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WOMAN: Ambulance.
What's the emergency?
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WOMAN: Quickly! We're at Southport!
OK, Southport?
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NARRATOR: The Gold Coast,
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where the lights burn bright
and the sunshine never ends.
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While many Aussies call it home...
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..every year 12 million tourists
come to play
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on this stretch of golden coastline.
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WOMAN: He was surfing when he got
bitten on both legs by a shark.
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I don't think
I'm going in the sea again.
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But the good times
can often turn ugly.
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I want the pelvic binder on him, OK?
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And when they do...
She's not breathing.
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..these are the people
you want on your side.
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Nothing that we can't fix,
sweetheart, alright?
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(BABY CRIES)
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I'm still very concerned
about this man.
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There's nothing like Ebola.
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Whether you're just visiting
or you live here...
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My baby's life is going to be
cut shorter because of this...
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They don't want to see me die.
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She can't be replaced.
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These are the real stories...
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Hey, I love you too, buddy.
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..of the cutting-edge
medical teams...
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Do not move your head.
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We need to get that clot out
straight away.
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Good work, guys.
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..who pick you up...
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OK, let's keep moving.
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It's the best job I've done anyway,
nailing things.
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..patch you up...
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Super power!
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The fairy dust, it's very magical,
and it fixes all sorts of things.
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..and put you back in paradise.
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Tonight on Gold Coast Medical...
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MAN: It's a shark attack.
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..a local surfer
is mauled by a shark.
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(MAN GROANS)
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And our cameras capture
a medical miracle...
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This is a very powerful creature.
It's a very powerful injury.
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..as doctors race
to save Matt's legs and life.
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Are we getting any sort
of a blood pressure out of this?
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He could still lose this leg.
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This surgeon lives the high life,
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working with
huge cosmetic challenges.
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Nobody on the Gold Coast wants
to make their breasts smaller
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unless they've got a good reason.
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And now he faces one of his biggest -
Jemma's double Js.
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It's a struggle.
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And when all hope seems lost...
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WOMAN: It's a mum's worst nightmare,
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and there's just absolutely nothing
that you can do.
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..this doctor will work
her incredible magic.
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This is Princess Charlotte.
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So, we've got her
a room with a view. Good.
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♪ Come and get it
if you really want it
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♪ Come and get it
if you really need it... ♪
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It's the golden coastline that
swarms with surfers and sun lovers
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any time and any day of the week,
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but for a nation
that lives for the beach,
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there's one medical emergency
that horrifies more than any other.
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(SIREN WAILS)
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WOMAN (PHONE): What town or suburb?
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MAN (PHONE): Yeah, we're in Ballina.
Ballina, NSW. It's a shark attack!
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OK. OK.
Yeah.
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Yeah, they dragged him up the beach.
Has he still got his legs?
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MAN (PHONE): Yeah, he's got them.
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He's still got his legs, but he's
been bitten right across the legs.
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It looks really bad.
The whole leg just torn apart.
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OK.
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I seen the guy
coming out of the water
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and actually running up
to the beach, yelling and...
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So, I thought,
"Oh, there's something wrong here."
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So I sort of went towards him
and he said, "Ring 000, mate."
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He said, "It was a shark attack."
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Local surfer Matt was mauled
and nearly had both legs ripped off
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while surfing
at the Ballina breakwall.
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(MAN GROANS)
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Matt's girlfriend, Suzy, watched
as he was dragged from the water,
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his legs a bloodied mess.
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The only thing stopping
32-year-old Matt from bleeding out
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are crude tourniquets
around the top of his thighs
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made from surfboard leg ropes.
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At the Gold Coast
University Hospital,
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a major trauma call has gone out.
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What we understand so far is
there's been a gentleman in his 30s,
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who's been attacked by a shark.
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He's had a catastrophic amount
of bleeding from those wounds.
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Vascular surgeons are here.
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And is really just on the cusp
of survival at the moment.
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The time of injury
was well over an hour now.
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After any trauma,
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the greatest chance of saving
someone's life is in the first hour,
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known as the golden hour.
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But for Matt, that's come and gone.
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A large team of trauma specialists
converge at the rooftop helipad.
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Along with the emergency doctors,
orthopaedic, and plastic surgeons
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is vascular surgeon Dr Will Butcher.
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He was able to have a blood
transfusion on the helicopter,
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which I think is very important.
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Once somebody loses a lot of blood
or they become very cold,
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other systems start to shut down.
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More than two hours after the attack,
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Matt Lee touches down
at Gold Coast University Hospital.
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Dr Raja Sawhney traded life
in cold, grey London
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for a glittering career as the head
of plastic surgery on the Gold Coast.
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♪ This one for them hood girls
Them good girls
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♪ Straight masterpieces
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♪ Stylin', wilin'
Living it up in the city... ♪
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The Gold Coast was a big attraction
for me as a prospect to live in.
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Just liked the lifestyle,
the beaches, the relaxed atmosphere,
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and a great place
to bring up children
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if I ever get to having any.
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The Gold Coast
is certainly home for me.
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I've moved
most of my family out here
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and three of my best friends
have moved here.
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The most important thing is that
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I've gone three shades darker
in the Queensland sun.
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Yeah, just get him in.
I'll have a look at it, no problem.
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It's not just the golden lifestyle
that gives Raja his swagger.
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He's also a man who loves his work.
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It's always interesting.
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It's never boring,
and every operation's not the same.
