disorder that attacks his body's soft tissues finds his heart near failure due to compromised lungs. A girl who had a heart transplant just after birth undergoes tests to see how her implanted heart is functioning. A woman donates one of her kidneys to her partner. - Life ChangingE4
Life ChangingWith no donor heart available, doctors implant an artificial pump in a man with sudden heart failure but the surgery is compromised when unexpected bleeding occurs. A man with liver cancer hopes to find a suitable, donated liver before his cancer spreads. A jewelry-maker grows weak and confused as her body begins to reject her second transplanted liver.