The Kinda-Weekly ER Thread - Page 13

ZTAMich · #1 02-20-2009, 12:48 AM

So great to see him back. I wish these "end of the show" episodes could last forever!

honeychile · #2 02-20-2009, 01:29 AM

Is Dr. Carter really getting dialysis? I know when I had to go to an infusion center, you'd be next to people with renal disease, cancer, leukemia, AIDS - and I felt kinda weird about being there just for the rabies series. Was something said that it was kidney?

And yes, I was sure that, when Kem's mother was ill in Paris, didn't she go off with her ex-boyfriend? I thought for sure she & John were finis.

At first, I thought he looked old. Then I realized he was looking sick. I'm just glad he'll be around for a few more weeks.

I am so going to miss this show....

PeppyGPhiB · #3 02-20-2009, 03:03 AM

That sure looked like a dialisis machine he was hooked up to at the end. Can one get kidney failure from AIDS? He has been working in Africa, after all. Obviously something is awry with his relationship with Kem, because he got visually upset when Neela mentioned her toward the end of the episode. I don't remember if she went back with him to Africa, but if so, perhaps she died of AIDS?

I hope they don't kill Neela off. I can only handle so many of the doctors dying AT the hospital!

ZTABullwinkle · #4 02-20-2009, 10:41 AM

He didn't lost his kidney after the stabbing. Drs. Benton and Anspaugh were able to save it. I can recall the angst (ooohhhh, big word!) of Benton during the surgery, and Anspaugh calming him. I wonder if you are on to something PeppyGPhiB. Who is to say that Kem is still alive. If her mother did pass away and was buried in Paris, that could explain the comment about Kem being with her mother in Paris.

I would hazard a guess that something happened to his kidneys while he was in Africa.

I don't think that was Neela shot in the previews, that was Archie's new girlfriend.

Do you think TPTB could try not to kill off or seriously injure a fan favorite again on this show?

Senusret I · #5 02-20-2009, 11:32 AM

I was assuming chemotherapy but I've never seen a dialysis set up before.

ZTABullwinkle · #6 02-20-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

I was assuming chemotherapy but I've never seen a dialysis set up before.

If you looked closely, you could see the "blood" in the tubing going to his arm. Many chemo treatments go through a port inserted in the patient's chest.

Senusret I · #7 02-20-2009, 12:16 PM

Yeah, I was basing it on my friend's chemo, which went in through his arm.

thetalady · #8 02-20-2009, 02:35 PM

That was definitely dialysis...

ree-Xi · #9 02-20-2009, 04:54 PM

How can you tell that it wasn't Neela getting shot? Just the visual in my head...it really upset me! (I am so lame)

ZTABullwinkle · #10 02-20-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ree-Xi

How can you tell that it wasn't Neela getting shot? Just the visual in my head...it really upset me! (I am so lame)

This is going to sound lame, but I rewound the previews and watched them frame by frame. While I can't say for sure it is Archie's new gf (whose name I can't seem to remember), it looked like her in the still shots I saw.

SapphireSphinx9 · #11 02-21-2009, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ree-Xi

How can you tell that it wasn't Neela getting shot? Just the visual in my head...it really upset me! (I am so lame)

Yeah, I'm almost positive it's Archie's girlfriend, too... My guess as to why, is because the other detective caught on that she snitched about the interrogation incident.

On a side note, I'm glad Carter's back "indefinitely"!

sceniczip · #12 02-21-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSphinx9

Yeah, I'm almost positive it's Archie's girlfriend, too... My guess as to why, is because the other detective caught on that she snitched about the interrogation incident.

On a side note, I'm glad Carter's back "indefinitely"!

Carter was always my favorite but I'm sad to see him on dialysis

I wish Kem would come back too, I always liked her.

DreamfulSpirit · #13 02-25-2009, 12:53 PM

I was so excited to see Dr. Carter back! Him and Dr. Green were my favorites!

thetalady · #14 02-27-2009, 01:13 AM

And I didn't think tonight really that great... no old threads tied up. It was nice to hear from Carter what the status of health is :'-(

DreamfulSpirit · #15 02-27-2009, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by thetalady

And I didn't think tonight really that great... no old threads tied up. It was nice to hear from Carter what the status of health is :'-(

Yeah, Dr. Carter's health status was the only thing it tied up. However I think Dr. Banfield is starting to look at him in a different light...know that she knows he's suffered a tragic blow in that ER himself as well.