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Made in Chelsea Sam Vanderpump's Story Season 1 Episode 2
Ready for more drama and dating disasters? Dive into the latest episode of "Made in Chelsea: Sam Vanderpump's Story" Season 1 Episode 2!
This week, Sam navigates the choppy waters of London's elite social scene. Expect tangled relationships and unexpected revelations as friendships are tested and new romances blossom. Will Sam's pursuit of love lead to happiness or heartache?
Plus, get ready for surprising confessions and steamy encounters that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It's a whirlwind of gossip, glamour, and potential heartbreak you won't want to miss.
#MIC #SamVanderpump #MadeInChelsea
Ready for more drama and dating disasters? Dive into the latest episode of "Made in Chelsea: Sam Vanderpump's Story" Season 1 Episode 2!
This week, Sam navigates the choppy waters of London's elite social scene. Expect tangled relationships and unexpected revelations as friendships are tested and new romances blossom. Will Sam's pursuit of love lead to happiness or heartache?
Plus, get ready for surprising confessions and steamy encounters that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It's a whirlwind of gossip, glamour, and potential heartbreak you won't want to miss.
#MIC #SamVanderpump #MadeInChelsea
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00:03My name's Sam Vanderpump and I'm on a TV show called Made in Chelsea.
00:08Thank you all for coming. I thought I'd just say a few words.
00:12What you may not know is I was born with liver disease.
00:16For 28 years I never let it slow me down. Racing, skiing and living life flat out.
00:24But in 2024 everything changed. I've got end stage liver disease.
00:31There is no hope of my liver getting better. Due to my disease I contracted sepsis and nearly died.
00:39And now the doctors say I need a liver transplant. We're not talking about if you will need a
00:44transplant, we're talking about when you will need a transplant. Mr and Mrs Vanderpump. I've just got
00:51married and I'm expecting a baby. Duke. I've had an absolutely fantastic life,
00:58but in this situation the odds are the same for everyone.
01:11The best organ that you can ever have is a live donor organ. I don't want to do that. When
01:18my mum
01:18offered to donate her liver I was literally like no. For me that's all I want to do is help
01:27my son.
01:27So do you know what blood types you are? Oh negative I think. You'd be a match for a live
01:33donation
01:34technically. I'll definitely get tested. It makes me feel sick. I don't want to put my friends or family
01:42through a liver surgery as well. I mean could you imagine I go in for a liver transplant. I wake
01:48up
01:49and my friends died or my family members died on the table. I don't think I could live with that.
01:54You guys don't do it by half do you? It's quite extraordinary. What do you do?
01:58Well let's have a liver transplant. Let's have a baby. It's exhausting.
02:11I'm really excited. I'm surprised it actually compacts this small. It's the whole point isn't
02:15it? It's meant to be a really good fold-out fran. In the build-up to Duke being born there
02:20was a hell
02:21of a lot going on. The fact I was learning all about my medical condition which was information
02:25overload at the time. We don't have very long now. So we're looking at dates now and it 14th due
02:31date
02:32so we were trying to book in the c-section as close to the due date as possible. Could be
02:36as
02:36soon as next week. A little bit more time than that but it's about dates because that hospital's
02:43very busy. The reason why I ended up opting for a c-section is because I've had pre-existing
02:49conditions with my bladder and my kidneys. They wouldn't let me go over my due date.
02:53You want your baby facing you. Yeah I know but I'm just looking at which way I put the attachments
02:57in darling. Everyone's going to be thinking why am I doing this without reading the instructions and
03:01I'm going to say I don't. Don't need them that's what I'm going to say. Watch this okay. Here we
03:09go.
03:10Now I know how to use it. No no no that was starting again. In you go Duke Bunny. Great.
03:19Bunny
03:20Duke is very happy. Hasn't cried once so.
03:26I think there was so much going on last year. So much to navigate. I didn't know how to feel
03:31or
03:31what to feel when to feel it. The actual transplant felt like it was the biggest thing in life
03:37and the biggest focus whereas now I feel like focus is shifting back to normal routine a little bit more
03:45or baby. Have you thought any more about like live donor? No. It was important for me to keep live
03:52donation in the conversation because Sam would probably have to get more sick before he can have
03:58a liver which is a fine line between that and becoming too sick. So I think those were the most
04:03pressing things for me that thought right he needs to look at this option. I have people that are coming
04:09to
04:09me that are interested in exploring that and I don't know what to tell them because you seem like
04:14closed off to the idea and I need to know if it's something that you'd be willing to do so
04:19it's not
04:19like I don't want to go against your wishes. I've got enough going in my on in my head with
04:24this
04:24as it is and I don't want to have to... Why do I have to suddenly worry about other people
04:33in this
04:34situation? If someone really wants to go donate an organ, why do I have to give you permission?
