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Monday, March 19, 2007

Grey's How To Save A Life.. sorta
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Those docs on Grey's are really on top of their game.

I'm not talking about the fact that they seem to have more issues than a cricket at a lizard convention (OK, I confess I stole that one from Jeff Foxworthy. And I'm proud to say I can hold my own against a fifth grader). Or the fact that they can down an entire bottle of whiskey and still have the energy to go at it with their best friend -- who conveniently happens to be a tall, gorgeous blonde.

What I'm talking about is a neurosurgeon breaking out the rib spreader, cracking open a patient's chest and miraculously knowing exactly what's causing his patient to crash on the operating table. I wish saving lives were really that easy.

It sure made for great TV as long as you didn't understand what was going on. If you didn't get what was happening, be thankful. You probably enjoyed the experience more than I did.

Those surgeons were making all kinds of decisions that potentially put patients 'lives at risk --all, it appeared, to try to get the chief of surgery job. Thankfully most doctors feel that patients' lives are bit more important than that.

Can you imagine the cat fight that's going to ensue if an outsider gets the gig?

Sit back and enjoy! And I promise I'll try to do the same.

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Posted by: Michael_Smith_MD at 3/19/2007 10:29:00 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger Jennifer said...

I'm sure someone is going to write a blog on the most recent Grey's (My Favorite Mistake), but if it hasn't been written yet...I would really like to mention I want to hear more about the woman who had weird bone growth whenever she was bumped or knocked into or whatever.

3/24/2007 4:33 PM  
Blogger Adrienne said...

Yes- me too. What about that woman with FOP?

3/27/2007 7:42 PM  

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