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Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Sixteen-year-old Cassie Robbins is a spirited teenage girl, who loves her father Richard and stepmother Mel and dotes on her six-year-old half-brother Willy. But her carefree, happy life is forever changed when she is diagnosed with leukemia and her only hope of a cure lies in a bone-marrow transplant. However, when Willy proves to be a match, Mel is not-so-willing to allow her young son to undergo surgery as he nearly died the last time he was operated on after reacting badly to the anesthetic. Mel and Richard now have to decide if it's right to risk the life of one of their children to save the life of the other child, and of Willy's own rights in deciding if he should help the sister he worships.

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Cast & Crew See All

Joanna Kerns
Mel Robbins
Bruce Davison
Richard Robbins
Joseph Mazzello
Willy Robbins

Awards

  • 1993 - Young Artist Award - Best Young Actor Under Ten in a Television Movie - nominated
  • 1993 - Young Artist Award - Best Young Actress in a Television Movie - nominated
  • 1993 - Young Artist Award - Best Family TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Network - nominated
  • 1993 - Young Artist Award - Best Ensemble Performance in a TV Movie or Special - nominated

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