Pregnant Woman Tries to Save Daughter With Leukemia | Chicago Med

Dr. Rhodes (Colin Donnell) fights to save a mother who's desperate to help her daughter beat cancer.
Season 02, Episode 21
Dr. Charles (Oliver Platt) asks Sarah (Rachel DiPillo) to conduct his daughter Robin's (Mekia Cox) psych evaluation but has difficulty staying out of the case. When Will (Nick Gehlfuss) and Dr. Manning (Torrey DeVitto) spend more time together at work, Nina (guest star Patti Murin) goes to extreme measures to get Will's attention. Meanwhile, Dr. Choi (Brian Tee) puts pressure on Noah (guest star Roland Buck III) when a residency spot becomes available. S.Epatha Merkerson, Marlyne Barrett and Yaya DaCosta also star. Jesse Lee Soffer also guest stars.
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[@xxphosphene]

Can we please talk about how the daughter is so worried about her siblings, like receiving less attention or having to do things they don't want? She's an awesome big sister

[@pb666-fvqu1]

You mean the script the writers wrote for her? 😂 Oh, yes, she's a real angel!

[@KaiTheTyrant]

Paula, making a note on the character of a person, fictional or not, is not a reason for nasty comments.

[@victoriagodinetfoodtechnic9729]

​@@pb666-fvqu1no No no

[@Asia141]

@@KaiTheTyrantbut she is not really

[@knuffelbeer193]

No she’s not, she’s traumatized and copes the only way she knows how.

[@Holly-on6ey]

I can understand the desperation of parents when their children have cancer, but to have a child to be spare parts for your sick child just doesn’t sit well with me. It seems rather selfish and frankly disgusting.

[@mayam3123]

Agreed

[@lanilexander651]

When you're watching this, yes it is selfish but as a parent you will do anything to save your children and even if it is have children to help safe one. I will do it until there is nothing else I can do for my child. It is hard enough to give birth and seeing your child go through leukaemia and another child going through bone marrow to save their siblings, but you will feel even more guilty when you don't do anything and your child die knowing you did nothing. So you do need to pick and choose your battles, and you don't know the stem cells that they take can be from another child the same age as their own daughter.

[@zoereyes8623]

@@lanilexander651 ...I know that as a parent you would do anything you can, but thats a human being, not a toolkit of spare parts! Imagine being born and learning you were brought into this world to prevent your sibling from dying. Its not only a great preassure to add to a kid, if they are a match, its not only stem cells, its a kidney, half the liver maybe...you would have to get under the knife múltiple times unless your sibling wins their battle, and if you are not a match...what now? Your parents had you for that sole purpose and you failed right at the start! Its disgusting. I think the "right" thing to do would test any family member first, get the cancer patient treatment as soon as possible and then tried the donor lists, having a child just a "spare parts" is just too much...)

[@breezy7402]

agreed

[@kn-zm3yj]

I understand what you mean, but in the end what is the difference between "creating a kid for this purpose" and already having one that matches and then "using them"? In the end if the kid's very young the parents will decide... so I guess then you'd have to say that a sibling is never allowed to even be tested so this situation doesn't happen.

[@breezy7402]

"I have the cure to my daughter's cancer inside of me" was such a disgusting thing to say. that's a human being, not just some spare part

[@vilspotato8008]

EXACTLYY UGH THIS EP INFURIATES ME SO MUCH

[@cxffaye]

@@vilspotato8008 same

[@potato252.]

Well, think abt it this way: that mother's daughter is abt to die and the only way to save her it to have another baby. Her daughter's life is at risk, and the mother would clearly do anything to save her first born

[@sophiaharalson6137]

@Halle George If the mother would have died the first born would feel guilty and misurable. That’s not a good thing.

[@zinzolin14]

@@potato252. the key word is "mother" here, she'll be a mother to one child but is willing to neglect the well being of her other children. It's a messed up contradiction.

[@Claire-sx2hl]

Trust me, although your kid won’t live long.. they’d rather have a mother to love them for the rest of their life than knowing that they are the cause of their mother’s death. It’s not long but at least they didn’t lose you, they still have you to care and love them.

[@PheadrasArts]

Omg exactly

[@lukeformby2716]

@@PheadrasArts gg nnee no jnnn

[@ShadowSoul92]

Parents should never survive their children, if the conditions were normal, it would be the reality ... These are extreme circumstances ... Even if the mother ends up in a coma, it is not certain that she will be able to carry the pregnancy to term ... In this case, three lives would be lost, not just one, which, however painful it may be, is something that must be considered, the mother, in my opinion, is making a mistake ... but we know that mothers do everything for their children .. .

