ER Episode tonight: Dr. John Carter on Dialysis

[Jess21]

my mom had a good question this morning- how many people called northwestern (my transplant center!) and told the coordinator they didn't want their transplant at that hospital anymore because the doctor didn't know what he was doing during the surgery on ER?
a few, i bet.
I noticed on the episode they say that the kidney was going to go to spokane, but the receipient had a cold so it was going to chicago instead.  but the doctor had cardiac arrest the day before and was in the hospital! the kidney would've skipped him too, right?

[BigSky]

The cardiac arrest was only caused by high K. 

It would be up to  his transplant center to make the determination if the surgery was ok to proceed or not.

[Romona]

It was a nice oppurtunity for my kids to ask questions about my experience.

[David13]

It was a nice oppurtunity for my kids to ask questions about my experience.

This is such a fantastic opportunity for education!   

[Romona]

I propose a new TV drama: The Renalist.

I think that handsome guy would have a huge fan club! Even more than Clooney had on ER.

[paris]

I propose a new TV drama: The Renalist.

I would watch that show!  I love Clooney, but he would take a back seat to our Zach!!   

[Zach]

Thank you, thank you!!

I see the main character as a "Columbo" type.  But instead of investigating only murders, he looks out for people on dialysis--investigating the issues in-center and out of center.

The first episode is entitled, 'Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed?"
About a renal dietitian's suicide.  Or maybe it was MURDER!

 

[jbeany]

Maybe she choked to death on her smiley face stickers? Death by lab report. . .

[David13]

Maybe she choked to death on her smiley face stickers? Death by lab report. . .

 

[paddbear0000]

We don't get stickers. Hell, we have to actually request to get a copy of our labs!

[okarol]

Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross returns to 'E.R.', world survives

By Jeff Thomas

From Mercury News wire reports
Posted: 03/13/2009 10:29:10 PM PDT

The once and future world's sexiest man added some sizzle to one of the final episodes of "E.R." Thursday night when movie star George Clooney returned to the show he left 10 years ago.

Dr. Doug Ross had settled down with Nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) at a hospital in Seattle. They teamed up to persuade a grandmother played by Susan Sarandon to donate the organs of her grandson. One of those organs, the kidney, went to "some doctor in Chicago," Hathaway said. Neither she nor Ross knew the transplant patient was their old colleague John Carter, played by fellow "ER" original Noah Wyle. More drama to follow! The finale of the NBC drama is scheduled for April 2.

Thursday's understated episode, considering how they could have gone over the top with the Clooney appearance, was written and produced by "ER" executive producer John Wells, and was a reminder of the show's glory days.

"Let's hope we didn't bring all of these people out here for nothing," Clooney's character said to a group of people waiting to transport donated organs. He may as well have been speaking to audience members tuning in to "ER" for the first time in years.

During its peak, in the 1995-96 season, "ER" was the most popular show on television and averaged 32 million viewers a week. To put that in perspective, only one entertainment program — ABC's broadcast of the Academy Awards — has gathered more than 32 million viewers this entire
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"ER" was TV's No. 1 show for three seasons and, as late as 2000-01, was the top-rated scripted series.

[paddbear0000]

Oh give me a freakin' break!! So much for the realistic aspect of ER!! 

[Sunny]

I've got to hand it to the writers for doing a decent job of depicting what it's like getting people to donate organs. I figure maybe it will touch people enough to get them to at least sign their organ donor cards. I have quite a few friends who tell me they would never sign an organ donor card because of fear physician's would "jump the gun." The episode showed how medical people establish brain death and how one person's organs effected so many lives. Personally, I think cadaver kidney donation is an untapped and underutilized source.

[Bill Peckham]

Thank you, thank you!!

I see the main character as a "Columbo" type.  But instead of investigating only murders, he looks out for people on dialysis--investigating the issues in-center and out of center.

The first episode is entitled, 'Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed?"
About a renal dietitian's suicide.  Or maybe it was MURDER!

 

I'd watch that - maybe the dietitian had a secret salt habit. Death by salted herring.

[Zach]

I'd watch that - maybe the dietitian had a secret salt habit. Death by salted herring.

 

[Stacy Without An E]

I'm sorry, but I feel cheated by ER's handling of a Dialysis patient.

Episode 15, Dr. Carter returns to start Dialysis.  Honest portrayal, kudos.

Episode 16, Dr. Carter falls ill while working in the ER.  Realitstic portrayal, much applause.

Epiisode 17, Dr. Carter gets a kidney from some young kids who dies.  What?  Are you kidding me?  Three episodes and he already has a kidney.

Once again, the trials and tribulations of a REAL Dialysis patient used as untrue fodder for a once proud scripted drama.

I'm just going to have to write the honest, true to life story myself.

[Beth35]

Episode 15, Dr. Carter returns to start Dialysis.  Honest portrayal, kudos.

Episode 16, Dr. Carter falls ill while working in the ER.  Realitstic portrayal, much applause.

Epiisode 17, Dr. Carter gets a kidney from some young kids who dies.  What?  Are you kidding me?  Three episodes and he already has a kidney.

LOL! Tell me about it. That is exactly what I said to my mom.  I was like, "You know darn no one gets a kidney that quick." 

I also hated that he was working full time while on dialysis.  As a doctor on his feet all day with those long hours?  No wonder people don't get how tired we are.  Sheesh.  Dr. Carter is freakin superman.

But I also applaud them for trying and having a main character deal with something like this.