04:41I should just be focused on my journey. Whatever happens around outside, it shouldn't involve me.
04:49If that's how you feel and I'm glad you said that now, I can now make my own decision on
04:53what I say
04:53to people and if they want to explore it, they can. Having that conversation with him then,
05:00that's clarified a lot for me. I think it's a lot of pressure for him and that's why he shuts
05:04these
05:04conversations down because he doesn't feel like he should be responsible for other people's choices
05:09and that is what's putting pressure on. Now I know that, I'm going to explore obviously not with
05:15Sam knowing because the permission part of it puts pressure then on him. I can't help think,
05:21yeah he's okay now, what if in six months suddenly he's got a really bad infection, he's not okay
05:29and there's not much to be done about that and I have to worry about the fact that we've got
05:34a baby,
05:35the fact that he's going downhill, knowing that we could have explored that route and that option,
05:40that he could have had a transplant already. Ugh, it's just scary.
05:54Welcome to baby shower number two.
05:58We're going to be parents and that trumps everything, right? That becomes your priority.
06:07Baby jukey! How cute is that? Yeah!
06:12I'm just very excited for the birth of my child.
06:18It also gives me even more strength. I've got a wife and a baby I need to provide for, so.
06:25I love this, I love dungarees. Apparently it's weird if I wear dungarees.
06:39It's never been a doubt in my head that I would be the one to give Sam the liver.
06:48I called the live donation coordinator and I said to her, I want to be tested. She went away and
06:56spoke
06:56to the surgeon and they said, no, you're 55, you're too old and that was it. Sam didn't want to
07:02discuss it
07:02and it was shut down. I know I don't say to Sam, but that doesn't work with Sam. I know
07:09what I'm going to do.
07:10If we can get a live donor, it's more controllable. You know they've said no to me because of me
07:21being over the age limit. When we're with the consultant next, could we just ask if we could
07:28have a second opinion? Give me every single test going. This is something that's never been a doubt
07:36in my mind that I would be the person to donate. And I think when Duke comes, you'll even understand
07:45that
07:45even more. I mean, the biggest thing that made me think about it was Alice sort of turned around to
07:50me in bed. She started crying and said, you know, I don't want you to get ill. I'm terrified you
07:57won't,
07:57you know, be there for Duke. I can't do this alone kind of thing. Like I said, I don't, I
08:02wasn't even gonna
08:06ever talk about this option. I didn't want to talk about this option
08:12because I'm obviously terrified. Not I'm terrified for myself, obviously, but I'm terrified. I don't,
08:17then I'm going to be terrified for you. Not doing it is not an option for me. And I want
08:22to fight to do
08:23it. I feel so, so, so strongly about this that they can't just say no. They need to, we need,
08:31we need to
08:33fight because we know it's your best option.
08:48I don't think there was ever a specific decision to share Sam's news. Living your life when you're
08:56on like a TV show, what we're dealing with in our real life is on Made in Chelsea. I don't
09:02think Sam
09:02realized how much people would take notice of it. And then everything came out and it's like,
09:08bang, the world kind of found out and it was a bit of a shock. Today we are joined by
09:14a maiden
09:14Chelsea's finest, Sam and Alice Vanderbilt. But I think Sam found strength in realizing that sharing
09:21that information helped people. So at four, I was diagnosed with congenital hepatic fibrosis.
09:27It's hearing the statistics which make me sad. We know due to the circumstances that less than one
09:34percent of deaths are viable for organ donation. But when we come to it, under 50% of that one
09:41percent are actually being donated just because their families didn't know their wishes.
09:48And nine out of 10 families agree to organ donation when they know the wishes of their loved ones.
09:54If we can just make people aware of that and get everyone to confirm their decision that they believe in,
10:01then we would save an unbelievable amount of lives. People agreed to it through polling.
10:06Let's get them all signed up just by speaking on this topic. Even one more organ gets donated
10:14and even one person's life is saved and surely it's worth it, right?
10:20They actually put me on the list as of last month. So I'm now active. I could get a phone
10:26call at any
10:26moment saying, we've got a liver for you. I'm so sorry. You know what? And that's literally why I have
10:35to have
10:35my phone on loud.
10:45You put a normal croissant in for me. I'm a bit indecisive about what to actually have. Maybe I have
10:51brown flakes. Oh God. I don't understand. I hate those healthy cereals. I love healthy cereal.
10:57But then I coat it in sugar, so it's probably not that healthy.
