Matthew's Fight For Life (1 x 60')
Imagine being the parents of a terrific toddler. Imagine he is happy, well and like most toddlers, full of mischief. Life is a dream. But that dream turns into a nightmare as your little boy is diagnosed with a deadly brain tumour. For Sharon and Andy Fiddick, it was no nightmare, it was real. After years of treatment and two operations in Western Australua, by June 2000 Mathew was critically ill. But the Fiidicks refused to believe their son was going to die. Three years, nineteen brain tumours and five operations later, Matthew and the man he calls Dr Charlie, share an incredible bond. Matthew's Fight for Life is an inspirational journey - of one young boy's battle to stay alive.
This is moving and heart warming documentary follows Matthew and his family through the emotional rollarcoaster as he travels to Sydney to Dr Teo, for what could be Matthew's final, and one of the most dangerous operations he has ever faced. We are the fly on the wall as the family prepares themselves for the strong possibility that Matthew may come bacl to them paralyzed or wrose; die under anaesthetic. We are with the family as they say goodbye to Matthew possibly for the mast time, as he is wheeled down the corridor and into the operating theatre. We are with Matthew and Dr Teo as he operates on Matthew's head. We fim every moment of this dangerous and delicate operation. And we are there to share the emotion when the operation is over and the family is told the outcome. Matthew's Fight for Life is an unforgettably moving special.