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You know, as soon as you tell
someone you're a plastic surgeon,
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all they think of is,
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"Oh, he does, you know,
breast augmentation
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"and that's what he does,"
and we do,
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and I enjoy doing
breast augmentation
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when I feel like doing it,
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but it's not something that I would
choose to do every day of the week.
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Plastic surgery on the Gold Coast
is not all about bigger boobs.
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In fact, most of Raja's surgery
is life-changing reconstructive work,
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including breast reductions.
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Nobody on the Gold Coast wants
to make their breasts smaller
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unless they've got a good reason.
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And Raja's next patient
has a very good reason.
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So, what are you looking at?
Tangled.
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Do you like that movie? It's pretty
good, actually, isn't it?
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It takes a special kind of doctor
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to win over
the hospital's younger patients
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and make them feel safe
in unfamiliar surroundings.
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Great. Sounds good, really good,
actually, this morning.
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Dr Christa Bell
has three medical specialities -
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paediatrics, emergency medicine,
and magical medicine.
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Was it you told me
you didn't see unicorns
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and that I was telling you a lie?
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And you're covered
in unicorn's dust!
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Yes!
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The fairy dust is very magical
and it fixes all sorts of things.
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It's amazing.
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She's a good driver, isn't she?
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This part of the hospital
is always running flat out.
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And so is Dr Bell.
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There's a lot of play.
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I think that's what I like -
you get to play all the time.
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I'm a bit hyperactive.
Like, I'm a bit...
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We got an escaper, have we?
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Yeah, she's finally
going home today.
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You're finally going home. Hooray!
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I like bright things,
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and obviously the fairy dust is
all part of the magic with the kids
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and getting them relaxed and
not seeing you as a scary doctor.
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WOMAN (PHONE): Ambulance. What's
the town or suburb of the emergency?
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WOMAN (PHONE): Labrador.
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The case has been seen by a doctor
or an RN, and what's the diagnosis?
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Severe dehydration.
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I just got a call from QAS.
They're bringing in a six-year-old.
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Her sugars are reading high.
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She'll end up coming to us anyway
up in ICU.
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We've just had notification
from the ambulance
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they've got a six-year-old
who's got very high blood sugars
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and looks quite dehydrated.
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OK, right, I'm gonna go out
the front and see what's happening.
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Hello. Welcome.
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Little Charlotte
has been steadily dropping weight
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since having her tonsils out
a few weeks ago.
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When she began struggling
for breath this morning,
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her mum called an ambulance.
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OK. Shall we go and find you a bed
and see if we can make you better?
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Yeah, sounds like a plan.
Come on, then.
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No vomiting with us, but nausea,
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and then we've given as well
250mL of fluid for that dehydration.
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At just 17kg, Charlotte
is 4kg lighter than she should be.
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Blood tests may explain
why she's been wasting away.
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OK, Mum, come near.
You can have the chair.
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You're such a good little soldier,
aren't you? Show me that tongue.
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Is it a very dry little...
oh, it is a dry tongue! Poor tongue.
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WOMAN: It's a mum's worst nightmare,
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and there's just absolutely
nothing that you can do,
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but watch your child
in that pain
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and wish you could
take it for her.
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32-year-old Matt Lee was attacked
by a shark just over two hours ago.
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He was surfing when he got bitten
on both legs by a shark.
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He was conscious throughout,
taken onto the beach,
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and when we arrived,
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they'd tourniqueted his left leg
with a surfboard strap.
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We've given him two litres of blood.
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I was giving him ketamine
for pain relief,
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however, he got quite upset
and agitated,
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so, just as we were
about to load him,
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we decided to intubate him
and ventilate him.
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We have not been able to get
a radial pulse at any point.
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He's had brachial pulse throughout,
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and our blood pressure cuff
has been very unreliable,
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so I've not seen
a reliable blood pressure.
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Alright, then,
I think let's go to theatre.
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Thank you very much.
That's OK.
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Move, guys.
Time's everything for this patient.
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There's no time to take Matt
down to emergency.
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Instead he'll be taken straight
to the operating theatre
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for life-saving surgery.
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A medical team of more than 20
will work to stop the bleeding first.
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All reconstructive surgery
on Matt's legs
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will have to wait
until he's out of shock.
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When they're shocked and cold,
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you don't really want
to be doing major surgery.
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You want to be doing
as little as possible,
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and so mainly the principles here
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are to sort of get control
over everything that we can,
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with the anticipation
he's going to need
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a lot more surgery down the track.
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If Matt survives the next 48 hours,
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his blood chemistry, heart strength,
and body temperature
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should come back to safer levels.
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And that's going to make
any subsequent surgery
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that's going to go
for a long period of time
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a lot safer and a lot easier for us.
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But right now, Matt's life
is hanging in the balance.
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The team can see that
the massive predator's teeth
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ripped through Matt's legs
like jelly.
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This is a very powerful creature.
It's a very powerful injury.
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We've got a significant defect
laterally and also behind the knee.
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Femur is intact,
but the ligaments are looking dodgy.
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Can I have a blood gas syringe,
please?
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It's incredibly rare for cameras
to capture the aftermath
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of a savage shark attack.
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Alright, we've got leg access now.
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Give him a couple of units of blood.
Where's your big line?
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After a series
of blood and fluid transfusions...
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Are we getting any sort
of a blood pressure out of this?
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..Matt's blood pressure
comes back online.
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Oh, look at that!
Well done, guys. Good job!
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Finally, Dr Butcher can get
his first clear look at the damage.
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And what the problem will be
is that there will be an arterial...
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I've been here for six years
at the Gold Coast,
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and I've never seen
anything like that.
