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Love on the Transplant List

Documentary following cystic fibrosis sufferer Kirstie as she waits for a lifesaving lung transplant, while at the same time trying to plan for her wedding to Stuart.

An amazing story of a remarkable couple whose love is tested to the very edge of life. Kirstie is 21 years old, born with cystic fibrosis and has always known that her life would be short. In March 2011 she was put onto the transplant waiting list, having been told that she had end-stage lung disease and could be dead within six months.

This film follows Kirstie's extraordinary experience of living on the transplant list, the fear and uncertainty, the realities of having constant pain, taking endless medications, relying on oxygen machines 24 hours a day to breathe and doing all of this whilst planning for her wedding.

It follows Kirstie being rushed to hospital three days before the wedding before bravely making it down the aisle through sheer willpower and determination. As her condition becomes more critical and the chance of a lifesaving lung transplant seems more remote, we follow Kirstie's husband Stuart facing the very real possibility of his new wife dying - they had only been married for three weeks. Despite all the setbacks Kirstie continues to fight for her second chance at life till the very end.

1 hour

Last on

Tue 30 Oct 2012 20:00
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Music Played

  • Cults

    Never Heal Myself

  • White Denim

    Heart From Us All

  • Eels - I Like The Way This Is Going

  • Peter Broderick

    Not At ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

  • Peter Broderick

    With The Notes In My Ears

  • Malachai

    Snake Eyes

  • Lykke Li

    Little Bit

  • Dean Martin

    Cha Cha Cha d'Amour

  • Eels - Blinking Lights

  • New Young Pony Club

    The Get Go

  • Ellis Island Sound

    Theme From Milos

  • Etta James

    I Just Want To Make Love To You

  • Lily Allen

    Back to the Start

  • Γ“lafur Arnalds

    Þú Ert Sólin

  • Peter Broderick

    And It's Alright

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Little Shadow

  • Take That

    Rule The World

  • Ellie Goulding - Guns And Horses

  • Regina Spektor

    Eet

  • Noah and the Whale

    Waiting For My Chance To Come

  • The National

    Sorrow

  • Ellis Island Sound

    Angels Way

  • Jamie Woon

    Night Air

  • The Naked and Famous

    The Source

  • Benjamin Francis Leftwich

    Atlas Hands

  • Lykke Li

    Love Out Of Lust

  • Diddy – Dirty Money

    Coming ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

  • The Naked and Famous

    No Way

  • Cults

    Go Outside

Credits

Producer Mel Beer
Director Mel Beer
Executive Producer Mira King

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