11:01So what are you actually doing today? I'm driving down to see the worms. You obviously know about my
11:07friend and his parents who donated his organs. At the time, I really didn't know much about
11:17the organ donation. Three years ago, a good friend of ours had a brain aneurysm and unfortunately didn't
11:25make it. Never since then, I've been speaking to his parents so much. It's nice to see the sort of
11:33family that has affected and even more so because it's a friend of mine.
11:37I know I play with fire.
11:43Good morning, Sam. Hello. How are you? I'm good, thank you, Sam.
11:49I love Daniel's favourite colour is orange and the fact that you guys wear orange and there's
11:55orange all around the house. Yeah, keep the memories alive.
11:57The most amazing thing to come out of it was he'd actually had a conversation a few months earlier
12:03with his parents saying, if he passed away, why would he not give his organs if they could help
12:10someone else? When was the actual first time that Daniel mentioned donation?
12:14One of Daniel's close friends suddenly passed away. One of the things I did mention to him was organ
12:22donation and he said, well, if anything happened to me, I could help others.
12:28Which is something I talk about so much at the moment. We're trying to raise awareness around the organ
12:32donation topic is obviously about people just having these conversations.
12:36Yeah. And we straight away literally turned around and said, OK, so how do we go about
12:42making sure that his life lives on in someone else, i.e. donation?
12:49You know, the specialist even said to me, I can't believe you talking like this.
12:53Daniel was always the kindest. So it just felt so fitting. His organs were donated and he saved
13:00multiple lives. It's hard, but at the same time, it's incredibly comforting
13:05that we know Daniel's heart is beating, but someone's had a second shot.
13:11And I think it's important to talk about it, people. Talk, talk, talk, because I just think
13:16it is such an important thing. You know, if you can go on to save somebody, this is the most
13:22basic,
13:23basic form of humanity as far as I'm concerned, you know, to be able to give someone the gift of
13:28life.
13:31It's a horrible subject, but it is so amazing that some good's come out of it.
13:36The moment they knew he was brain dead, within minutes, they said, what about his organs?
13:41It's a story they haven't told a lot of our friendship group. So for them to share it with us
13:47it's so amazing. And I'm so thankful for that.
13:55Sam is at a point where he just doesn't want to know in regards to live donations.
14:03I now feel comfortable having those conversations, but not have those conversations with Sam. Whereas
14:08I feel like before I was seeking permission from Sam, I think I would kick myself in the future if
14:13I
14:13didn't explore them and something bad happened. Hi, sweetie. Hello. How are you? I'm good,
14:20how are you? Oh, I'm so good. How is Sam? He's all right. He just gets a bit overwhelmed talking
14:26about live donations. Like he feels like it's a burden. How does he feel about his mum doing it?
14:31The same thing. Because that's really difficult because him and Sam are so close. They're so close.
14:37And also he doesn't have a dad. I know. And so that's where it's hard as well,
14:40because that's his last parent. I think we're at a level now where it's going to be explored. He's
14:47just not comfortable being heavily involved in that, you know, because he feels like he's putting
14:51pressure on people in his life. Like he doesn't want you, for example, to feel any pressure to go and
14:56get a test because you just have the same blood type. I did actually contact the data center.
15:01You did? Yeah. You've done it. I've already spoken the word number one. Are you joking?
15:05No, I'm not joking. Because I think if I don't do this, what is prognosis for Sam if he has
15:10to wait
15:10for someone to die? There is a slight difference with this. Something that's happened in our lives
15:15is someone's been incredibly altruistic and held two of our babies. We had a couple of surrogates,
15:19and that's been something that's opened your mind quite a lot as well. But also there was 2024,
15:242025, 463 people, and we're waiting on the list died. If I don't do this, if I don't go and
15:29get
15:29checked, if I don't know whether that is an option for if we face that situation, I would, I can
15:34live
15:34with that. Does Sam know you're talking to us about this now? I think he has an idea. He knows
15:41conversations are going to happen. I love you guys. We're so close. And yet I feel uncomfortable
15:46having a conversation about it too. Yeah, say everything all going well, I'll end up with a scar and
15:51take six weeks of my liver to go back to 90% of the volume bills before. I can go
15:55back to normal.
15:56Ideally, there's a deceased liver come along. And that is the ideal thing. But if shit hits the van,
16:03I think it is an insurance policy that if there's a point where he might not make it,
16:08there's someone here that can help. I'm in utter shock, to be honest. I'm happy. Obviously, I'm like
16:13over the moon, like just to see that Sam has people in his life that aren't like blood related,
16:19that care about him that much, that have kids, twins under like of the age of two,
16:26to consider something like this, to be there for Sam if something goes wrong. Like it's amazing.
