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LetThereBeRock · 06/04/2010 22:05

Did anyone watch the programme about GOSH's cardiology department?

It was so incredibly sad yet uplifting, when Aicha's outcome was better than expected.

You can tell how much the children mean to the staff there and that they see them as individuals and care for them.

I have a lot of admiration for them but I don't envy them their jobs. I think I'd barely be able to sleep for worrying about my patients.

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MollieO · 13/04/2010 21:56

Deemented they have to make these decisions every day. It seems so harsh and I can't imagine what it must be like to be on the receiving end of a discussion like that. I remember being told that ds was unlikely to survive and just feeling completely and utterly numb and so so helpless.

Deemented · 13/04/2010 22:03

Maybe it's a subject that i'm too involved in... My late husband and i had to give our consent for them to withdraw treatment for our son, as there was nothing more that could be done for him, but we did that fully informed that everything that could be done had been done, iyswim? It was our decision, not the doctors. I think that's how it should be.

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LetThereBeRock · 13/04/2010 22:06

I'd also like to thank Georgina for over 20 years of caring for children and their families.
You've made such a difference to countless numbers of patients and families over those years.

I'm not sure that I could do your job but I'm very grateful that you can.

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MollieO · 13/04/2010 22:09

Deemented what you did was incredibly brave and I'm not sure every parent would have your strength. I have no idea whether I could have made a decision like that.

McDreamy · 13/04/2010 22:10

Deemented I am so sorry you and your husband had to make that decision, how awful

I have never (and could never) been a children's nurse especially now I have 3 of my own, but I have nursed adults for 10 years. Many relatives are unable to make decisions about their loved ones and require the medical team to do it for them.

IME this was often about elderly relatives that had lived a full life and time had come to say goodbye but when that decision has to be made about a child.......goodness where do you start.

mehdismummy · 13/04/2010 22:11

yes i agree with letthereberock, people like georgina are unsung heroes and i thank the lord that my ds is well, i also could not imagine being in awful situation like these poor families, what an incredibly barve lady deanes mummy is x

SlartyBartFast · 13/04/2010 22:32

so grateful for the nhs

that was very harrowing

MuffinToptheMule · 14/04/2010 14:02

I've just watched the two episodes on iPlayer and I have such a mix of emotions. I think the programme is brilliant. I was very interested in the ethical element as it's been something I've been thinking about a lot recently.

Are there going to be more programmes, or was it just the two?

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LetThereBeRock · 14/04/2010 16:07

It's a three part series so there's one more episode which will be shown at the same time next week. It's about the renal unit.

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Kewcumber · 14/04/2010 16:16

Very moving - DS born at 26 weeks so could potentially been any one of those children on the programme last night. We are so so so lucky that he is fit and healthy.

GeorginaWorsley · 14/04/2010 18:19

Thankyou ladies

glintwithpersperation · 14/04/2010 19:57

I totally agree that the interesting aspect of this programme was the exploration of the ethical and moral issues.

It is such a difficult issue, who makes the decisions the medics, the parents?
Doctors used to play 'god' ("its for the best") and now some parents seem to (understandably) fight on whatever the complications, even when it is probably best to let go. I have thankfully never been in that situation and so I have absolutely no idea how I would react, but I hope that I would put my minimising my child's suffering ahead of my needs. One of the most poignant moments in the ICU prog was the staff nurse who said 'you wouldn't do some of this to an animal.' However, I was pleased to see that it was the team and the parents making the difficult decisions in tandem.

It was a very provocative piece of television.

mufti · 14/04/2010 20:16

i watched the beginning of this episode on iplayer this afternoon, and have just gone back on , to find its no longer available. i wonder why?, i have contacted them to try and find out. as programmes dont usually get removed that quickly.

Nettiespagetti · 17/04/2010 23:36

Just seen the first one and realise haven't sky plus the others! I'll have to have a look on iplayer.

So difficult, can't imagine facing those odds! How strong are the parents and surgeons involved? Amazing!

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LetThereBeRock · 20/04/2010 21:00

Will anyone be watching the final part tonight?

It's in the renal unit this time. I'm hoping there'll be more happy endings than there were for the children who were shown last week.

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PictureThis · 20/04/2010 21:32

this is very sad

SusanSocks · 20/04/2010 22:16

the 14 year old was brilliant.

poor bethany and her wonderful parents. she was lovely wasnt she.
the doctors so kind.

timeforwalkies · 22/04/2010 13:54

Dr Sarah Lederman the renal consultant pushing for transplant is our 6 year old sons renal consultant and I can truly say is she is lovely.

RatherBeOnThePiste · 22/04/2010 14:27

Great Ormond Street has certainly made for sad viewing in places, but also don't you think inspirational too? DD currently wants to be a paediatric surgeon because she saw all the programmes and was blown away by the amazing doctors..

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