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The last bad shark attack
was about ten years ago.
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And I guess that reflects that
a lot of the patients don't make it.
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OK, is that one done?
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Dr Butcher decides that this leg,
Matt's right,
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has the best chance of being saved,
so he makes it the priority.
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Guys, we'll prep this leg.
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I just want to get on
and see what's going on here.
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If this leg's not too bad,
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we'll wash it up,
put in some tacking stitches,
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you know, sort it all out,
and then we'll...
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'Cause that one's the big injury.
Yep.
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OK. Is everybody on board with that?
Yep.
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Everybody comfortable?
Everybody knows the plan?
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The instant the tourniquet
applied on the beach is removed,
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blood begins to pour from the wound.
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Can we plug in the tourniquet
and blow it up?
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200, please, on that side.
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A surgical tourniquet is put on,
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but now there's a race against time
to save at least one of Matt's legs.
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Tourniquet's on at 12:45.
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And a miracle is needed to save both.
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♪ Don't let time slip you away
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♪ If you got something to say
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♪ Never wait another day... ♪
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NARRATOR: In the Children's
Critical Care Unit,
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Dr Christa Bell is hoping
the results of a blood test
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will explain
why six-year-old Charlotte
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has been getting weaker and weaker.
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CHRISTA: Mum was worried,
'cause she'd had some tummy pain,
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and she'd noticed
she was breathing quite fast.
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They'd also noticed
she'd lost some weight,
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and things weren't quite right.
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When the results come back,
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Charlotte's blood sugar levels
are through the roof,
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which confirms
a much more permanent condition.
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So, yes, Mum,
she's definitely got diabetes.
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CHRISTA: It's a big shock
for most families,
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because nobody wants their child
to have anything wrong with them,
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particularly a condition
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that is going to be
a lifelong condition for them.
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It takes quite a bit
for that information to sink in
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and there's obviously a grieving
process associated with that.
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The news hits doubly hard,
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because Teresa
watched her own father die early
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from complications
related to diabetes.
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It's definitely type 1,
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which is where your pancreas
isn't making enough insulin.
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Your heart just sinks,
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I guess, because if you have
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some sort of a connection
to diabetes, which I did -
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my father was type 1 diabetic.
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He died at an early age of 52.
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So, that was my immediate reaction,
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was that my baby's life
is going to be cut shorter
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because of this... disease.
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So, what we need to do
is very, very slowly
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correct the fluid that she's lost.
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Treating severe dehydration in such
a tiny patient has its own dangers.
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One of the risks is that
if we push things too hard,
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you can get fluid shifting into the
brain and you get brain swelling,
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so we'll be watching her
really closely for that.
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So, we'll do what we call neuro obs
quite closely.
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So, any signs of her becoming less
rousable, losing consciousness,
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being confused,
complaining of headache,
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we'll take quite seriously.
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One step at a time, alright?
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It's a lot for mum to take in,
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and the next 48 hours
for little Charlotte are critical.
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Nobody on the Gold Coast
wants to make their breasts smaller
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unless they've got a good reason.
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Whoo! Good job! And this one?
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Someone with a good reason
is 23-year-old mum Jemma,
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whose breasts are size double J.
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Oh, this is... it's a struggle.
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(LAUGHS) It's a struggle, it is.
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After having my son,
they got bigger,
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when I was expecting to,
or hoping to lose them.
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Now it's just constant
neck pain, back pain.
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It just sends, like, pains,
like, right up even into my ears,
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down through my shoulder blades,
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even lower back pain as well.
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So, I can't move.
It's, like, limited.
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It always hurts - always hurts.
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Jemma and her mum, Linda, are hoping
that breast reduction surgery
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will make her
more comfortable and confident.
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LINDA: She's always been quite big
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and she's always been
very to herself.
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You know, not very confident,
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and being able to go out
and buy clothes and things like that
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would be nice for her.
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Buying flattering outfits
and comfy bras
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has been difficult for Jemma.
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But if Dr Raja can successfully
reshape Jemma's breasts,
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he will also reshape her life.
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RAJA: And just flip your hair back
for me, darling.
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Alright, OK.
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It's like I'm tailoring you a suit.
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In preparation for today's surgery,
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Dr Raja marks out the pattern of cuts
he will make on Jemma's breasts.
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Just marking the midline
here for you.
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I have to have artistic ability
to make it aesthetically pleasing,
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otherwise it would take away
from the result.
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The marking is the main part
of the procedure here,
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and then surgery is about
matching the dots up.
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So, this is basically
designing a new bra
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of her very own skin, if you like.
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So, this is the skin
that's going to remain
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and all of this skin inside here,
we're going to take away,
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maintaining the nipple area.
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They'll now be sitting much more
perky, high up on her chest and -
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looking forward - she'll also have
much more fill of her upper pole
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and a much better cleavage,
which is what she wants back,
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and she will have that after today.
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Yes!
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32-year-old Matt was surfing
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when a large shark attacked
and tore apart his legs.
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Now Matt is in the Gold Coast
University Hospital operating theatre
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under the care
of a team of vascular surgeons.
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Does make you wonder why they keep
doing this, this surfing thing.
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I don't think
I'm going in the sea again.
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Our job is to explore the main
artery and veins in the leg
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to see whether or not
they're damaged.
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MAN: Have a bend. Yep.
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Could I get a right angle, thanks?
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The right leg
looks to be more intact,
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so the team will try
to save it first.
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I think, in the scheme of things,
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that's probably
not anything too major.
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An inspection of the deepest gash
on the right leg
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finds some very good news.
