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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Breathing with Sandra

CBC Radio Canada

Every once in a while you get a glimpse into someone else's life, see them struggle and then triumph, watch their pain turn to joy. That's the essence of a story in our documentary, Breathing with Sandra. It's about how two sisters devastated by their Mom's death at 51, agree to donate her organs and how another woman 30 years old in a medically induced coma, her own lungs useless gets a gift. The rules are strict, they were never supposed to meet but they broke the rules and forged a bond that helped everyone recover.

Read more and listen to podcast : http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/10/18/breathing-with-sandra/

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