S09.E12: Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

[DanaK]

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05/15/2024 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) : An infection threatens Crockett's risky liver transplant. Maggie and Charles help a struggling burn unit nurse. Goodwin is forced to make a tough decision about Bert's future.

 

[BooksRule]

Dr. Marcel actually did the right thing for once?  He didn't act rashly and put his patient ahead of others?  Color me surprised.  However, show of hands if you think that we haven't seen the last of the transplant kid's dad. 

I'm not sure what I would do if I were in Goodwin's situation.  On one hand, he's the father of her children and she feels compassion for him and wants to take care of him...but on the other hand, he did treat her so badly at the beginning of the series when he just up and decided to leave her for a younger woman (if I' remembering it right).  I think I would just want to put him in a care facility and not owe him anything more than that. But maybe I'm just not as nice as her. 

[Kleav]

1 hour ago, BooksRule said:

Dr. Marcel actually did the right thing for once? 

He shouldn’t have promised the liver to the kid before it was a sure thing. Has he never watched a medical show?

Edited May 16, 2024 by Kleav

[Frisky Wig]

I give this show credit for featuring an adult who self harms. Self harming is not just “a teenager thing” and is more common among adults than people realize. Many adults who struggle with this are too ashamed to come forward and I like to think this episode helped some people out there who are going through a difficult time. 
 

Also, Asher and Ripley need to have a heart to heart. She’s a recovering heroin addict, he had a rough childhood and adolescence, they understand each other more than he realizes. 

[SunnyBeBe]

I like the Asher/Ripley romance, but it’ll be trouble. Lol. 
 

The sick kid’s father was very upset. He will likely return at some point.  Is next week the finale?  
 

I wonder if the show will show how difficult it really is to care for a person with dementia in the home, once they reach a certain level…..it’s brutal.  Goodwin seems very uninformed.  Getting someone to come into the home to help sounds easy, but it’s not easy.  Often the patient is resistant to care.  This can be very difficult to manage outside of a facility.  Add that to bizarre behavior, incontinence, aggressive behavior, wandering, refusal to bathe, sleep disturbances (up all night rambling throughout the house), delusions, hallucinations , etc.  She has no idea.  If you’ve ever tried to care for someone with those symptoms, you know it’s a job for 3 shifts  of professionals, with backups in a place where they are trained to care for people with cognitive decline and security provisions.  

[Sake614]

Didn’t Sharon and Burt reconcile s few years back? I understand her feeling some sort of obligation to him and being worried about keeping him calm, but Daniel was right. She can’t give up her own life to care for Burt. What about her new romance with Dr. a Washington? How is he going to handle her never being available because she has to care for her ex? She doesn’t want to burden her kids but she’ll take it all on herself? Yeah that’ll work out well,,,NOT.

i really like Hannah and Mitch. Doesn’t he know she was a heroin addict? Why would he think his juvenile past would be a deal breaker for her? 

I felt awful for the boy who thought he was getting a new liver, but how could his father not have noticed the infected toe before now? And why didn’t Crockett cut the nail when he noticed it was ingrown? Or at least call a podiatrist to do it. Wouldn’t that have mitigated the infection? Hell, my manicurist cuts my ingrown toenails! I like to say she performed surgery lol! I knew in the end that Crockett would make the call to give up the liver. It was the right move, no matter how devastating. 

I don’t want to make light of the cutting story, but damn I wish I could get a hospital room like that! Sweeping views of the city and a great sofa? I bet there’s even a big screen TV in there 😀.

overall I’m really liking the show again lately. I haven’t been this engaged in years so I hope they can continue it next season.

[SunnyBeBe]

Hands on caregiving is a huge job and definitely not compatible with working full time as a professional.  I’ve learned that firsthand.  

[jcbrown]

14 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:

I wonder if the show will show how difficult it really is to care for a person with dementia in the home, once they reach a certain level…..it’s brutal.  Goodwin seems very uninformed.  Getting someone to come into the home to help sounds easy, but it’s not easy.  Often the patient is resistant to care.  This can be very difficult to manage outside of a facility.  Add that to bizarre behavior, incontinence, aggressive behavior, wandering, refusal to bathe, sleep disturbances (up all night rambling throughout the house), delusions, hallucinations , etc.  She has no idea.  If you’ve ever tried to care for someone with those symptoms, you know it’s a job for 3 shifts  of professionals, with backups in a place where they are trained to care for people with cognitive decline and security provisions.  

Absolutely. I lost both of my parents to dementia and find this storyline almost unbearable.