Tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy
April 19, 2007If you haven’t seen it and plan to, don’t keep reading.
Darn show. It is not fair to mix adoption and childhood cancer in the same episode 
I knew Izzy was a birthmother from an episode during a previous season. But to have her daughter who she hasn’t seen since birth end up in the hospital with acute myeloid leukemia, needing a bone marrow transplant and the adoptive parents asking Izzy to donate. Then, Izzy only getting a glimpse of her at the end because the girl isn’t ready to meet her. I made it through the whole episode until that scene. Then I dissolved into tears.
My worst fears were playing out on tv. I’ve held onto this little idea that since we adopted Widget, she is less likely to be diagnosed with cancer. Even though the form of Wilms’ I had is not considered genetic, I have wondered if the risk of having cancer went up in my family because of my diagnosis. Then, tonight, I’m sitting there watching realizing it doesn’t make any difference.