[@rachelcookie321]

You are talking as if the mother would read it. You realise this is a tv show, right?

[@sairamr6886]

If the mum passes away the kid is going i hate itself and it's life , blaming itself for the loss of its mother, and the weight of that is not a child can bear.

[@athenea8990]

A wise mother would know that it's not just about having a perfect match for the needs of her daughter but to be there for their three kids. I can't imagine a son going completely unnoticed by their parents, a girl fighting leukaemia alone and a baby who eventually will kwon that his very existence is to provide organs to his sister and the reason why his own mom died.

[@caitswildecake2582]

The baby won’t “donate organs” only stem cells. I had a bone marrow transplant from a live male donor but he was 36. Sometimes your donor can be a sibling or even from the blood of an umbilical cord since cord blood is absolutely full of fresh stem cells.

[@rellikzenkrad]

Apparently, there’s a novel about this kind of story. A girl was born for the sole purpose of donating to her Leukemia sister, she get fed up when her parents want her to donate her kidney to her sister and decide to sue the family for mistreatment. You should have a read. Extremely well-written.

[@shofisstar]

@@rellikzenkrad there’s also a movie I watched for a class

[@ravenclawgal3104]

Rellik Zenkrad its called my sisters keeper by jodi picoult! its a rly good read :)

[@scrollingdownaswespeak]

@@rellikzenkrad That sounds familiar. I felt like I've read it before

[@belad0nna]

When your child is the smartest and wisest one of your family unit, you know therapy is SORELY needed.

[@FlamingSparrows]

God this was such a heart-breaking episode. "That girl has an impossible battle ahead of her" "At least she'll be able to face it with her mother" T-T

[@reemalansari6269]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I know

[@isabellelafond7651]

Why why why why

[@isabellelafond7651]

I don't like it it's sad

[@isabellelafond7651]

😉😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@breaghas5036]

@@isabellelafond7651 Hi

[@realta140]

Having a child just to save another one seems so cruel

[@KristiContemplates]

Because it is

[@ileana823100]

Normally they get the stemmcells out of the umbilical cord .

[@secretdarkness2836]

I wouldn't say it's cruel it's more like self-catering cruel bc if u try to save ur child with leukemia it's not going to be easy

[@juliaevans2375]

@@KristiContemplates and letting a child die is not cruel?

[@IMINYOURWALLS..]

@@juliaevans2375 either the child lives without their mother by their side with siblings who aren't cared for OR the kid lives their life with their parents until they die

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

The thing that really gets to me about this is that this woman has absolutely no care about the baby she's carrying. She's not concerned for the baby's health and life. It's about her daughter. She is dehumanizing the third child. She only sees the baby as a container full of organs and not a human being. A human with feelings and emotions and life just like her other two children. Really hard to feel sympathy for her.

[@bluefrostryy]

well its not a kid yet, its a fetus, theres no emotions or feelings yet but yeah, its fucked up

[@stevismymum5121]

they only had the kid before that 2 for the other daughter

[@pamelawhitelaw1458]

@@bluefrostryy that fitus as you call it ls a living breathing baby it gets food to make it grow and it breathes as well it has a heart beat and even pees and poops

[@salmaumar5750]

It is hard to feel sorry for and her stubbornness could have killed both her and the baby too

[@palakkumari112]

you don't understand ......her daughter was dying miserably right in front of her .....she had no choice but to at least try something to save her + the baby in mother's body is just a fetus , it has no feelings until its born into the world its just a part of mother's flesh .....simply a parasite living in mothers body ..... But of course after its born and knows the purpose of its existence its gonna be a cruel story

[@Raursmhyer]

This reminds me of the book My Sister's Keeper. There's no easy answer to this situation. Wish no one would have to face a situation like this ever.

[@zoeknap9777]

If youd watched the movie youd see its a exact copy basically down to the ignored brother

[@toriannlewis5087]

Same

[@Ikajo]

@@zoeknap9777 Apparently they changed the ending in the movie

[@MsJubjubbird]

@@Ikajo One of the instances where the movie version was better than the book

[@Jaja_242]

Jupp

[@prime1918]

So the only reason for that kid existing is to just be an organ donor and bone marrow donor imagine growing up and figuring that out like what the actual hell

[@CA-bw9vw]

I personally would not mind. I mean it's not like they're gonna throw me out after they harvest my bone marrow. In fact I would be grateful because if my sibling did not exist, I probably would not either.l

[@prime1918]