16:34So medications wise, any changes? No. Dr. Joshi is my lead heptologist. So I'm under the King's
16:40College advanced liver disease team. And I've seen Dr. Joshi since I was about 15. Your liver blood tests
16:47are actually very good. But when we look at your scans and we look at everything else,
16:51we know there is evidence of advanced liver disease. I appreciate you feel good. And I,
16:56like I said, that's the most important thing because you need to carry on doing, you know,
17:00what you need to do in your life. I am approaching a cliff. We don't want you to get to
17:05that cliff,
17:05because at the top of the cliff, people fall down. We are interested in learning more about
17:11live donations. Yes. Because at first I was of the opinion, it's my liver disease,
17:16why would I want someone else to go for a risky surgery, you know, other than me,
17:21and I can wait for a deceased liver. And many people have made it clear to me that that could
17:26be a very silly course of action because I could wait to be waiting to get ill, where on this
17:31route
17:31you can be proactive. Obviously, I've known that I would be this person. Yeah.
17:36And I just think, I'm only just 56. Yeah. Never drunk. You know, never done drugs.
17:43Any illnesses? Nothing. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I knew this was my opportunity to see
17:49Dr Joshy face to face, get him to actually look at me and say, look, I know you're saying I'm
17:56too old.
17:57Please consider me. You know, I train every single day. I have a healthy diet. Yeah.
18:03I just think, can I just be tested? Let's just do the physical, mental, all of those tests. Yeah, yeah,
18:09no, no. And then if you then say, look, no, then I've, okay, I'll have to accept that. But I
18:17just want
18:17to at least look at me physically and mentally before we say no. That's all I'm asking. Okay.
18:23What do you think about that, Sam, if mum was to donate? I said, we'll look into it,
18:28we'll have the conversation. If they say no, then that answers our question anyway.
18:32I suppose you've been met halfway. Let's go down the living donation sort of aspect. It
18:38doesn't change anything else in the meantime, and it just sort of runs in parallel.
18:41I don't know if in words I can explain how I felt. It was, I suppose, relief that I'd been
18:51listened to.
18:52I feel okay speaking about live donation with Dr Joshi, because at this stage, it really is just
19:00a conversation. I've got to remember, it's not just me that this affects. It affects everyone. But
19:07I'm still terrified. No matter how small that risk is, you know, it's still a big thing that my mum
19:14would have to undergo. Once we've got all the information we can, then we'll make our informed
19:19decision. I mean, look, we might even get to a point where they just say completely no to my mum.
19:23And then we're back to just on the waiting list anyway.
19:42So nice to see you, Sam. Hello, Sam. Oh my goodness, I'm so excited to tell you all about things
19:49you need to know.
19:50Hey, have you baby? Sam, natural dad. He has natural dad energy. Everyone keeps saying to me,
19:58you're not prepared, you have no idea what you're going, getting in for. But I've read three books.
20:02I haven't, I haven't finished the three books. I'm halfway through each one.
20:07I'm going to start with nappy changing. Okay. Um, Mr. I know how to do it. It's a very different
20:13vibe.
20:14When Duke will be moving around a lot more squirmy than this one.
20:18Mama Duke. Mama Duke Marcus Vanderpump. Those names really have a special meaning to me.
20:25You know, Mama Duke was the name my dad wanted to name my brother. My mum detested the name,
20:31and hence my brother was named Jack Daniels Vanderpump. And then Marcus especially as well.
20:37Obviously, my dad's name was Mark. And Alice agreed to it because she could call him Duke for short.
20:44Roll over and tuck. Absolutely swaddled.
20:52Hello. Oh, no, you're perfect. How are you? How do you look like I look after lunch?
20:59It really means a lot to me that my aunt's flown all this way for the birth of Duke. It's
21:04such a long
21:05way for her to come, but family is everything. So everything's good. Any updates on you? It seems
21:10very, very likely that I will become ill. Then I will be escalated up the transplant list,
21:15which will mean I will get the transplant sooner. But obviously, we don't want me to become ill.
21:19Isn't there this fine line? That's what worries me. Because when you were ill last time,
21:24you were literally very quickly on death's door, weren't you? Are they saying it's imminent or not?
21:33To a certain degree, yeah. Like, they're surprised he's as well as he is with the state of it currently.
21:38I mean, he looks a picture of health as well.
21:41That's what I struggle with. How do you feel about live donation?
21:45I mean, when I first embarked on this journey, I only wanted to go down the waiting list route,
21:52and I wasn't going to accept live donation. But at the same time, there were certain moments
21:57where my mind started to change. It was having a conversation with Alice one night, and, you know,
22:02Alice kind of broke down to me and said, if we can avoid...
