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"Abby
Road"
Original Air Date: February 3, 2000
Episode
Number: #126
Director: Richard
Thorpe
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
Description: Hathaway's
obstetrics nurse, Abby Lockhart, shows up for work in the er--not as a
nurse. Abby's a third-year medical student starting her er rotation. She
learns working in the er differs greatly from working in the obstetrics
department after a patient bites her arm, and Abby makes a misdiagnosis
on a patient who eventually suffers a heart attack. Cleo treats
13-year-old Marty Dorset (CHRISTOPHER MARQUETTE), a boy who is
noticeably small for his age. An examination reveals bruises on his
back, and Marty explains that the kids at school beat him up because of
his size. Marty also suffers  from
infected needle marks on his thighs as a result of taking human growth
hormones he obtains off the internet. But the needles he keeps reusing
may be responsible for bacteria in his bloodstream causing a serious
heart infection. Because Medicaid refuses to cover the treatment, Benton
arranges free plastic surgery on a girl with a severe facial
disfigurement from a dog-bite. But Romano refuses to allow free use of
the hospital operating room. When Romano becomes too ill from kidney
stones and can't finish a surgery, Benton completes it for him. Benton
expects a favor in return--operating room time for the girl's surgery.
Romano doesn't object. Kovac and Hathaway administer to a chronically
ill 3-year-old boy. Hathaway proves that his mother, Kathleen Brant (GIULIANA
SANTINI) intentionally induces the boy's symptoms. Isabelle Corday
(recurring guest star JUDY PARFITT) arrives in Chicago as a guest
lecturer and meets with her daughter, Elizabeth. Cleo shows Greene that
she can play basketball as well as a man.
Pictures: (from ERcaps.com)
>> New
Med Student, Abby Lockhart
>> Dr.
Kovac and Nurse Hathaway
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