IT WAS TERRIFYING, ENIS.
AS LEAVING --
DODGING THE CONSTANT BOMBING.
IT WAS A FULL SCALE WAR.
>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE, AS A
MOTHER, JUST TO HAVE ALL OF
THIS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL?
>> [INTERPRETER]
BUT, I HAVE TO BE STRONG.
I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO
GET HIM THE TREATMENT HE NEEDS.
[END OF TRANSLATION]
>> MOLLY HUNTER WITH SOME OF
THE STORIES THAT FAMILIES ARE
FACING DURING AN IMPOSSIBLE
SITUATION.
TRYING TO GET THEIR SEVERELY
ILL CHILDREN HELP WHILE THEY
ARE INSIDE A WAR ZONE.
OUR NEXT GUEST, TRAVELED FROM
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO CARE FOR
NEWBORN CARDIAC PATIENTS.
ALL SIX MONTHS OR YOUNGER.
HE GOT TO CRACK OUT ON SUNDAY
AND START TO DRIVE.
THAT DRIVE SHOULD TAKE FOUR
HOURS TO LVIV.
IT TOOK HIM AT LEAST TEN.
DR. WILLIAM NOVICK NOVAK
STARTED SURGERY TODAY.
DOCTOR WILLIAM NOVICK THANK YOU
FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FIRST
PATIENT.
YOUR FIRST SURGERY, WE IT WAS A
BABY WHO WAS JUST FOR 17 DAYS
AGO.
THREE DAYS INTO THIS WAR.
HOW IS HE DOING?
>> HE'S DOING WELL.
HE IS A BABY WHO HAS A DEFECT
--
WHICH IS A VERY COMPLICATED
OPERATION.
THE BABY IS 2.6 KILOS.
HE SMALL AS WELL.
IT STARTED LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
AND I FINISHED ABOUT A 3:30
THIS MORNING.
THAT WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF
HOURS AGO NOW.
HE IS IN THE ICU.
HE LOOKS GREAT.
>> DESCRIBE YOUR SETUP THERE.
HOW CHALLENGING IS IT FOR YOU
TO TREAT THESE LITTLE PATIENTS
IN THE HOSPITAL SITUATION THAT
YOU'RE IN?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, STEPHANIE,
WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PARTICULAR
HOSPITAL IN THIS CITY BEFORE
TWICE.
SO WE KNEW THE SITUATION COMING
IN.
OBVIOUSLY, MEDICINE SUPPLIES
WERE A MAJOR ISSUE.
BUT WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT
FRIEND COMING OUT OF LOS
ANGELES WHO SPARED NO EXPENSE
TO GET US ALL OF US HERE WITH
OUR SUPPLIES.
AND WE ARE PRETTY WELL SET
RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF HAVING
THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO
OPERATE ON THE SMALL BABIES.
>> WHAT DID THE ACCORDION
DOCTORS THERE HAVE BEEN TELLING
YOU?
I KNOW YOU'RE SITTING AT THE
HOSPITAL.
WHAT ARE THEY MOST WORRIED
ABOUT?
>> THEY WERE PRETTY EXCITED TO
SEE US EVEN THOUGH IT WAS EARLY
MORNING WHEN WE ARRIVED.
I SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF SOME
LATER TIME, MONDAY MORNING,
WITH THE HOSPITAL
ADMINISTRATOR.
HE THANKED US FOR SHOWING UP.
AND HE REALLY KNOWS THE
DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE MAKING
FOR HIS CHILDREN.
NOT ONLY IN THIS TOWN.
THIS IS THE LAST FULLY
FUNCTIONING LARGE PEDIATRIC
HOSPITAL IN UKRAINE.
WE GOT ANOTHER KID TRANSFERRED
IN FROM ODESSA.
AND THEY ARE COMING ON A
REGULAR BASIS NOW.
THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE.
MOST OF THE UKRAINIANS IN OUR
GROUP KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING IN UKRAINE SINCE 94.
ONCE WORD GOT OUT THAT WE WERE
HERE, UNFORTUNATELY, MARKET
STARTED SHOWING UP.
>> BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE
DURING A WAR LIKE THIS.
HOW DIFFERENT IS THAT?
HOW MUCH HARDER IS YOUR JOB?
>> YES.
I CAN SAY THAT THERE'S A NUMBER
OF THINGS FROM OUR LAST VISIT,
BACK IN JANUARY, THAT WEREN'T
ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
SECURITY IS AT A LEVEL THAT
I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, OFTEN ON, THE AIR
RAID SIRENS WOULD GO OFF.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN HIT.
BUT THE SITUATION IS VERY
TENSE.
AND THAT GOES DOWN ALL THE WAY
TO THE INTER PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY ON EDGE.
THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED TO
TAKING CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN.
AND I'VE SEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE
SPIRIT HERE IN THE UKRAINIANS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE RUSSIANS
WILL NOT OVERCOME.
I DON'T KNOW IF PRESIDENT PUTIN
KNOWS WHAT A HORNETS NEST IS
BUT THESE ARE VERY STRONG AND
DETERMINED PEOPLE.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANY
RESERVATIONS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM,
ABOUT LEAVING THE SAFETY OF THE
U.S. AND GOING TO UKRAINE?
>> NO.
THIS IS INTERESTING.
WE HAD A TEAM PUT TOGETHER
SUNDAY, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
AND THEY BOMBED MARIUPOL, A
MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
THAT ENTIRE TEAM DISAPPEARED.
I PUT OUT A SIMPLE POST ON
FACEBOOK, ON MY PERSONAL ONE,
NOT THE FOUNDATION.
THAT POST WAS SHARED 40,000
TIMES.
AND I GOT 60,000 EMAILS FOR
VOLUNTEERS.
I REVEALED THAT TEAM BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
>> 40,000 TIMES?
BILL.
IT'S VERY RARE THAT I SAY IT
BUT SOMETIMES FACEBOOK,
SOMETIMES, IT DOES ALLOW THE
GOOD.
>> BILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
YOU ARE DOING.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
WORK.
AND FOR YOU AT HOME, IF YOU'D