22:05I hadn't thought about it too much. But in that moment, in that conversation,
22:09it made me really sad because I thought I don't want any regret thinking there could have been
22:13an opportunity. And if something ever was to go wrong, we missed an opportunity to do something,
22:20you know? So it's a lot to ask, and I haven't asked anyone.
22:23Your mum is very, like... Mum is very passionate.
22:26She would like to be the person. She would be, yeah. I don't think she would want to feel as
22:29a
22:29mother that she, you know, isn't being taken seriously. Because I think that's, you would feel
22:35like that when you have your child. I mean, look, these are all things we're exploring. For now,
22:40for the next few days, it's getting through the birth of Duke. I will do whatever you want,
22:46within reason. But I will be up or call me in the middle of the night or whatever.
22:53If anything happens before, just call me because I don't want to miss it.
23:05The morning Duke was scheduled in for his C-section, I was actually already in labour.
23:10They were getting stronger. You need to be telling me when they're starting and stopping.
23:14Now. I've been timing between each contraction. I realised it was getting very,
23:18very close together. Okay. Not great. Because Alice was going into labour,
23:27all of a sudden it wasn't going to be planned and smooth sailing. It does make things a little
23:31bit more stressful. I'm having another one actually, Sam. The speed of it at that point
23:35is what made me nervous and I think Sam could see the fear on my face. That's less than five
23:41minutes.
23:42Let's go.
23:59Come in.
24:04How are you feeling?
24:08I feel like I'm in a dream right now. You might want to do it. Look at this.
24:15Is it like you thought? I, I, it's better. I don't think you can put into words what it feels
24:21like until it happens. I'm so glad I'm here. I'm part of it. I love you, baby.
24:30I love you. I love you.
24:36When Duke was born, it was incredible. All we heard was this tiny little cry. It brought both
24:43Alice and I to tears.
24:46That is the best noise in the world. And I just heard this noise and all of the panic and
24:52all of
24:52the busyness of the room just stops. And Sam and I just looked at each other and then the curtain
24:57came down. He had a very loud cry. I remember thinking that. I remember thinking, wow,
25:02he's loud like his dad. Everyone talks about this overwhelming sense of joy, pride that you will
25:10have. I didn't believe them until it actually happened. Sam was able to cut the umbilical cord,
25:15put his first nappy on, and then he was brought over and placed on my chest. And Sam and I
25:20both
25:21had our hands on him. It was a lot. Look how comfy he looks on Sam.
25:29Oh, oh, bless him.
25:32So comfy now. So comfy now.
25:34When I first saw Duke, he wasn't actually about Duke. He was actually about, I actually just watched Sam.
25:41To see your son have his own son, it was just, for me, it was just Sam. Yeah.
25:48Sam, I think, for the first time ever, seemed at a loss for words.
25:56This is perfect. No, that baby's just so beautiful. I'm so happy for them.
26:00He's absolutely beautiful. Yeah, stunning.
26:04You're a nanny.
26:06Best job in the world.
26:08Not a nanny. Momo.
26:09And it's now your time, where you are. I see your face, I see the sky.
26:18Where are we going to transfer it?
26:21You look so tiny.
26:23He's fast asleep. She learns sleep for this, all right?
26:26Oh my gosh, he's just a sleeping angel. I can't believe he's actually in this room.
26:32I'm going to cry.
26:35You're all a bit overwhelming.
26:43Crazy. Absolutely crazy.
26:46Coming home for the first time, it's magical, but it's actually terrifying.
26:53You're on your own now. This is just you, Alice and Duke. You've got to fend for yourselves.
26:58It's scary.
27:00Oh, hello.
27:12I know, I know, I know. I'm tired.
27:17It's amazing. It's amazing, but I'm tired.
27:21Sam doesn't function on a little sleep, and you take a lot of sleep away from him,
27:25and he still loves you more than anything in the world.
27:31Ooh! Ooh!
27:33Is that a hint for Mummy to change your nappy?
27:36Look at that face.
27:37She's definitely straining for something a bit larger than a body burp, I think.
27:48Come on. This way. This way.
27:51Bella.
27:52Good girl.
27:53I phoned the live donation coordinator again, said, look, we've seen Dr Joshi saying I should be tested
28:01if I can donate. She came back to me and said they've agreed to test me.
28:08Their concern is the size. You have to give 70% of your liver. Is that 70% going to
28:16be enough for Sam?
28:18And is 30% big enough for me to live?
28:22Yeah, I just want them to say yes.
28:26I'm very, very, very happy that they're testing me. Yeah, it's just a no-brainer. It's what I've wanted
28:32since Sam was four.
28:40Stand still. Relax. Don't talk.
28:43If you wish to stop the measurement, press the red key.