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There's bone, but there's
the sciatic nerve sitting there -
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the sciatic nerve, but it's intact.
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Miraculously, the main nerve
controlling movement is undamaged -
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and the miracles don't stop there.
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When we explored the wounds,
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the arteries were sitting there
on view in the bottom of the wound.
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If the main blood supply lines
in the leg were cut,
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Matt would have bled to death
before he got to the beach.
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So, I think we should
maybe give it a wash-out.
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Yep, wash-out
and then let the tourniquet off.
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The wash-out removes the last
of the sand from Matt's right leg,
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then it's time to pack it away
for the day.
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And all we're going to be doing
is just a temporary thing.
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I mean, the thing about
bringing it together
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is to sort out the bleeding.
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The stitches going in today
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are just to tack the sides
of the wound closed.
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Every opening will have to be
painstakingly sealed
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by plastic surgeons
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when Matt is more able to cope
with a long surgery.
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So, that leg's OK.
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All we've done with it now
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is just closed the wounds
so that it's neat and tidy.
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Come back and sort it out properly
in a little while -
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tomorrow, probably.
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So, that's held together.
There's nothing needed on that.
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Regular blood flow is finally
returned to Matt's right leg
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four hours and ten minutes
after the attack,
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and there is no major bleeding.
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OK. Cool bananas.
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Now the team can turn their attention
to the left leg.
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That's in a much more serious state.
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He could still lose this leg.
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♪ It's OK to think that way
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♪ And my peace, my love
My empathy, oh.... ♪
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NARRATOR: Six-year-old Charlotte
came to hospital
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because she had been losing weight
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and was feeling weak and nauseous.
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Right up, miss!
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Mum Teresa was shocked to hear
she's suffering from type 1 diabetes.
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Now dad, Garry, has arrived
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and is struggling to come to terms
with the distressing news.
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Just that initial shock and...
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I was at a job.
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I lost it there too.
Had to run and sit in the car.
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And I thought I could straighten
myself up and come up and be good,
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which is hard
when you see her like that.
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She's going to remain quite sick
like this overnight,
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and gradually,
as everything normalises,
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hopefully she'll be quite a bit
better by the morning.
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00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,800
Oh, she's so gorgeous, isn't she?
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For the next five days,
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Charlotte will stay in hospital,
regaining her strength.
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This is Princess Charlotte.
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So, we've got her a room
with a view. Good.
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(NURSES EXCLAIM)
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Good job you weigh next to nothing!
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Before she can go home,
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the whole family
will learn the routine
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of blood sugar testing
and insulin injecting
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that will be part of her daily life
from now on.
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Just a month later, she's transformed
into a happy, healthy girl.
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Charlotte is back to the ideal weight
for a six-year-old.
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(SHRIEKS AND SQUEALS)
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You can just see it in her face.
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She came home from school and said,
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"Mummy, Minty said
I've got chubby cheeks!"
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And I said, "That's a good thing."
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Feed them up!
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The secret has been
a healthy new diet
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and three shots of insulin a day,
starting first thing in the morning.
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She's absolutely starving,
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so you're trying to give her
the insulin dose really quickly
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so that she can move on
with her breakfast.
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One, two, three, four, five, six...
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GARRY: It's simple,
and it doesn't take long at all,
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but you've gotta do it -
you can't miss it.
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..nine, ten.
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00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,360
Good girl! You can eat, then.
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00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,200
One slice of toast or two?
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One.
One?
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Now that Charlotte and her family
understand her diabetes,
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she will go on to lead
a long and healthy life.
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23-year-old Jemma's
double J-sized breasts
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give her constant
back and shoulder pain.
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She's hoping a breast reduction
will give her a new lease on life.
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They'll now be sitting much more
perky, high up on her chest, and -
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looking forward...
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RAJA: There is significant
functional problems
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that these patients go through.
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That's why these patients come in
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wanting to trade big breasts
for significant scars.
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Once Jemma is asleep,
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Raja makes shallow cuts
around the lines he marked out
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while Jemma was standing up.
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When I first watched this operation,
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I thought something
was going terribly wrong
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when I watched the surgeon
do this for the first time,
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'cause you make all sorts of
different cuts on the breast,
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and until you actually see it all
come back together again,
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you think all sorts of
different thoughts.
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He carefully removes
a large section of skin
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and the fatty tissue behind it.
480
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,440
Most of the reduction in breast
volume comes out in this one piece.
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WOMAN: Can we weigh that?
WOMAN: Yes.
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I think that should be close
to 500g, I would have thought.
483
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,960
I was aiming for about 500.
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515.
(LAUGHS)
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I must have done this before.
486
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,320
If the surgery goes to plan,
487
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,080
Jemma's bust will shrink
from a double J
488
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,840
to a more manageable double D.
489
00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,400
We don't need
to take more than that.
490
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,240
I'd rather give her
a nice-shaped breast.
491
00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:04,240
You'll see patients
come to you and say,
492
00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,160
"Look, I want most of it taken off.
493
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,560
"I want you to take me
down to an A-cup."
494
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,840
They actually don't mean that.
They're just sick of their symptoms.
495
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,000
A fraction more tissue is removed
from the slightly larger left breast
496
00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:19,720
to bring the pair into balance.
497
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:24,360
Around 1.1kg of tissue has been
removed from Jemma's bust in total.
498
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,480
Now you can see the puzzle
coming back together.
499
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:33,560
You can see that they are smaller,
they are perkier.
500
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:39,360
A lot more manageable,
as well as a nicer shape now,
501
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,000
but these will settle in
for her nicely.
