Miracle Workers (2006)
Season 1
In this tearjerker reality series, doctors use their expertise combined with the latest technology to help people with debilitating medical conditions. Cutting-edge medical procedures, performed on folks who might not otherwise be able to afford them.
Released March 7, 2006
Episode 43 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Production Companies: Renegade83, DreamWorks Television
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Heritage/Slaughter
Doctors attempt to restore the eyesight of a 34-year-old Ohio father of three who has been blind since childhood, the result of an allergic reaction to penicillin, and mobility to a 47-year-old woman with a degenerative bone-and-joint condition who uses a wheelchair and walker.
March 6, 2006, midnight
S1E2 - Bresler/Keller
Treated: a 4-year-old California boy with VATER syndrome, a condition resulting in fused ribs, which caused a bump on his chest and a spinal curvature that leaves his head tilted and his back shaped like a question mark. Also: a 19-year-old California woman with Tourette's syndrome, which causes physical and verbal tics that make ordinary interactions difficult. The procedure planned for her is electrical stimulation of her brain, while a titanium rod is implanted in the boy's ribs.
March 13, 2006, midnight
S1E3 - Brown/Valentino
Doctors attempt to restore the use of an arm and repair the shattered heel of a housepainter and father of five. In addition, a dance teacher and former Broadway star is given new hope when doctors try to return the mobility he lost to a debilitating case of osteoarthritis.
March 20, 2006, midnight
S1E4 - Lustig/McInnish
Patients treated include a Nevada grandmother with Parkinson's disease and an 11-year-old Alabama boy who has been blind since birth. Charlene Lustig's motor dysfunctions haven't responded to treatment, so Dr. Kim J. Burchiel implants electrodes in her brain in a procedure called deep brain stimulation. Young Josh McInnish has undergone unsuccessful corneal transplants; now Dr. Peter Zloty attaches an artificial cornea to a donated one and implants it into the boy's eye.
March 27, 2006, midnight
S1E5 - Arcila/Benoit
A woman from Lake Charles, La., who has overcome breast cancer twice gets treatment for the damage chemotherapy inflicted on her heart. Also: A young boy from Miami undergoes surgery after being born without a left heart ventricle.
April 3, 2006, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 43 min.
Season Runtime: 43 min.
Released: March 7, 2006
Last Air Date: April 3, 2006, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 10+
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