28:46OK, Simone, just breathe in now. OK, all finished there. Looking at the fibro scan results, your liver is
28:53very soft and there is no fat on your liver. So that's good.
28:57It's very good. Would you want more time to kind of think about it?
29:00No. It's if you say no, that's more what I'm concerned about.
29:07That's a lot of blood going.
29:10I want you to know that it's not all on you, OK?
29:12Just because, as I've said, since he was four, I always thought it'd be me.
29:17Yeah. And I want it to be, I don't want it to be anyone else. Do you know?
29:21Yeah. I hear you.
29:25And relax. From my point of view, the liver looks good.
29:28So I'll pop that all in the report. OK, so do you reckon that's enough for me and Sam, my
29:32son?
29:33From my point of view, I didn't see anything abnormal. It's not small. It's not fatty.
29:38Brilliant. That's very good. Everything on the surface at the moment seems extremely positive.
29:44Hopefully, within 24 hours, they will make the decision just with the liver if it is big enough.
29:51All right. Thank you so, so much. All the best with everything.
29:54If they say the liver isn't big enough, that's it. There's nothing more I don't think I can do.
30:09I can't... Oh, my God, I'm so tired.
30:13He makes us tired. Duke makes us tired. I feel like I've regressed to the same mental capacity as Duke
30:24because I'm so tired. Duke last night just wouldn't settle. Yeah, we're definitely feeling the tiredness today.
30:36Are you waking up? Making your presence known?
30:43Life's just taken over. You know, we've been focusing on Duke's birth.
30:48Now he's here just in the moment, in the bubble. I am terrified. And I think that fear does become
30:58a lot more real now. Duke's here.
31:00Because, yeah, you're just, you're terrified that, I don't know, there's someone else who relies on you and you're just
31:07terrified that, yeah, well, that you're not gonna be here for them.
31:13And, you know, that's why I all of a sudden changed my mind around live donation.
31:20Right now, my road is just focusing on keeping healthy today and doing everything to support the family.
31:29Anyway, get Mum.
31:34Hi.
31:37Hungry.
31:38He's a hungry monkey.
31:43Did you keep Mummy and Daddy up last night?
31:45Yeah.
31:46All night?
31:47Yeah.
31:51But you've been sleeping well today, haven't you?
31:53Yeah, because he's gonna be up tonight.
31:56I can't believe how three people wear so many clothes in a space of...
32:01It's not us, it's just one.
32:03Yeah, I was here on Monday.
32:04And then he throws off one every day.
32:06Monday.
32:07He's sick.
32:07I mean, are we real?
32:10How does it happen?
32:20We're waiting now to see if we can go forward, if my liver is an acceptable size.
32:29She'll literally phone and go, no, or yes.
32:34Yeah, and you know when you just want something so badly.
32:38So, so badly.
32:45Oh.
32:48Yes, it's the hospital.
32:50Hello?
32:51Hi, Simone.
32:52It's Matilda.
32:53Hi, Matilda.
32:53How are you?
32:55Not too bad.
32:55How are you doing?
32:56Yeah, I'm absolutely fine.
32:58Okay, it's now an okay time to talk.
33:00Yeah, sure.
33:01From a liver perspective, there's no issues, but he has meant, he has said that in order
33:08to really kind of understand whether you've got enough volume, we're going to need a CT scan.
33:14Okay.
33:14And he can't make that decision without that, but he's happy to proceed with that.
33:19But I think we can't make a definite call on that.
33:22No, but that's still, it's still positive, isn't it?
33:25Still hopeful, yeah, yeah.
33:25So the liver looks good, it's just the volume we need to look at.
33:30We need to know that you are giving Sam enough liver initially, but also being left with enough
33:38for yourself.
33:39Yeah, I mean, I know it's not 100%, but I still think we're ticking the boxes at the moment.
33:46Yeah, yeah.
33:47When I got the phone call from Matilda, the good news was my liver was a normal size,
33:53so that meant we could go on to the next stage.
33:56Okay, all right, take care.
33:57Thank you so much, Matilda.
33:59Pleasure.
34:00Bye.
34:03That's brilliant.
34:05It's not a no, it's about, we've ticked a box.
34:12Yeah.
34:14Yeah, it just ticked a box.
34:16We've ticked the next box.
34:18Oh, my God, I've got to lie down, I can't, I can't think.
34:22Yeah, the relief, the joy, um, yeah, it was just incredible.
34:29It really, really was, it was, oh, my God.
34:48I can't get over this.
34:50That is the cutest little thing I've ever seen in my life.
34:59Oh, my God, my heart.
35:01I literally can't deal with that.
35:13I'm extremely blessed.
35:14I have got the dream family.
35:17I've got a beautiful wife, a beautiful son, and not just limited to us three.