@@CA-bw9vw they didn’t want you though they wanted your organs and marrow you were just an item to them not a child they loved their daughter and even their son more than you because at least the son was wanted as a child

[@prime1918]

@Chatty Catty yeah it probably happens a lot more than I do think and what’s worse is that the people doing it probably think their heroes for saving their child no your a monster who just “Never let me go’d” your baby

[@jaydenrae8936]

@@prime1918 Actually the son was ment to be the one they used for the organs and bone marrow but he wasn't a match to the girl. It's quite sad :(

[@prime1918]

@@jaydenrae8936I mean I don’t think it was that I think they had him before the cancer and just realised that he wasn’t a match the mother tried before this baby already and it was a miscarriage

[@JustMe-12345]

I cant imagine how it must feel to a kid to know that you were only born to help your sibling live...

[@Shy__wolf]

That mother is severely disconnected to her unborn child. She doesn't see him as a baby but a spare part. It's very disturbing and so wrong

[@MarinaM220107n0vi4li]

Having kid after kid to save one of your kids, and neglecting the one's that are not a match is unethical. I get why the mom does that, but the girl she's fighting for could end up in a very bad state believing she was the reason why her mom died, also if the new baby lives it will be seen just as an organ source/donor nothing more and that's extremely detrimental for the child's well being and development.

[@truffleszn9093]

no one talking about how good of an actor the little girl is

[@thesavagecheshirecat3899]

Yep

[@ninjawolfie2657]

She’s not that little

[@elizabethjarram]

Why do parents have a second child who's only purpose in the world is to be an organ donor to the firstborn?! I would never do that to my children if I was in that situation.

[@SjofnBM1989]

Yeah it's absolutely sick and disgusting.

[@elizabethjarram]

@@SjofnBM1989 Yeah. I bet from that child's perspective, they are feeling like "my parents only had me so I could save their other child and don't care that I am suffering as well."

[@harleengill9606]

It’s there 3rd child

[@esmegrant8573]

@@harleengill9606 only cause the other one wasn’t a match

[@harleengill9606]

@@esmegrant8573 no because they had there son before so they started trying for another child because he wasn’t a match but he was already born before all this

[@beccablueeyes99]

I can understand wanting to save your child, but they only thought about themselves. The fact in, that little girl is going to always know that her sibling was born to be taken apart for her and her mother risked dying for her. That level of guilt.... I can't imagine. And then the child that was born as an organ farm.... If they treat the kid well, out of love and guilt, they might keep putting up with the surgery's once they have a choice, but if not... seriously traumatic. Although the baby wasn't fully developed, wouldn't it still have some bone marrow and cerebral fluid? Obviously only a tiny amount, but would it be able to make any difference?

[@phloxy_fox96528]

I doubt they would be able to extract more than a tiny drop. If I heard correctly, she was in her fifth month, so the baby would have been severely underdeveloped. And seeing as it is stage four leukemia, it would have been a drop on hot stone.

[@caitswildecake2582]

If the mother had managed to go full term, and the baby still didn’t survive I think the last option would have been the blood from the umbilical cord. I had a live donor who was a male 36 when I had my BMT at 17 however I know some people who have had their cells come from donated umbilical cords. If this was a real life case though, I don’t think the cord would have been developed enough either.

[@caitswildecake2582]

Also in terms of the guilt, survivors guilt hits every cancer patient. We don’t take the sacrifices of others very lightly. When I had my transplant I had a few friends have theirs around the same time however over time they began to relapse and the fact that I’m still cancer free (although the side effects are crippling me) I can’t help but feel immense guilt that mine worked and theirs didn’t. I’d also refrain from the idea of using “organ farm”. It causes fear mongering and terminology like that is exactly why so many people are dying waiting for transplants and even blood transfusions since a lot of people like to make donation out to be painful or scary when I think it’s a beautiful thing.

[@casiedomingos5197]

Having a baby just to strip them from their organs is so unethical to me how is this even legal imagine mygosh 😨😰

[@josephparungaoandchristine7362]

Bone marrow transplant probably...you dont lose organs. You are remaking bone marrow indefinetely... There is no assurance that the newborn would even be a match or may end up also having the disease. Better they could have a surrogate knowing she has cardiomyopathy

[@julieprinsloo2232]

Its fluid from their spine the person will produce more and be healthy i dont understand why its wrong

[@straightuphating1013]

@@julieprinsloo2232 you heard them say in the video maybe a kidney and some livet stuff that can have potential health risks one day and besides knowing your born for the sole purpose of being a donor is fucked up it's like you know your parents don't love you as much

[@kirin1230]

@@straightuphating1013 Are children allowed to donate organs like this if the parents approve? That feels like it should be illegal... Like no living child should be allowed to donate organs (They aren't allowed to donate blood right? Why organs or marrow?), let alone a bloody baby. Is it genuinely legal to do that??

