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"Viable
Options"
Original Air Date: April 6, 2000
Episode
Number: #131
Director: Marita
Grabiak
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
Description: Two men
involved in a car accident arrive at the er by ambulance. Chen
administers to one of them, Terry Waters (MITCH PILEGGI - "The
X-Files"), a belligerent 46-year-old. Waters' daughter arrives and
discusses with Chen personality changes her father has recently
undergone. Later, Chen diagnoses him with Huntington's disease, a
progressive neurological disorder--a genetic disease. But Waters refuses
to disclose the illness to his daughter even though she might also
harbor the disease. A kidney becomes available for transplant, and Kovac
preps a patient. But tests reveal the man suffers from unstable angina.
The next  candidate
arrives at the hospital and discovers she's 8-weeks pregnant. Since she
chooses to keep the baby, she can't have the transplant. A third
candidate tests positive for cocaine. While Kovac waits for a fourth
candidate, Corday takes the cocaine user upstairs for surgery out of
fear that the kidney will be damaged if surgery gets delayed. Weaver
treats a severely retarded, 14-year-old girl with San Filippo Syndrome
who can't even feed herself. Her foster mother does not have the
authority to give Weaver permission to do the necessary procedure.
Romano believes Weaver is simply prolonging the girl's life and forbids
her from performing it. Weaver defies him and Romano suspends her. David
Greene expresses a desire to move out on his own. A prescription mix-up
almost kills a patient. And Kovac barbecues dinner at Hathaway's
house--during a snowstorm.
Pictures: (from ERcaps.com)
>> Dr.
Weaver With Dr. "Rocket" Romano
>> Dr.
Weaver
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