Forty-three-year-old Nicole DiCamillo of Arizona has stage 4 cancer – and she feels absolutely the best and happiest she’s been in years. If that sounds odd and unexpected, we’re just getting started in this episode on the strange, fascinating

Episode 16: Robot Cookies

Apr 23rd, 2021 12m 30s

When Janice Cmeyla sought help for difficulty breathing, she had no idea that would involve a “three-armed surgeon” – or that major breakthroughs in new technology would save her months of treatment and recovery.

Episode 15: Let Them Know

Jan 27th, 2021 16m 49s

A hospice music therapist and a 37-year-old Phoenix woman with terminal cancer spent four months creating deeply personal music, as a legacy for the patient to leave her family. One of the powerful songs features her heartbeat as a rhythmic par

Episode 14: Her Greatest Strength

Nov 24th, 2020 24m 44s

Deanna Spizzirri’s diagnosis with one of the most severe cases of Tourette’s syndrome didn’t stop her from becoming an elementary school teacher, and helping other patients learn to manage their tics and enjoy life. She shares her highs and low

Episode 13: The Flashlight Option

Jun 15th, 2020 20m 18s

Patient Kim Alten’s annual mammogram led to an option to have genetic testing for cancer, which can help determine whether someone – and their family – has a higher risk of developing certain cancers, and passing some genetic disorders to their

Episode 12: The Speed Bump

May 5th, 2020 15m 12s

Thirteen-year-old Ben Zaccardi took a ride around the block on his dirt bike that ended with him hurling into a cinder block wall, demolishing his body. But his story has a happy ending, as thousands of people have cheered on the upbeat boy thr

Episode 11: Universal Ouch

Apr 7th, 2020 16m 3s

For 15 years, physician assistant Tara Burns has been quietly helping to change lives for hundreds of people in undeveloped areas around the world. She recently returned from her 30th humanitarian mission, offering free surgical care to familie

Bonus

Bonus Episode: Hope on the Frontlines

Mar 26th, 2020 12m 20s

An interview with nurse Kaitlin Nicholas about her ongoing experience treating potential coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center. She may be “beat up from the feet up” tired, but she and her dedicated c

Episode 10: Living Backwards

Mar 10th, 2020 14m 20s

Ten-year-old Peyton Gonzalez is like any other kid her age, but she’s also literally one in a million -- a survivor of an extremely rare cancer that required a 10-hour surgery that was spellbinding in complexity and drama. The experience made P

Episode 9: One Good Deed

Jul 30th, 2019 7m 37s

As we wrap up our first season of inspiring and dramatic stories, we’re checking in on many of the memorable patients, medical staff and volunteers who shared their memorable experiences throughout the past year. Quite a bit has happened since

Episode 8: Moving the Curtain

May 22nd, 2019 16m 26s

Hospital chaplains Timothy and Stephanie Burdick visit some of Banner Health’s most critical patients every Sunday. Sometimes, those patients don’t realize they’ve just held hands with two people who’ve learned to embrace life through a hardshi

Episode 7: Changing the Timeline

Apr 29th, 2019 21m 48s

Bernice Campbell has seen many family members impacted by Alzheimer’s disease, so now this 57-year-old grandmother is doing her part to help researchers and medical experts before we lose thousands more people in another generation. But some et

Episode 6: The Right One

Feb 11th, 2019 14m 34s

Patient Anita Allen had no idea how much of her life was about to change when a nice fellow named Sam appeared in the doorway of her treatment room. That set in motion another major moment intertwining the lives of the two widowers with the hos

Episode 5: Survival Mode

Dec 12th, 2018 13m 24s

Sixty-year-old John Waddell shares his experience of being trapped alone for more than 48 hours in a dark mine-shaft in the Arizona desert, 100 feet down, surrounded by rattlesnakes.

Episode 4: A Lifetime of Good Karma

Nov 26th, 2018 14m 50s

Just when you think you’ve heard it all, 72-year-old nurse Betty Schley comes along to share some wild and unexpected stories from her lifelong career in healthcare.

Episode 3: Who is Dr. Bear?

Sep 24th, 2018 13m 3s

Meet a real-life superhero: Selima Martin, a 23-year-old who transports young patients for treatment at Banner Children's at Cardon Children’s Medical Center. Selima has a developmental disorder called Asperger syndrome, and more importantly, s

Episode 2: The Best Worst Day of My Life

Sep 13th, 2018 9m 57s

A 34-year-old woman speaks candidly about an experience as deeply personal as it gets: the time she died. On Valentine’s Day this year, she and her infant daughter survived an experience that’s hard to even imagine. Darcy had a heart attack whi

Episode 1: Escaping the Jungle

Sep 6th, 2018 11m 51s

Decades ago, Reverend Ibraham (John) Sabbagh helped save his son Ebby’s life when he was shot as a youth during the Lebanese Civil War. Now, Ebby is repaying his 88-year-old dad by donating his own stem cells for a special transplant to fight l

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