502
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,800
When she wakes, Jemma will be keen
to see her new breasts,
503
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,760
but it will be a few weeks before
they settle into their new shape.
504
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,240
(SIREN YELPS)
505
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,256
WOMAN (PHONE): Ambulance.
Are you reporting an emergency?
506
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,696
WOMAN (PHONE): Need some assistance
in Surfers Paradise, please.
507
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,240
OK, so, what's happened?
508
00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:06,280
Heavily drug-affected male.
509
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,720
He's been pushing a child in a pram
and was shaking the child,
510
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,960
which is approximately
18 months old.
511
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:13,480
(SIREN WAILS)
512
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,000
WOMAN (RADIO): Man pushing a pram.
513
00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:16,680
6-5-0-8. Roger on case code Z.
514
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,320
After a sickening 000 call,
515
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,360
paramedics Phil and Adele
are despatched
516
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,080
to downtown Surfers Paradise
to assess a shaken baby.
517
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,280
Looks like an assault to a child,
an 18-month-old.
518
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,760
QPS are on the scene with
the male offender and the child.
519
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,120
The male might be
drug-affected as well,
520
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,360
so, when you've got people on drugs,
521
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,360
sometimes we won't go near
these kind of scenes,
522
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,040
but when the call
comes from the police,
523
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,320
you know that it's going to be
fairly safe there already.
524
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,000
The male offender
is the boy's father.
525
00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:50,160
He's been arrested and locked up
in the nearby police station.
526
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:53,960
MAN: This is the baby.
Hey. Hello.
527
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,976
There was reports that
he was smacking the baby's head.
528
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,640
We might just get him
checked out first.
529
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,376
Sure, alright. This is the only
patient for us to deal with, though?
530
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,176
Uh... well, look,
he's severely drug-affected.
531
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,280
OK.
532
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,496
Believe he's severely drug-affected,
so might get him checked as well.
533
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:06,816
We'll pop you straight
in the ambulance.
534
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,920
Hey. How are you? Bit shaken up, eh?
535
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,480
It's been a terrifying ordeal
for the boy's mum,
536
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,480
who's been trying to find her son.
537
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,200
Were you with him
when all this happened?
538
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,640
No. I only just got to him.
539
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,360
You just got here now. OK. Alrighty.
540
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:21,880
He's been gone all day.
541
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,400
Alright, how old is he?
542
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,320
He's nearly... 16 months.
543
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,160
I'm just going to have
a really good feel...
544
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,840
Any unusual behaviour from the baby
545
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,440
could be a sign
of a serious brain injury.
546
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,640
Phil examines every move
the little boy makes.
547
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,850
♪ Living my own life
548
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,640
Coincidence? I think not.
No. (LAUGHS)
549
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,200
She copped it a fair bit,
growing up, from everybody.
550
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,960
She got, "Tits a lovely day."
551
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,520
She couldn't wear bikinis,
she couldn't do anything.
552
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:02,040
I used to use them as my pillows
for... yeah, sleep on them.
553
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,600
Yeah, she copped it a fair bit.
554
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,240
Just take a seat on the bed there.
555
00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:10,320
Jemma's plastic surgeon
Dr Raja Sawhney
556
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,040
is expecting her to be already
feeling the benefits
557
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,800
of a smaller bust.
558
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,680
Even at two weeks, for instance,
559
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,520
they'll come back and you'll say,
"Have you still got a lot of pain?"
560
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,520
"Oh, no, actually the pain's better
than it was before the operation,"
561
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,200
'cause it's that quick to change
and they'll feel relief.
562
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,240
Wow! (LAUGHS)
563
00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:34,200
They're so different.
Like, they're so little.
564
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,120
They're not little,
but they're little compared...
565
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,840
Oh, they look so good.
566
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,760
So, surgery went well.
567
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,600
We took a fair bit of tissue off
from both sides, as you can see.
568
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,080
How do you feel?
Yeah, fine.
569
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,160
How's the pain that you had
before the operation?
570
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,400
Much better.
571
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,480
The pain from surgery was tolerable,
572
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,480
but it was much better
than what I was experiencing
573
00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,280
before I had the surgery.
574
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,200
That's very good to hear.
575
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,240
Compared to the pain before,
that was much worse,
576
00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:05,840
'cause I couldn't move,
I was limited.
577
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,040
Like, I always felt
like I had a kink in my neck,
578
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,760
and it was just, like,
any time I moved,
579
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,360
it shot pain through, you know,
into... like, into my ear
580
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,400
and down my back and into my
shoulders, and it was horrible,
581
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,560
and that's been gone
since I've had the surgery.
582
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,120
So, I'm really happy.
Much more comfortable now.
583
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,160
Although the pain is gone,
584
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,480
Jemma will have to spend
a couple more weeks
585
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,000
in the surgical support bra.
586
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,520
That just keeps you comfortable
and just holds them in place
587
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,880
while all the sutures and all
the scars happening to hold that.
588
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,080
So, we maintain that shape
that you've got there,
589
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,360
as you can see,
is reasonably good for you.
590
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,000
Yes. They're so perfect now.
Good.
591
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:42,960
They're so good.
592
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,560
Why don't we cover these up?
I don't want you getting cold.
593
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,120
(RAJA LAUGHS) They look great.
594
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,080
I feel like I have the boobs
that a 23-year-old should have,
595
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,520
not, you know, what I'd had before,
596
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,280
which... I felt like a 40-year-old.
597
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,800
(LAUGHS) So, it's much better now.