[@maz2825]

True how the mother is disgusting for bringing children into the world just to save her first child. However, if I grew up knowing that I saved my siblings life by simply just existing I'd feel like a hero. the fact that one human can save another humans life through blood and organ donation is insane and amazing. But totally think the mother is crazy for just thinking of one person and neglecting the rest of the family like that

[@miasteijn9019]

So basically this is My sister's keeper but Chicago Med style😂😂

[@siobhang6837]

Yes, I’m glad that someone else knows about this movie, it’s terrible what the parents did to one daughter to save another daughter

[@khoannekrysllene]

@@siobhang6837 where can i watch?

[@innag6888]

all of it initially based on real life anissa ayala and her organ donor kid sister conceived specifically to be an organ donor

[@Bk_football3]

​@@khoannekrysllene (on stream)

[@Horizon1722]

What that mother wanted to do was absolutely disgusting. Having a kid just to be a spare parts bin for her daughter, when even her daughter doesn't want that.

[@megsmith6758]

Not very smart to bring a child with no immune system to the hospital

[@Charlie-yv3ib]

Tbf in an emergency situation you don't really have time to figure out alternate care for your kids

[@megsmith6758]

@@Charlie-yv3ib true but at least have them wearing a mask 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@equestrian.life.]

@@megsmith6758 Masks are used so that people who are sick won't transmit the infection. So it would be useless for the kid to wear a mask. Use your logic.

[@miss_daisy4925]

Charlie rather her not see her mum?

[@megsmith6758]

@@equestrian.life. Even before the pandemic, cancer patients would wear masks, it gives a little bit of protection over nothing.

[@michellestewart3390]

I watched this video. Out of all the family, I would've listened to the little girl that has leukemia. She seems to be very smart and understands everything that is happening. Her thinking & worrying about everyone else and not about herself breaks my heart. I know it's a tv show, but I wish I could give her a big hug and her leukemia would just disappear.

[@rizjizz478]

This ep reminds me of the movie ‘My Sister’s Keeper’. The movie was so sad I cried myself to sleep lmao

[@BlastFromThePastTheGoodOldDays]

The book was also quite sad, it had a different ending to the movie

[@tozzilil]

@@BlastFromThePastTheGoodOldDays the book DESTROYED me. The film wasn’t as good in my opinion

[@Offical_Comedic_Relief]

Omg i had the same thought

[@rizjizz478]

I also read an article that said the book was better. I unfortunately can’t find the book in any of my local bookstores and I can’t buy it on amazon because I live on the other side of the world and shipping would be too expensive. I’ll try and read the book if I see it on our bookstores tho!!♡

[@threecatsinacoat]

I had to watch it in class we where all crying lmao

[@murdershe......7378]

My daughter has ALL ( acute lymphoblastic leukaemia ) We are very very lucky as all three of her sisters are a match for her and considering each one only had a 25% chance of being a match we consider it miraculous that all three are a perfect match. With that being said, we will never force them to be that match, they are all over the age of 18 but we understand that guilt plays a big part in their decision, were the stem cell transplant not to work they would always feel some level of guilt that their stem cells couldn't have saved their sisters and always wonder if any of their other sister's stem cells would of saved her. We want them all to go through counselling before making such a decision and we have time as our daughter with ALL is currently in remission. We will only need to consider a stem cell transplant should she relapse. No parent should force their child to donate any part of their body to their sibling without their express consent and counselling first and in this case a baby is being bred to act as spare parts for their sister which is unethical.

[@CA-bw9vw]

I mean you could try another baby again if you can find a surrogate. Many cancer survivors outlive their prognosis. It's not sure death for the kid.

[@jamsaidemelo1367]

I'm pretty sure they took thise drastic measure due to how the treatment aren't working properly with the daughter. She can't have another pregnancy. Finding and affording a surrogate is unlikely. This is such a terrible situation.

[@Suzette1122]

While I understand the lengths the parents were willing to go to save their daughters life, the whole time they were referring the baby as like a thing and not their child

[@PKAC972]

"Bone marrow and kidney..." This is a reference to the book and movie "My sister's keeper", and the whole thing is a huge misunderstanding. Savior siblings donate, usually, only the umbilical cord's blood. To donate the bone marrow is accepted only if extremely necessary, but kidney and liver are never taken if the savior sibling is under 18, because hospital and transplant committees refuse to accept organs from underage donors, even if the latters agree with it.

