Chance at Life

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chance at life provides a portal into the lives of Dialysis unit 'regulars' both patients and staff. Together they confront life's limitations and its certain end with unique stories of struggle hope and triumph.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The story is told through the viewpoints of three characters-young nurse Rachel her mentor Elizabeth and dialysis patient Darnell. </span></p><p></p><p>Rachel is a novice nurse whose well-intentioned choices put her career in jeopardy. Her personal life disintegrates when she discovers that she is pregnant and her fiancé abuses her. </p><p></p><p>Kidney failure derailed Darnell's career dreams. He waits in vain for a transplant losing hope as long days on dialysis consume his future.</p><p></p><p>Elizabeth a seasoned nurse practitioner faces her own failing kidneys and decides to refuse dialysis planning to let nature take it's course--though her daughters and nephrologist won't let her go so easily.</p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The dialysis unit is a high stakes cauldron of conflicts and ethical dilemmas. A machine malfunction claims one patient's life another patient obtains a black-market kidney transplant and another patient withdraws from dialysis and and throws herself a 'going away party'. Covid 19 arrives bringing an entirely new dimension to the daily dramas.</span></p><p></p><p>Chance at life is a gripping poignant exploration of the human spirit and the unforeseen connections that form in the most trying of circumstances perfect for those who appreciate medical dramas filled with real-world challenges and heart felt story telling.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>