598
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,920
A fortnight later,
599
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,040
Jemma's new breasts are ready
for a whole new wardrobe.
600
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,040
I need to be fitted.
WOMAN: OK.
601
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,840
I had a breast reduction, so I don't
really know what size I am now.
602
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,120
Alright, so, we'll just try
these different sizes,
603
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,080
just to work out your exact size.
604
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,560
I never used to go
bra shopping ever.
605
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,760
I would just, like,
get the biggest one off the shelf
606
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,625
and run out the shop -
like, I never tried.
607
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,800
Yeah, it just really is
a whole new world.
608
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,520
Oh, that looks nice.
How does that feel?
609
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,880
Yeah, it feels good. It fits.
You've gone down quite a bit.
610
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,880
I just feel like a new person,
and I'm loving it.
611
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,496
HOLLY: You've got really good
cleavage now.
612
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,160
I know.
I'm so jealous!
613
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:37,680
They're so firm!
614
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:43,360
I get to be myself, get to do things
that I couldn't do before.
615
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:46,480
(ALL LAUGH)
616
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,720
PHIL: I'm just gonna have
a really good feel...
617
00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,016
Paramedics are examining a baby boy
618
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,280
who was assaulted
by his drug-affected father
619
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,880
during a desperate bid
to escape the police.
620
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:06,520
From what we know from the police
621
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,840
is he was shaking the child
and banging its head.
622
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:13,080
His traumatised mother has spent
the day searching for her little boy.
623
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,920
His dad picked him up about 10:30.
Yeah, OK.
624
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,880
And... yeah,
and he was meant to call me,
625
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,536
'cause I didn't have
the phone number and...
626
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,320
Would he be normally with you?
Yep.
627
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:22,640
Like, at home?
Yep.
628
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,360
Oooh, what's that?
Oooh, hello?
629
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:25,880
Oh, it's a big white crocodile.
630
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,760
There are no obvious signs
of a head injury,
631
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,360
but Phil must be sure the baby boy
632
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,920
has not suffered from some other
trauma during his nine-hour ordeal.
633
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,200
OK, I'm just gonna lie him back
on your chest
634
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:38,920
so I can have a look at his tummy,
635
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,280
just in case he was squeezed
or anything like that.
636
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,560
I'm gonna have a listen to
your chest. Is that alright?
637
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,400
Oooh!
Oooh!
638
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,440
He can't say where it hurts,
639
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:52,600
so Phil must take great care to clear
his young patient from injury.
640
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,040
Alrighty, so,
everything looks alright.
641
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,480
He's alert, he's breathing well,
he's got good colour.
642
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,520
There's no obvious injuries
that we can see.
643
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,760
So, it's up to you
what you'd like to do.
644
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,336
We can take him up to hospital
to have him properly checked over.
645
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,400
He looked fine
when I got there, so...
646
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,240
It's just that I need
to change his nappy...
647
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,240
When it comes to children, we always
recommend that we go to hospital.
648
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,720
From a medical perspective,
649
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,040
they can be observed
and properly checked out there.
650
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,760
We've got very limited tools here.
651
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,840
My advice really would be that we go
to hospital, have him checked over,
652
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,320
and there may be something going on
that we can't see, OK,
653
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:24,920
which could present later.
654
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,040
Yeah, yeah.
655
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,920
And that could lead to him
getting unwell.
656
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:29,040
Yeah, yeah, OK.
657
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,240
Saying that,
it's completely your decision.
658
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,920
Yeah, honestly, he looks fine.
659
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,520
He's happy, he's, like...
nothing's wrong with him.
660
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,320
He's, you know... he wasn't crying
or didn't look upset.
661
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,360
Didn't have a red face
or anything, so...
662
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,440
Phil's advice is falling
on deaf ears.
663
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,080
We don't drag people to hospital.
664
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,736
We can't force people
to go to hospital,
665
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,560
so we just give our recommendation.
666
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,240
But before Phil can send mum home,
667
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,720
he must be sure she's fit
to care for the baby.
668
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,200
NARRATOR: A Gold Coast mum
is refusing to take her baby
669
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,440
to hospital for observation
670
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,400
after a violent assault
by the boy's father.
671
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,720
Maybe Adele might
make you a balloon.
672
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,240
Do you want a balloon animal?
Can you do a balloon animal?
673
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,560
Before Phil can release the pair,
674
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,280
he must be sure that the little boy
is in safe hands.
675
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,560
You're staying with a friend,
so, you've got support?
676
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,080
Yes.
And you're safe tonight?
677
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,760
Yes.
Yeah, alright, well, you can...
678
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,360
They were keeping me sane, so...
679
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,360
Oh, look at this! Oh!
680
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,040
Any issues with your safety
or anything,
681
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:36,800
you can talk to the police
about that, OK?
682
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,400
Well, he's gone to the watch house
683
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:41,016
and he'll be going straight back
to jail anyway, so, doesn't matter.
684
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,760
OK. Alright, so, are you sure
you don't want to come to hospital?
685
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:45,280
I'm sure.
686
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,320
Alrighty.
687
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,280
Are you gonna be OK?
You've got your pushchair?
688
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:50,800
Um, yeah, should be alright.
689
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,000
Alright, I'll just have a chat
with the police.
690
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,960
There you go. You take him.
691
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,560
See you, matey.
692
00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,960
See you. No worries. All the best.
693
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,960
Like I said, call 000
if anything changes, OK? Excellent.
694
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,320
Might head around the corner.
695
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,160
QAS Bravo 6-5-0-8.