35:22Excellent.
35:22And that is a rat, as they say.
35:24Woo-hoo!
35:26Good job, honey, Julie.
35:27Thank you, well done.
35:28You're such a good boy.
35:30I never got why my mum offered to donate her liver.
35:36But that's all changed very recently.
35:38The moment Duke's been born, I think I now get it.
35:56Mum just called us to say her anatomy basically doesn't marry up with being a viable donor for me.
36:04She was very, very upset.
36:07When I got the phone call, I wasn't expecting it.
36:10Literally, my phone went and immediately you know it's King's College because of the number.
36:14What she said wasn't anything what I was expecting.
36:17From the CT scan, what the surgeon could see was from my anatomy, my portal vein.
36:25Apparently, it's supposed to go into your right and your left lobes of your liver.
36:31Mine just goes into my right.
36:34Immediately, it writes me out of ever being a donor.
36:37I just put the phone down and just cried and cried and cried.
36:44It was, yeah, it was horrible news.
36:48Oh, guys, I'm so sorry.
36:52Seeing how excited your mum was about the possibility of it being something and like
36:57even exploring that idea felt like a safety blanket and it's like the safety blanket's kind of gone.
37:05For me, like the live donation thing, I was like, at least it gives some control over like timing.
37:11And now it's like back to the drawing board of like, oh my God, we just have no idea when.
37:16The hospital have said to mum that apparently there's someone else.
37:20I do know if someone else is looking into, you know, getting tested.
37:24I don't know anything about how far that's gone.
37:27But I know Gareth was keen on, he had spoken to them about getting tested, yeah, from their side.
37:35When I spoke to them about live donation, in no way was I being presumptuous.
37:41No, you'd never expect that.
37:42I was just, I was just talking openly with amongst friends.
37:46So, I mean, the fact that he's done that off his own back is pretty incredible.
37:50Hmm. But there's a reason why I'm, I'm not meant to know these things, you know.
37:56You don't want that added pressure. And I think you can leave that as, as that now.
37:59You don't need to know any more inside knowledge on that.
38:03It's just, it's not necessarily a dead end just because it hasn't worked out with your mum.
38:11Another, another day on the waiting list.
38:13What was meant to be will be. And obviously this thing was not meant to be.
38:26Simone called Sam the other day. She was actually really quite upset.
38:30And it turns out that she isn't able to be a live donor for Sam.
38:35I've never seen like a mother love their child as much as she loves her sons.
38:39It's ridiculous. She is like the most giving best mum I've ever seen.
38:43She was not scared of this operation at all.
38:46So then that's all been taken away from you in like a second.
38:50I sat there with him and I went, Sam, are you sure you're okay?
38:53Have you actually processed this information?
38:57And he was like, it's not really changed anything for me.
39:00Because part of me feels like I still don't need to have a transplant.
39:04And I was like, but we know for a fact that you do need to have a transplant from your
39:08scans.
39:09Sam at the moment feels almost invincible.
39:12There's a fine line between a positive attitude and denial.
39:16Simone was told as well that there's actually only a 20% of chance that someone will be a match.
39:22Unfortunately, not that likely.
39:24Well, look, I'm a relatively similar size height to Sam.
39:28Yeah.
39:28Um, he's a bit skinnier than me, but he has got, he's a bit younger.
39:31So it's one in five chance, isn't it?
39:34It's from an altruistic place.
39:36It's one of those things you kind of just like think you want to help your friend out at this
39:39stage.
39:40Yeah.
39:40Do you get what I mean?
39:41You have been a big part of seeing this journey unfold as has Ollie from the beginning.
39:45Yeah.
39:46We really do love Sam.
39:47And like, at least you've just got to get the options on the table.
39:51For sure.
39:52You can't help, but want to look after Sam, like a little brother.
39:57There's something quite sweet about him.
39:59I think it's hard for anyone that is close to Sam and cares for Sam.
40:03I can see it's hard for you, you know?
40:05Oh God, it's just, it's just literally like you should be having a newborn is enough to worry
40:11about, let alone having to worry about all this stuff.
40:14Oh, bless.
40:18I just don't feel like there is anything to update Sam on at this point.
40:22You know, I don't want to give him anything more to worry about or stress over.
40:27It's really a case of not knowing where things could go.
40:30And I don't think he, he really needs that.
40:33We now know Simone can't do it.
40:35Someone from the team is obviously inevitably going to reach out to Gareth.
40:39So yeah, and we'll just have to see what happens from now.
40:50So how are you feeling about everything?
40:53I'm okay today.
40:55I wasn't very good on Friday because obviously I was quite, really thought it was going to be okay.