[@sairamr6886]

This is beyond sickening, a baby is born out of love, not as spare parts for a sibling.

[@NathanMeyer-je4jd]

Yeah, that mother is completely irrational!! Why not want to have surgery?? It's very foolish to not even consider surgery!!

[@Sonicnicholasgameandreview8999]

The way the daughter saw her mom dying it made me scared out of my mind

[@Leigh1169]

Even though every parent will do anything to save their kid, being there for them is much more important

[@brynwassing150]

I’ll admit I’ve never experienced having a child with cancer, but in my opinion having a saviour baby is just so disgusting. I understand wanting to do absolutely everything to save your child but to use a human being as spare parts it’s just awful. They call their current daughter my daughter, and the child that’s in her body she just called the baby not my baby. She does not care about the child she’s growing, and as the daughter says neither parent really cares about the son either and he is a living child. Life for that baby would be hell. A child is not spare parts, and they should never be forced into giving anything to sustain the life of another child. I understand it is a horrible situation but I cannot see a reason to force a tiny little baby to go through any of that and receive nothing in return not even the love of their parents.

[@leesteele9261]

This is an emotional roller coaster. Such a good show.

[@paolonutinisshoe]

When she said the parents hardly notice the boy who wasn't a match 😔

[@NoobAdventuresGaming]

At this point I’m beginning to think they should’ve just used Echmo in the first place. Would’ve probably saved everyone.

[@balls3443]

whats echmo? sorry for asking haha

[@moralstarpodcasts9306]

@@balls3443 It's a special kind of life support that does the function of the heart and lungs.

[@Soph82002]

Am I the only one devastated for the baby!?It's fucked up they saw no problem with only having another child just to be a living doner for their daughter.I understand their situation but whenever the mom talked about wanting the baby to live it was all 'its for my daughter' 'please save the baby for my daughter's sake'🤬

[@sophiaharalson6137]

Yeah I feel the same way as you do. Plus the mom could of died. Emagine how heart brocken her famaly would be SMH

[@soapy_soup]

It's great that the mom's doing everything she can for the little girl's life but killing herself to save her daughter's life is way too much. The girl would feel terrible that the mom gave up her life to save her.

[@lindakachona7500]

Clearly you are not a mother

[@lindakachona7500]

She was helpless

[@theyyyloveniii3269]

Ok, what she is trying to say is that she felt bad about the baby because when its born the child would be stripped away of there organs just for them to save thier sick child , And while the girl gets all the mothers attention the baby was just used as a cure .

[@koradestiny]

It seems cruel and unfair to have a designer baby only for spare parts

[@kiaboorainbow6035]

I'm literally crying the whole video this is 😭😭heart-breaking

[@Asteria____]

I’m sorry but I absolutely hate that mother. No offence to the girl with leukaemia but her mother’s actions are detestable even if they were made with her daughters survival in mind. She purposely produced a child for the sake of saving her ill child and when they weren’t a match she moved on and tries to get pregnant again. Even after a miscarriage and then losing her second baby, she sees them as only donors to save her child. She mourns her failure to birth her daughter a cure rather than the death of another child, HER CHILD. She’s so caught up in trying to save her daughter that she isn’t cherishing the life she has with her or her other child.

[@ileana823100]

I hope you never have to be in a situation, her first born daughter is deadly sick.

[@sarahphillips8005]

Despite that family's plan being questionable morally and ethically, I still cried at the end 💔

[@hayleyjaine1064]

I like it when tv shows and movies involve saviour siblings, siblings born to save an older one. I am a saviour sibling, born to save my older sister and let me tell you, it isn’t as popular as many think. There are laws protecting the kids and if you choose the IVF route, many people actually get denied because the doctors believe the baby won’t be treated as an equal and there is also the risk of the baby having the same condition. It’s always interesting to see how people react to saviour siblings and what the audience thinks. Also helps us saviour siblings explain what we are to people when we have things like my sisters keeper to compare it too. Trust me when I say, saviour siblings have their own views on the matter and our creation and it isn’t all good. After all, we were born to be spare parts for someone else but I don’t think anyone can have a view on this until you’re a parent in that situation of watching your child die or you’ve grown up knowing your a saviour sibling. Anyone have any questions just ask.

