So… ER… remind me again why this show is still on the air? I don’t think a single original castmember is left, and the stories are lame and… well, last night I got seriously pissed off.
They had this storyline where there was this surrogate mother who was in a car wreck. Nothing serious, but she started to go into labor. No biggie, she was 39 weeks along. However, the baby was breech and not just breech, but a footling breech which mean the babies feet were dangling “outside”. Not really the optimal situation for natural childbirth. Yet, that’s exactly what this chick wanted. She didn’t want a c-section because she wanted to be able do natural childbirth later. Nevermind that it’s entirely possible to have a VBAC, but okay. The parents show up, a nice looking couple who’ve been trying to have a baby for five long years. I know how that goes.
Well you can see where this one is going. She was rushed upstairs to the OR or somesuch and was determined to have this baby naturally because she knew she could do it. Of course, the babies heartrate started to plummet. By the time she was able to birth this child, there was no breathing, no pulse. They resucitated the baby but by then, there was almost certainly brain damage. The parents are devastated, don’t even want to see this baby. They didn’t “pay for” a brain damaged baby. They turned and left the ER. The surrogate doesn’t want him, it’s not her baby. So the poor thing is left all alone in the NICU, destined to a life in foster homes.
You know what? I don’t buy it, and I don’t appreciate them trying to tug at my heartstrings with it. First off: no one is that stupid as to absolutely refuse a c-section when everyone is telling her she needs to have one. At least I hope not. No one could be so selfish as to put their own life ahead of an unborn babies, if its their own child or not. I would HOPE. Secondly: I don’t think a couple that has tried for five long years would just turn their backs on this baby just like that. Brain damaged or no, that’s their child. You would *at least* want to see him, wouldn’t you? So I definitely am not buying the parents just walking out like that. Yeah. Right.
Plus, I think the doctors would have been a little more insistant about the c-section. The only one really championing the cause was the guy from the ER (of course). Everyone elses suggestions were halfhearted at best. Puh-lease.
That episode was an insult. An insult to my intelligence and to my sensibilities when it comes to newborn babies. Why the HELL am I still watching this show??
