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Surgery Saved My Life

Six-Organ Transplant (Season 1, Episode 2)
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TV Episode | Documentary
Gretchen Miller was an 18-year-old college student with a bright future ahead of her. Then, in one day, everything changed. She collapsed with intense stomach pain on the way to the library. A piece of her intestine had twisted. Now, 14 ...See moreGretchen Miller was an 18-year-old college student with a bright future ahead of her. Then, in one day, everything changed. She collapsed with intense stomach pain on the way to the library. A piece of her intestine had twisted. Now, 14 years later, her entire digestive system has shut down. She has not eaten a meal for over a decade, living instead on bags of fluid fed intravenously. During the past six months, Gretchen's liver went into acute failure and her weight dropped to 67 pounds; she was given just weeks to live. Only one man could even hope to save her: Dr. Kareem Abu Elmagd, a pioneering multi-organ transplant surgeon from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr Kareem proposed a shocking procedure - to completely disembowel Gretchen and transplant six organs from a recently deceased organ donor. It's a race against time: the operation is so complex that it usually takes around 20 hours, but the donor organs can only survive for nine hours before they go bad. That means Dr. Kareem has to remove Gretchen's entire digestive system while the donor organs are en-route by plane. If those organs don't arrive, Gretchen is as good as dead. If they do, she will have to survive the most complicated surgery in modern medicine. Written by Anonymous See less
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Producers
Adam Fischer (2006-2007) | Kurt Sayenga
Cinematographer
Simon Fanthorpe
Editor
Kristofer Lindquist
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 7, 2006
Release date
Dec 7, 2006 (United States)

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Surgery Saved My Life (2006)
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Jade Gzi
Gretchen's Friend (as Jade Wu) Gretchen's Friend (as Jade Wu)   See fewer
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