[@sunnybunny6275]

Do your parents treat you equally to your sister? Is your sister well now? Thank you for educating us on this xx

[@hayleyjaine1064]

@@sunnybunny6275honestly, not really but I don’t think it was their fault completely. My sister has a rare illness meaning she will die one day of her illness and it’s likely I’ll have to donate something to keep her alive longer. The first few years of my life, she was so sick my parents couldn’t take care of me so I was passed between family members. They even had a time table, Monday to Thursday night my grandparents house and Thursday to Monday night my aunts house. I don’t think they ever had a chance to bond with me while I was young so it kind of put a strain on the relationship early on and by the time they did start taking care of me, my little sister was born. I was seen more as a helper in the household, someone to help with my sisters illness and to take care of my little sister. Honestly just like in the clip with what the girl said about her brother being ignored, it’s kind of like that, not just with me but with others. I know other saviour siblings, I was a part of a club as a kid where we would meet up every year in the summer, it was a way for us to deal with who we are and meet others so we didn’t feel alone, I don’t know who set it up. As kids we felt like we were special in a way, because we were born with a purpose while most people are born accidents but as we got older, learned more about what we are and what we were born for, it became more like a burden. The other people I know were rather ignored because they had a sick sibling or treated special because of what they did but that also affected the relationship as they didn’t want their whole existence to be about something none of us had a choice in. I think relationships between parents and saviour siblings is ultimately down to why age to tell them. I was raised knowing it, it was passed in conversation like asking how are you, but I know others who weren’t told until they were older and they became mad because there whole existence was a lie. Some parent choose not to tell their kids, as long as they’re sure the older kid won’t get sick again, and sometimes I think that’s the best decision so the saviour sibling doesn’t have to grow up believing they’re just an organ bank on standby. Other saviour siblings might have different views but that’s just what i see and hear. With any kids born into a family with a sibling with a disability, I don’t think there’s any equality as that sibling needs more attention. Parents try but ignoring their other children commonly happens.

[@pinkestpeaches6302]

How do you feel knowing you’re a saviour sibling? Does it affect your view on life?

[@shaoji2235]

When you found this out how did it make you feel? Honestly I'm proud of you for being able to talk about something like this!

[@kazbaby212]

Do you feel like you have a choice when the time comes for you to donate?

[@gemmaluescher-verseckas1243]

I understand the mom, she will literally do anything to save her child’s life.

[@freyjaglasscoe4552]

The mum thinks she failed her daughter- no she survived so she could look after her lil girl. Ur not ment to make me cry 😭😭😭. But this episode i am crying so hard

[@dillon17]

That mother... omg... shes so annoying. im sorry, but that kid would rather have a mother for 4 years, than be alive for 70 years knowing she killed her mother. :/

[@descent1234567890]

even if they managed to save the baby, harvest it, and cure the girl of leukemia, she's gonna be miserable for the rest of her life, knowing that every moment she lives is a moment she practically stole from another human. that she lives at the expense of others. that kind of guilt can be a severe healthrisk by itself.

[@bluefrostryy]

they dont harvest all the organs, it is bone marrow donation , the baby will live

[@vi6126]

The baby won't die after donating its bone marrow. No doctor would hurt a healthy child to save their relative. Bone marrow donation involves using syringes to take some of the donor's marrow, it is basically like a more invasive blood donation

[@lavans5721]

@@vi6126 except stage 4 leukemia metastasizes. They'd need parts of the babies organs, so much so its basically dead anyways.

[@odainanna]

I think they could have just stored the cord blood. It doesn't have to be used right away.

[@aliacibich1854]

Yes, cord blood transplants are routinely performed. Most often the cord blood is years old.

[@bas1aa532]

why would you even let your kids watch when their mom is having this medical emergency?! literally traumatizing

[@misterbin00]

Just asking, can't you harvest the bone marrows from the dead baby? Well a fetus wouldn't have a lot of them, but you also don't have to consider leaving enough for the baby to live with.

[@ynamanzano2075]

According to google you can still harvest from the dead five days after death 😳😳

[@ava1872]

@@ynamanzano2075 oh god- so this was just- pointless?

[@laurenbruges8784]

I hate the idea of parents having a child to save their kid with cancer but I can understand it rip

[@abeerhaddad7434]

Tthhfp'334ppyhhhiidhiu

[@tsuki7838]

This reminds me of that movie where the mother has a daughter just to save her first born daughter and forces her to give everything the first born needs. Spoilers ahead: The second daughter takes it to the court when her sister says that she's ready to pass but knows that the mother won't allow it.

[@ellav7812]

Dude spoilers on that last bit 😂

[@sammyj9367]

Is it only me that finds it utterly disgusting that her unborn child is gone and all she cares about is her daughter. It's better that child is dead than being dehumanised and brought down to a bag of spare parts. They didn't deserve this kid to be born period.

