Lt. Cmdr. Dave Shellington is a pediatric intensive care doctor at the NATO hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Separation is nothing new for Dave and his wife, Tammy, but this is their first time apart as parents. Sydney, his daughter, is often on his mind. His wife Tammy feels the weight of single motherhood. Their lives are worlds apart, yet intersect in unexpected ways.
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A Chance in Hell The hospital is among the most advanced ever to operate in a combat zone. Most of its patients arrive straight from the battlefield.
Fighting for life In this job, where staving off death is part of daily life, avoiding emotional involvement is best. It's also impossible.
Blood and grit If IEDs are the war's signature weapon, then the painstaking work of cleaning out blast wounds is its signature surgery.
The littlest casualtiesThe hospital was designed to save soldiers, but it's taken on another job: treating Afghan civilians, many of them children. 
'It's never enough' For the hospital staff, the hardest part is learning to accept that they can't fix Afghanistan.