696
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,720
Now proceeding around
to QPS Surfers Paradise
697
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,240
to assess the father,
who's in custody.
698
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:14,760
WOMAN (RADIO): 5-1-4, thank you.
699
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,600
PHIL: To see the father in
with the police, who did this,
700
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,280
after seeing the child,
is probably quite difficult.
701
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,960
Being a father myself, you know,
I think... it's definitely...
702
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:29,400
..you have a personal opinion of
what he's done and him as a person,
703
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,400
definitely, before you get there,
704
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:32,920
but you have to put that aside
705
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,560
and just treat him as another
patient and be objective.
706
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,240
It's sad that it's ended
with the child being hurt like that,
707
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,056
but I'm glad that the police
have become involved
708
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,160
and that he looks like
he's going to be dealt with.
709
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,120
There's more on here.
710
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,240
Vascular surgeon Dr Will Butcher
is leading a team
711
00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,760
trying to save shark attack victim
Matt from losing both of his legs.
712
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,480
Alright, are we ready?
713
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,320
On three - one, two, three.
714
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,160
Matt's left leg
is in a shocking state.
715
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,816
Now we're going to tackle this leg,
which is a much bigger injury,
716
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:11,560
and the problem with that leg
717
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,400
is that that tourniquet on there
has been on for a long time now.
718
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,520
So, the leg is now top priority.
He could still lose this leg.
719
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,720
The massive bite was made
by a monster shark.
720
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:25,480
The ordeal Matt has been through
is what nightmares are made of.
721
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,560
As the surgeons inspect
the gaping wound,
722
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,560
they make a chilling discovery.
723
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,240
MAN: Oh, my goodness.
Ahh!
724
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:34,760
Is that teeth?
WOMAN: What is it?
725
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,640
Shark tooth.
Eugh!
726
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,280
Preserve that
for the patient, please.
727
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,440
The four-metre shark
has left a calling card.
728
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,960
The left leg may look unsaveable,
729
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,880
but somehow,
just like in the right leg,
730
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,080
the shark missed the main artery
731
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,800
that would have drained
Matt's life blood.
732
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,440
The artery is just... right there,
sitting in the wound.
733
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,680
You can see it,
and it's not injured,
734
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,520
but the vein which is lying right
next to it has got a big rent in it.
735
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,080
It would not have taken very much
more for those to be badly injured.
736
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,600
He would not have made it.
737
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:10,800
I'm not sure he would have made it
to the beach, to be honest with you.
738
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:12,520
That's his nerve.
739
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,240
When the team delves deeper
into the mangled flesh,
740
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,120
Matt's incredible luck runs out.
741
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:20,320
Tibial nerve's gone.
OK.
742
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,120
Well, I think probably
technically sciatic, almost.
743
00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:24,720
WILL: In the left leg
behind the knee,
744
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,040
the main nerve going down
to the leg is severed,
745
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,920
which means that his leg below
the knee will not have sensation
746
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,880
and will not be able
to work properly.
747
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:37,560
Even if Matt's leg can be saved,
it will probably be paralysed.
748
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,080
I think that's going to be
the defining injury.
749
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,840
WILL: The plastic surgeons
will repair it,
750
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,560
but the track record
of successful repair
751
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:48,080
and recovery of function
down in the leg is not that good.
752
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,400
We basically join the insulating
layer of the nerve together
753
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,720
and hope that the electricity
finds its way through.
754
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,200
Oh, mate! Suck that.
755
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:02,120
What Dr Butcher can repair is the
main vein that has been torn open.
756
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:06,240
So, the trauma registry
will tell you
757
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,960
that popliteal vein injuries
should be repaired.
758
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,560
Rather than ligated?
Rather than ligated.
759
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,240
This vein must be repaired
760
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,320
because it is the main pipeline
for blood leaving the leg
761
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:17,840
and returning to the heart.
762
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,240
I reckon that,
barring anything else,
763
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:22,760
we should take the tourniquet off.
764
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,040
So, can we properly
take the tourniquet down, then?
765
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,680
Releasing the tourniquet tests
the strength of the stitched-up vein.
766
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,320
There you go!
Got a good pulse in it now.
767
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,360
It's a success.
768
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,640
The patch-up job holds
769
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,120
and exposes any other weeping
blood vessels that need tying off.
770
00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:42,040
We repaired the popliteal vein.
771
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:43,856
We repaired it
because it was easy to repair,
772
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,240
and now we're just plugging
bleeders, basically.
773
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:47,920
Once the bleeding was under control,
774
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,560
then the surgery was taken over
by the two other groups of surgeons
775
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,040
that deal with extensive
soft tissue injury,
776
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,520
which are the orthopaedic surgeons
and the plastic surgeons.
777
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,520
We're gonna have to open
all this bit back up
778
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,040
so we can get to the bone.
779
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:01,640
No, we're nearly done.
780
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,680
The head of the smaller bone in
Matt's lower leg has been bitten off
781
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,880
and will need reconstructing if he's
to have any chance of walking again.
782
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,720
The nerves will determine
how it goes, I reckon.
783
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:14,840
Yeah.
784
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,040
The surgeons are shocked
that the damage to the bone
785
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,640
is more typical of a high-energy
impact, like a car crash.
786
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,120
He's very lucky.
787
00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,640
He could easily have died from this.
788
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,920
Once the plastic surgeons
have tacked the wounds together
789
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:39,640
in a temporary close,
790
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,440
Matt is taken to intensive care
to rest up.
791
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,360
WILL: This is going to be
a long recovery for him.