[@kamilakocourkova]

And they say people who don't have kids are the selfish ones.

[@jayray6470]

Donor baby. While i can see the benefits its still one terrible idea doctors came up with to save a life. Its like this mother doesn't recognize this baby as her child too. This child will be born with the burden of having to save his sibling. Before the baby is old enough to even understand the parents have the authority to take from him. It's not right. What next a kidney? Piece of its lungs? Liver? This donor baby idea should be illegal.

[@geraldinemonchau8558]

I literally cried 🥺 This story was heartbreaking and sad

[@jc.laurel7534]

I literally just finished watching this episode, but i was like ‘eh i’ll watch it again’

[@Ariiswhoilove]

Imagine growing up and just being used and was born just to be spared that’s so disgusting she could find another donor the words she said like she has the cure for her daughter

[@mayuniwijesinghe7726]

This is like the movie, My sister's keeper... sad and unfair for the baby

[@remruna3538]

This will sound heartless but I actually think this was the best possible outcome. The other option is just bad on every level. First of the kids would not have a mother, the baby would be (or at least very likely feel like he is) nothing but spare parts for his sister for the rest of their life and the girl would have to live with crushing guilt. Should she feel guilty? No but she already does so imagine how she would feel if her mom died and her sibling existed only for her. That is not fair on any of them. This way the mother lives to take care of her children, the girl gets to live the rest of her life however short feeling a lot less guilty and when she is gone maybe the little brother get to be something else than the forgotten failed saviour sibling.

[@TANATOR02]

And you can tell that you are totally right because when she knew the baby did not make it she said to her daughter "I am sorry I failed you". She already did not see this baby as her child but some kind of spare part giver. (I did not watch further so i could be wrong)

[@aiste8099]

maybe it’s really insensitive of me, but i kinda understand the mother. it’s easier to care about someone that has emotions and personality, someone who you have a deep connection with, rather than someone you never met

[@aurablue368]

I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling this way! Like pregnant mothers don't really have the bond with thei child physically, it's moreso the child's potential and their idea of what the child's gonna be.. but once that child is grown and you know them and their personality, you know their face and their mannerisms, it's a whole different thing!

[@karenwilson9528]

How can this not be medical child abuse, the very idea of a situation like this!

[@shannonhedden]

Watching this episode makes you wonder why they didn't pick a surrogate or three instead of trying to cost the mom her life.

[@fionamcfadyen6184]

Cried my eyes out all the way through this clip

[@MissV301]

Never make your child shoulder adult burdens or issues. They were so concerned about saving her that they forgot to help her live a full life beyond cancer.

[@VeronicaDenison]

the worst is when the parent says im sorry i failed you and you say no yet they keep saying yes and make you feel bad

[@stevearmstrong8335]

In a emergency situation like this I wouldn't be able to comprehend it. Even if someone gave me 1 week to pick to cars I like I would be a nervous wreck

[@nadinec4895]

It’s so sad seeing the daughter with leukaemia worry for her little brother and the baby

[@Phoenixrose1]

the little girl broke my heart shes so selfless :(

[@dayinanlifeofassassinscreed]

This is so heart breaking I was in tears

[@priscillaoduro4865]

All these people who are judging the mother, I pray none of you find themselves in a situation like this. Is easy to judge as an outsider, but once you have been in this situation I think you will think differently.

[@SnowPink90]

A couple down in Washington did this exact same thing and they love that little girl so much and she actually saved her sister‘s life. I guess if you’re gonna love the siblings or your children no matter what then it’s OK but if you just treat them like a spare part, that’s not good. The parents in Seattle were absolutely wonderful to the daughter that they had to help their oldest daughter. The two daughters now are best friends you couldn’t get any closer than they are.

[@TheMrsW1z]

Oooooh this is basically My Sister's Keeper where you have a second child solely to be an organ donor to the first. Honestly a mercy the baby didn't survive if that was the life it was destined to have.

[@RanDomCaboodles]

This is the first Chicago med video that brought tears to my eyes…

[@aristired6252]

Happening to be able to ensure that a baby you WANT is a match for your sick child isn’t inherently immoral to me. Taking stem cells and core blood is harmless to the baby and a game changer for certain illnesses. However, a line must be drawn. If you use a kid for spare parts or only see them as a “cure” then that’s just wrong. In this case, yeah, all signs seem to point to immoral. Especially considering that the mom is essentially throwing herself away for a human “cure” and ignoring her also healthy child because he wasn’t a match. The lines get blurred far to quickly and there are no boundaries, which is why it’s not a big thing irl.

