<p>That is an amazing story. Thanks for posting that!</p>
<p>Loved it. Wish it was going to be more than 6 parts.</p>
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<p>Was that the one called “Houston Medical”? I think it was. I loved that show, too. I think it was better done than this one, just based on the first episode. It was cancelled before it even finished its run, though, so everyone must not have as good taste as we have! ;)</p>
<p>Hooray for community colleges and mentors!
What a great story.
I hope to Gd he is successful in his brain cancer/stem cell research.My sister could have used his help a few years back.
timely…Houston Medical was a different show. I think the original Hopkins show was called 24/7 and centered around the ER.</p>
<p>laxmom - how can I find the link? I looked at abc’s website and couldn’t find it.</p>
<p>nevermind - I found it!</p>
<p>I’m hoping this week’s episode is equally as compelling as the last one. I’m interested in Dr. Bethea’s story I think.</p>
<p>The two MPH’s I watched with, including one from Hopkins, won’t be tuning in again…</p>
<p>Spill, dudedad. What didn’t they like?</p>
<p>Bumping in case people forget to watch.</p>
<p>My main complaint with the show is the music. It drives me crazy. I want to mute it. I find it distracting and annoying. I also don’t like involving the kids in the story of the doctor getting a divorce.</p>
<p>So this is two episodes in a row where the divorcing doc is out for drinks with friends. And then the broken wine bottle and the beer at home. It’s like they’re trying to make him look like a heavy drinker. I mean, perhaps he is, but I don’t know. Something about it bugs me.</p>
<p>But this is the first medical show where I’ve been able to actually watch the medical aspects. I’m usually too squeamisth to watch the cutting and such, so I think they must be doing something right.</p>
<p>I liked how the divorcing doc explained to his daughter this had nothing to do with her, she was smart, pretty etc, that was nice. But then, unless I missed something, he just left his wife’s house without hugging and kissing the kids. Just walked out the door. Maybe it’s editing, maybe he was too sad but I thought it was a tad weird. And can’t he put in a TV in his new apartment for the kids? (when asked by his adorable D if there’s a TV he just said no without further explanation). </p>
<p>Also put me off when the other resident , the one who’s engaged, was so incredibly overjoyed that he was able to “get” the rare emergency procedure he performed on the poor fellow whose abdomen was swollen (I think it was the guy who was robbed). After the patient moved on, the resident was FAR more psyched he got to do this procedure than concerned about the guy’s welfare. I guess that’s reality esp when you’re a resident, in training, looking for experience, but still.</p>
<p>Liked the show…sure beats those endless permutations of game and talent shows.</p>
<p>lol cartera the music. You can actually buy the “soundtrack” (couldn’t imagine who would).</p>
<p>loved it last night but also could do w/o the music.My guess is the music is influenced by the likes of Gray’s Anatomy type medical shows.
Was anyone else astonished by how different the lung transplant recipient looked a year later? I hardly recognized her and I guess that showed how sickly she really was.H watched with me,he missed last weeks.He almost lost it when they were “shocking” the babys heart he was pacing around saying oh no they aren’t going to actually show that.
From what I know of interns getting “procedures” is part of the game…its a learning experience and its competitive too. I guess the compassion factor may be mitigated a bit when its ER patients?
I would imagine they couldn’t be using the divorcing doc’s family including kids on camera w/o their consent? I felt for that oldest daughter, she seemed older than her years,probably takes the brunt of the pyschological impact from the parents problems. I suspect there’s more to that doc’s story and wouldn’t be surprised to find another woman/relationship revealed soon.
I’m really liking the female urologist and I wish we had her “backstory”. I also wonder if theres any procedure in place where a 25 year old wanting a vasectomy would need counseling prior to giving consent?</p>
<p>I was astonished at those lungs blowing up like balloons after the transplant. Are they incredible works of art or what? It was also a little disturbing when the older daughter was talking about the 50% chance for divorce and she wondered how the custody issues would be worked out. It was like she was a 30 year old commenting on someone else’s life. I think there is a little role reversing going on with her father. I read online that he has moved to Texas so either they all went together - seems unlikely - or he’s not seeing much of the kids.</p>
<p>I liked when the surgeon’s had trouble turning the water on to scrub in…
“You’re making us look bad!”</p>
<p>I think the show has some good moments, but the two episodes I’ve watched are glaringly superficial. The lung transplant patient’s story was great, but what about the two donors…the one whose lungs weren’t good enough, and the one in Puerto Rico whose were? They were two people, as well as two families, who made an amazing gift in a time of tragedy, and I missed their inclusion.</p>
<p>Agree about the ER “procedure” resident…as a parent, it was extremely difficult to watch him crowing about placing a chest tube in a severely (perhaps mortally…we aren’t told what happened) injured 12-year-old. Not at all his (or Hopkins’s) finest hour.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s necessarily fair to judge a medical resident for wanting to be able to perform/learn to do a procedure that he <em>needs</em> to be able to perform in order to save patients’ lives. Part of learning to be an effective and competent ER physician is learning to distance onself emotionally to some extent from the incredible human suffering they see. He “cares” about people by being able to provide them with the best possible care when they are mortally ill and wounded. What counts is that he knows his stuff and in a pinch can perform.</p>
<p>I wish last night they had given an update on Earl the heart transplant recipient like they did the lung transplant recipient last week.</p>
<p>Having been married to an intern/resident (way back when) I agree with NotMamaRose. Doctors have to learn to compartmentalize their emotions. Otherwise they’ll be a puddle of goo at the exact moment you need them to be objective and analytical.</p>
<p>And part of training is to get experience on as many procedures as possible. It might look cold from the outside, but that resident was doing exactly what he needed to make sure he’s as well trained as possible when he has completed his residency.</p>
<p>I love this show although not quite as much as the original version in 2000 because I think they’re trying to cover too much territory each night. I loved the heart transplant story last night. And the female ER resident who had to explain to the cop that the patient was psychotic and wasn’t exactly able to engage in a rational discussion at that particular moment. (Duh!!!) And I’m glad the heart surgeon and his wife were able to reconcile (although the scene at his supervisor’s party was unbelieveably awkward . . . way too awkward for me who lived through the exact same scene once upon a time). I hope it lasts for them.</p>