It's hard

Watching the scenes was quite heartbreaking. Imagine being involved in a bad accident. And as a result having a long pipe puncture right through your back, and through another woman who's facing you. You're barely inches away from her. The pipe punches cleanly through both of you and youre both numb of the pain. The bodies are slowly dying and yet she keeps her spirits high and jokes around with the you and the rest of the people around.

And you tell things like... "wait till my wife sees this. She would normally kill me for being this close with a pretty lady, but in this case, i'm sure she wouldnt mind." Or she saying.. "Can i have breath mints?... Err, no, not for him, but for me". Or something to that effect.

And while medical staff wonder and suffer in their predicament, these two become emotionally attached. When its realised that one of them will surely not make it after removal of the pipe, the emotions were a killer to watch. For he wanted her to live. And she wanted him to.

Its a hard watch. Yes, its just a drama series on tv. But watching how the medical staff try to save them, was somewhat a heartbreaker. Men dont show enough emotions, too cold, women say. Men who show emotions and cry, are weak, some women and men say. For me, it was a sense of deja vu. Dad's passing away was still fresh in my mind. The issues at hand were death related.

At the end the obvious happened. Somehow i felt the episode wasnt done effectively. Perhaps cos the drama was about interns and surgeons. Not so much about patients. It was mostly about the workings of the latter and how they steadfastly go about doing their job i.e. saving lives (and making money, for those in private practice here). Not an easy life.