[@navijam6155]

This is very reminiscent of My Sisters Keeper. I can just imagine the boy and that baby resenting their parents.

[@julesoxana]

A lot of emotions here💔 but im Glad the mother survived and can spend time with her kids, Praying that the daughter and everyone battling cancer are cancer free asap and that it never metastasizes and or comes back, God be with them and all the families, friends and loved ones✝️🙏❤️

[@mk_wizard]

What a tough call. I don't know what I would have done. It's easy to say so much, but when it's you, everything changes.

[@amitramlall4235]

People in this comments section don't seem to like Dr. Manning for some reason. But this episode, she is very kind and caring with the little girl with leukemia. I like the fact that she talks to her and doesn't just ignore her or walk away from her, but Dr. Manning actually treats her like a human being, and answers her questions. I know this isn't real. It's just a show. But watching this show shows me how much doctors really do care.

[@laurenorourke2442]

shes too overhated. I agree she takes a lot of cases too far but in the end she genuinely cares about her patients

[@sueothman7550]

This is the story line of my sisters keeper

[@MarijaEnchantix]

All this because the mom can't admit to herself that her child will die and she can't do anything about it. Instead of letting the girl enjoy her time with her mom, she is constnatly worried about this baby that's supposed to "fix" her family. That woman needs therapy.

[@CreativeWoodElf]

Listen, I understand a parent would go to any lengths to save their child, but that baby is a human, not a body bag of spare organs for it's older sibling. That's not what good parenting looks like

[@LittleRedTeaCake]

As a parent, I would never bring another child into this world to just be spare parts for my other child. I love my kiddos more than anything in the world, which means I would never subject one of my precious babies to being a living donor. This woman doesn't even seem like she loves her baby, she literally just called it a "cure" nothing else. I never knew this was something that happened till a CSI episode and then later with My Sisters Keeper.

[@cholodelrosari0543]

These type of parents are so cruel. No child should be act as spare parts for their sibling. They should be punished.

[@loveyoukildare3484]

Omg my mam was like that when she was pregnant and got heart failure but it’s gone now so I’m glad

[@zaneking161]

Chicago med IS THE BEST! 👩‍⚕️ ros is the best 🧠🫀🫁

[@izziozi]

Omg, when the daughter fainted my heart brokeeeee. But, if i were the dad than I would definitely of brought the kids away because seeing ur mother struggling to breathe in front of your eyes is way too disturbing…

[@theodreer1356]

5:22 And Doctor-Patient Confidentiality is thrown out the window!

[@sathingupta9443]

But she’s her daughter surely it’s fine right

[@KuksAhmed]

Doctor Rhoades is a BOSS!

[@franciscaalmeida2746]

Theres a movie called "my sisters keeper" that shows a pov of a little sister who provides bones and organs to her sister who has cancer

[@marianeedscoffee]

After the first failed pregnancy why didn’t they use a surrogate? The mother isn’t able to handle pregnancy anymore. Why surrogate wasn’t an option?

[@straightuphating1013]

Money I'd imagine that that after year's of paying for cancer treatment you've got nothing left really

[@melissaharris3389]

Few surrogates would be willing to carry a child meant as spare parts.

[@marianeedscoffee]

@@melissaharris3389 but people can lie. If they are willing to do what they plan to do then lying would be a no-brainer to them. Money is a better explanation I think

[@melieflynn-hayes7996]

Mothers will do anything to save their child and to have them have a life.

[@lillyjane9016]

Everyone is right.

[@maisiemoby3119]

wow. that was heart wrenching.

[@amilahodzic2725]

I have a son but I would NEVER birth a child for this cause. It’s like I am birthing a child not for having a child to take care off but to use it.

[@hyekerm]

The daughter is wiser than the mother and the father

[@RubyRose-tz9ni]

This is so emotional

[@SophieDavis-o8f]

OK. That’s messed up having a baby, just to save your other child shows that you don’t deserve to have children

[@khaledabuhaamra2357]

JUST FIND A DIFFERENT BONE MARROW PERSON

[@thomasplouffe326]

The chance of finding a perfect match is a slim to almost nothing chance

[@sharonroopchand4088]

This reminds me of the movie "My sister's keeper" its almost exsactly the same

[@JackFrost-bl6sv]

On today's episode, we're going to see how fucked up is fucked up. That's fucked up

[@Shawnasart76597]

She doesn't see anything other than her daughter's life, but even if her daughter lives and she dies, her daughter will live knowing that she was the reason her mom died- how happy do you think her life would be then?