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Hereiam
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03-29-2002

Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hereiam a private message Print Post    
Anybody else watch this last night? I really enjoyed it. I was impressed that while it was a happy ending they did not sugar coat the procedures as instantly fixing everything. The blind gentleman's story was best I thought, but perhaps because he and his family were more outgoing.

Sincebb1
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08-22-2005

Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sincebb1 a private message Print Post    
I was wondering too if anyone watched. I am a fan. I also liked the way they made everything seem real. I just was impressed with how they portrayed the whole process too!

Mayajnn
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01-27-2006

Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mayajnn a private message Print Post    
I liked it too. It was interesting to me to see the new medical advances that are being made.

Sincebb1
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08-22-2005

Monday, March 13, 2006 - 5:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sincebb1 a private message Print Post    
I am glad all 3 (three) of us liked it! LOL! I guess it didn't have enough roses or spit or celebrities behaving badly to impress!

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Monday, March 13, 2006 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
I loved watching this with my children. We marveled at how much tougher other people's lives are and how they can have hope with new technology. We really got caught up in the saga of the blind man, especially when his first surgery didn't work. We were all waiting to see if the second surgery would give him results. It was such a tender moment when he saw his family for the first time.

I hope they do more of these. We need to see some "good" on TV; something that touches our hearts in a good way.

Hereiam
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03-29-2002

Monday, March 13, 2006 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hereiam a private message Print Post    
It is on tonight!

Here is a link to the show website:
miracle workers

Mayajnn
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01-27-2006

Monday, March 13, 2006 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mayajnn a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the reminder <adding it to my list of "must-see" for tonight>

Penpoint
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03-27-2001

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penpoint a private message Print Post    
Sorry, I can't agree with the other posters. I've watched it both weeks, and I keep asking myself why I'm wasting my time with these manipulative, psuedo-emotional dramatizations. I also think of that line "I'm not a real doctor but I play one on TV" whenever one of those two model/actor/doctors is talking to the camera. Who do they think they are? Ty Pennington?

Anyway, I guess there is nothing else I want to watch at that time. Too bad it's not Tuesday when too many things are on at once.


Sincebb1
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08-22-2005

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 5:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sincebb1 a private message Print Post    
(clearing throat)....in defense of the model/actor/doctor comment...

Dr. Burke is the Chief of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at The Congenital Heart Institute at Miami Children's Hospital and Arnold Palmer Hospital in Florida. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, and then received his medical degree from Harvard. As an attending at Boston Children's Hospital, he performed the first pediatric Heart Lung Transplant in New England in 1992. He has pioneered new surgical techniques, published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, and lectures worldwide. Since building a new heart center in Miami in 1995, Dr. Burke and his team have repaired thousands of children with complex heart defects.

Dr. Cohn, who has been a Cardiothoracic Surgeon for 12 1/2 years, is Director of Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology and Co-Director of the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Lab at the famed Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston, TX. He has over 30 patents for medical devices, several of which have revolutionized heart surgery techniques. A graduate of Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH, and of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, he served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for 11 years as an Associate Professor, before returning to The Texas Medical Center.

They ARE an attractive bunch, but let's not let that distract us from their achievements.


Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 8:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I really thought the medical issues on this week's shows were more interesting that last week - I cried when I saw that poor little boy with the bad scoliosis (and wondered if they were concerned about him eventually dying when his lung was totally crushed by his twisted spine as it probably would have been) and how much his father and mother loved him and hurt for him...and bless that poor girl with Tourette's - what a horrible disease! I hope that the electrodes continue to function and keep her Tourette's under control.

Sincebb1
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08-22-2005

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sincebb1 a private message Print Post    
I meant to say "in regard to" NOT "in defense of" in my post above...It was 4am, I was sleepy!

Penpoint
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03-27-2001

Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penpoint a private message Print Post    
Sincebb1, thanks for the background on the model/actor/doctors. My comments were not made to denigrate their professional qualifications. They were made partly in jest and partly because the scenes in the operating room are so strangely awkward, I'm not sure what Burke and Cohn are doing in them. Does anyone know if any of the scenes in this show are reinactments?

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rupertbear a private message Print Post    
((((Pen)))))!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I was really interested in seeing the story on the little boy since they first started advertising this. I was touched esp. when it worked out good for him and the girl. I'm a softy and those mushy things get me all the time, so I'm probably not a good judge. :-)

The thing I wonder is, how did these find these folks in the first place and I can't help but think of people in similar situations who were not given the help these people were and feel bad since they don't have access to this type of care.

Penpoint
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03-27-2001

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penpoint a private message Print Post    
Rupie!