41:04And I mean, obviously the reason I'm not going to be able to donate isn't actually anything to do
41:10with my age, which we thought was the problem with the liver size.
41:14It's literally where my body is inside.
41:17I know it's hard for you to deal with, but I just feel like, yeah, it was never meant to
41:24be you.
41:24And if anything, it was like, okay, well, I had never processed that it was going to be you yet
41:30because we hadn't got to that stage yet.
41:32So being told it wasn't you was just like, okay, phew, you know, at least you don't have to go
41:37for a
41:37major surgery as well.
41:39And we don't have to have that debate.
41:41I guess I only got that for a few minutes or a few hours until obviously I'm now know that
41:48Jack's going to get himself tested and now I have to worry about that.
41:51So my mum told me that now my brother's going to get tested.
41:55And so we start again with Jack and I'm just so proud of him.
42:00I'm just proud of them both.
42:03I was extremely overwhelmed when I found out my brother was going to get tested.
42:08Yeah, I just started crying.
42:10I don't know why.
42:12I haven't worked out why, what emotions I'm feeling.
42:18But it's challenging, to say the least.
42:25We'll be fine. We really will be.
42:27I have no doubt in that.
42:29It's a family. We'll all deal with it together.
42:37I have no doubt in that.
43:02Charlie.
43:03At the start of this journey, I thought I was going to go on a waiting list and wait for
43:07a deceased donor.
43:08That's all changed. There's not enough donors out there.
43:12If there is very little risk to anyone who is going to live donate,
43:15then it was kind of my duty to at least explore the idea.
43:20There is the person in me who talks about wanting to raise awareness to help others.
43:26Well, by me becoming off the waiting list, I'm actually freeing up another liver for someone else.
43:32He makes these sounds in the night and I get so scared.
43:35But then if he doesn't make the sounds, I get even more scared all the time.
43:39Is he OK?
43:39Yeah, he just had a nappy change.
43:47What's that?
43:48What is that?
43:50He's looking in the balloons.
43:52Well, happy birthday, Samuel.
43:56Happy birthday.
43:58I think he's hungry, darling.
44:00He cooked you.
44:00He's hungry?
44:01What?
44:02I'll get some milk.
44:03Yeah.
44:04Are you hungry, little monkey?
44:07You can't still be hungry, buddy.
44:09That's ridiculous.
44:16Grandson, you're one in a million.
44:18Jack, that means you're number two in a million.
44:22The future is bright and filled with possibilities.
44:26I'm a father.
44:27I'm a husband.
44:28I am healthy at the moment.
44:31I can't obsess over or think about things beyond my control.
44:35For an amazing son, there are so many reasons to celebrate on your birthday.
44:40And so many reasons to feel proud of you every day of the year.
44:43Happy birthday with love.
44:45Hope you have an amazing birthday, Sam.
44:47Tons of love.
44:47Mum.
44:49There is a roller coaster and a storm to come, but we will muster through it, as we always do.
44:56And that's it.
45:00That's it for now.
45:01My life has always been eventful.
45:0528 has to take the cherry for now, but I plan to beat it in the future.
45:10You know, in the good and the bad.
45:12You know, I would like to minimise the bad and maximise the good, for sure.
45:17There's obviously hurdles along the way, but we'll just jump over them.
45:20This one's from Alice.
45:22OK.
45:23I guess there are goals.
45:25To be as good a father and partner as possible.
45:28They're shoes.
45:30Oh, wow, I like them.
45:34My other goal is for myself, is to get a liver transplant done.
45:37You know, if I had any control over it, I would say sooner rather than later,
45:41so I can get on with the rest of my life.
45:43They're very nice.
45:44Yeah, I like them a lot.
45:45And then, obviously, my third goal, which is just raise as much awareness as possible.
45:51Thank you, everyone.
45:53I'm very, very lucky.
45:56You smile for grandma's photo.
45:59So, has it been a good birthday, Sam?
46:00It's been a different birthday.
46:02No, it's been lovely.
46:03I know you.
46:04Well, a year ago, you weren't even pregnant.
46:07Oh, yeah.
46:08You weren't even pregnant a year ago.
46:09Wow.
46:10How are things changing for you?
46:12Yeah.
46:14Scary.
46:17I mean, this has got to be the best birthday present ever.
46:22Is that right?
46:25He's amazing.
46:38I know it may sound haunted, but I got everything I wanted from the ghost of my past.
46:46They said it wouldn't last when I was broken in half.
46:50I found me looking right at you through the looking glass.
46:54Ooh.
46:57Ooh.
47:00Through the looking glass.
47:02Right at you.
47:03Right at you.
47:04Through the looking glass.
47:05Through the looking glass.
47:05Take care.
47:06Look at your eyes.
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