792
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,440
It's been four hours in surgery,
793
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,120
and for Matt,
this is just the beginning.
794
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,080
It's gonna be tough
to get back in the water.
795
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,320
I don't...
I'm still not sure if I will.
796
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,800
NARRATOR: It's been two weeks,
797
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:16,560
and shark attack victim Matt Lee
has woken from his induced coma.
798
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,400
Sometimes it's hard
not to feel sorry for yourself,
799
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,600
but I know I am very lucky
to still be here.
800
00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:25,040
I'm a bit down.
801
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:29,160
That's always the challenge
for patients who've had an injury,
802
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,720
is, you know,
there's the initial euphoria
803
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,080
of realising that, actually,
you're alive, it's OK,
804
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,520
but then there's this
sort of... the reality
805
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:42,640
that you've now got to recover
from all of this and get better,
806
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,160
and that sometimes
is a long, hard road.
807
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,080
A month later
and Matt is starting to feel hope,
808
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,520
with his girlfriend, Suzy,
a constant support by his side.
809
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,920
I made a point not to look at
my legs when it was all happening.
810
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:04,600
These are all the scars.
811
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:08,840
So, I got the staples out
probably two weeks ago.
812
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,880
So, this leg's healed up
pretty nicely.
813
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,160
Through here, there's probably
about 70 or 80 staples
814
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:14,720
that they had to take out.
815
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,040
And this leg's the one
with the nerve damage
816
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,240
and they've got
a pressure damage on here
817
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,640
and a foot drop splint
to support my foot.
818
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,120
Matt has been incredibly lucky,
819
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:28,040
but only time will tell
if the nerve can regrow
820
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,640
and return movement and feeling.
821
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,400
So, I feel pretty good.
822
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:36,760
Suzy has been helping him come to
terms with the traumatic experience.
823
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:43,160
He's meant to be here, so...
it wasn't his time to go, so...
824
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,920
It's been pretty emotional.
825
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,760
You know, five weeks ago
I was running around,
826
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:49,440
doing whatever I wanted,
827
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,360
and now I can't even...
you know, I can...
828
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,120
I've only just started
to learn how to stand again,
829
00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:59,480
so, um... I guess
that's how I feel unlucky.
830
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,880
But you know, it could be
a lot worse as well, so...
831
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,880
He's gonna be fine.
832
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,280
He's gonna get back
to his old tricks.
833
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,720
I think it's definitely
brought us closer, for sure.
834
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,320
It's made me appreciate
our relationship more as well.
835
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,040
Lucky to have her.
She's been awesome.
836
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,520
Yeah, I keep telling him I'm not
going anywhere. Can't get rid of me.
837
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,680
So, we're in this together.
838
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,600
And the dog. (LAUGHS)
Yeah.
839
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:33,480
That's Penny.
840
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,120
She's been very sooky,
841
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:40,160
and wanting lots of attention
and cuddles and...
842
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:44,080
She takes up half the bed,
so I'm, like, knocked off.
843
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,000
And today it's finally time
for Matt to go home
844
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,440
and kick Penny out of the bed.
845
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,800
♪ Everybody's looking
for a new horizon
846
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:55,776
♪ Everybody wants to leave
the world behind them
847
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,920
♪ Everybody's looking
for a new horizon
848
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,640
♪ Everybody's looking
for a second chance
849
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,680
♪ Everybody's wishing
they could take a stand
850
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,600
♪ Everybody's looking
for a second chance... ♪
851
00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:09,360
MATT: Doctors are happy for me
to move on to rehab back home,
852
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,200
so that's some good news.
853
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,880
It's just about building up
my muscles again in my legs,
854
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,600
you know, and getting
that range of movement back,
855
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:20,000
and then just hoping the nerves grow
856
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:24,280
and I can regain movement
in my left foot.
857
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:25,880
Yeah, it's all unknown
at the moment,
858
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,880
but I'm trying to stay positive,
859
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:33,360
and ready to work hard in rehab,
and hopefully it works out.
860
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,040
The medical team is hopeful
the nerve connections in Matt's leg
861
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:40,640
will regrow and give him
at least partial function
862
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,160
so he can walk again.
863
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,200
Apparently it grows 1mm a day,
864
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:48,640
so it's going to be a long... long
process to see if it comes back.
865
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,520
(ALL CHEER)
866
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,040
Matt knows he's lucky to be here,
but for now...
867
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,520
Thanks, everyone.
..it's one step at a time.
868
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,160
Good luck, eh?
See you.
869
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:02,720
See you!
870
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:05,840
Didn't expect that.
That was nice. (LAUGHS)
871
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,080
Captioned by Ai-Media
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872
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,360
Next week on Gold Coast Medical,
873
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,160
brain surgery results in a miracle
right before your eyes.
874
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:17,976
We've got this very narrow
window of opportunity
875
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,360
where we can go in and keep
that side of the brain alive.
876
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,040
And the patient is wide awake.
877
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,880
Keep very still for us. Do not move
at all. This is going to hurt.
878
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,360
A young girl struck down
by a mystery illness.
879
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,640
It's coming from my brain,
and that's the scary part.
880
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,440
Scary moments during a water birth...
881
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,200
(CRIES OUT)
882
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,400
..when a newborn plays a game
of hide-and-seek.
883
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:40,400
He's under there somewhere, lovely.
884
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,440
And Bruce needs to brush up
on his carpentry skills.
885
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:46,800
Putting some wood together.
Bang, bang, bang.
886
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:48,960
And then... yeah, nailed it in.
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