Last Chance Surgery

Shaynae looks just like any other, bubbly seventeen year old with the world at her feet, but appearances can be deceiving. Shaynae is dying. At just twenty years old, Jesse has already stared death in the face twice, and survived.

The moment of truth for seventeen year old Shaynae and her family has arrived... Young Jesse has just survived a marathon eighteen hour operation to remove the tumour that is once again threatening him. Most of us live with stress, but 40 year old Tasmanian, Christine, lives with the knowledge that the enormous aneurysm deep in her brain could rupture at any time with devastating consequences.

Professor Michael Morgan has offered Christine her last chance at a future with Fiancé Nick. The surgery to fix the aneurysm deep in her brain is extremely dangerous but it's her only option for a normal life... Gavin is 56 years old. He's a father, a son, a beloved brother and uncle and he's just been given months to live.

After the risky surgery to Bypass the aneurysm that threatened Christine's life, her long recovery will depend on the love and support from her partner Nick, as they try to ensure their future together.

Shannon is 9 years old and has already survived 15 brain operations. Once again her family have received the news that they dread...the tumours have returned.

Over thirty years ago and at just three years old, Kate Little was diagnosed with Cancer. The very drugs that saved her young life then, have now destroyed her heart and it is failing.

Kate is 33 and living each day with the knowledge that her heart is failing. After three cardiac arrests and months on life support, her last chance is a new heart, but will the call come before it's too late?

Merryl is a beloved Wife and Mother who is suffering from an incurable tumour at the base of her brain.

Life has been hard for 50 year old Shirley since routine knee surgery left her with an infection so bad, that surgeons had no choice but to amputate her right leg.

Jared is an extraordinary young man who has crammed more in his short life than most people cram into a lifetime. At just seventeen Jared suffered a stroke due to a deadly AVM. Now the AVM is back and his family are hoping their hero, Professor Michael Morgan, can save his life again.