Reportage documentary about the story of an operation - how a patient reaches the operating table and how the operation saves his/her life. Filmmakers follow the daily work of cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Toomas Sulling and his team. The surgeons are around the operating table in the department of cardiac reanimation in North Estonia Medical Centre. Heart surgeon Toomas Sulling operates cardiac blood vessels on a patient who later shares his experience about his illness and the process of getting better.