Extraordinary People - Season 4
Season 4
Network
DatesNov 7, 2005 - Apr 24, 2006
Episodes
Season 4Episode 160 min
The Girl Whose Muscles are Turning Into Bone
Luciana Wulka's is just seven years old. She was diagnosed with Fibrodysplasia Ossifcans Progressiva, a rare disease, which is progressively changing all of her muscle tissue into bone.
Nov 7, 2005
Season 4Episode 260 min
The Woman with Half of a Body
In this story, the deformed legs of Rosemarie Siggins were amputated when she was a child. Today, she works on cars and cares for her family in Pueblo, Colorado.
Nov 14, 2005
Season 4Episode 360 min
Joined at the Head
Extraordinary People reports on conjoined twins, Josie and Teresita Alvarez, and, Lori and Dori Schappell, who were surgically separated as children. However, it did not go as well for the adult conjoined twins, Laden and Leleh Bijani from Iran.
Nov 21, 2005
Season 4Episode 460 min
The Real Rain Man
In this episode, Extraordinary People reports on the savant Kim Peek who has an amazing recall of facts and information. He can remember everything he has ever read. His condition combines a mixture of both brilliance and disability. Using a brain scan, it was determined that he is missing the normal connection between the left and right side of his brain.
Feb 27, 2006
Season 4Episode 560 min
The Twin Inside Me
How can it be that DNA testing proves that Lydia Fairchild cannot be the mother of her own children? In this episode, Lydia was found to be a "chimera" where at her own conception, two separate fertilized eggs merged together instead of growing as two separate twins.
Mar 6, 2006
Season 4Episode 660 min
The Woman Who Lost 30 Stone
In this episode of Extraordinary People, Onnie Jackson of Nashville, Tennessee endures complicated surgery to removed excess skin from her body after losing more than 400 pounds!
Mar 13, 2006
Season 4Episode 760 min
The Seven Year Old Surgeon
In this episode of Extraordinary People, Akrit Jaswal, just twelve years old, is studying at the University of India to be a doctor. He travels to Britain to be studied by scientists at the Imperial College.
Mar 20, 2006
Season 4Episode 860 min
The Girl Who Makes Miracles
Audrey Santo has been in a coma since she was three years old, back in 1987. Since then, she has undergone stigmata manifestations, and religious statues in her room even cry with blood and tears. Thousands of people visit her every years in hopes for a miracle cure.
Apr 3, 2006
Season 4Episode 960 min
The Boy with a Tumour for a Face (Update)
Extraordinary People presents an update on the Indonesian boy named Novemthree, who underwent radical surgery in Taiwan to remove a huge, facial tumor. One year later, his tumors have grown and now his life is once again in danger from suffocation and starvation.
Apr 10, 2006
Season 4Episode 1060 min
The Couple with 27 Children
A generous couple from Atlanta, Georgia, have adopted 23 handicapped children. John and Jeanette Murphy, together with their own four children, take care of the huge family. This is the story of thier daily life.
Apr 16, 2006
Season 4Episode 1160 min
Identical Quads
In this episode of Extraordinary People, four identical quad girls are followed in their growth in the Mathias family home.
Apr 24, 2006
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