I’ve been watching every episode of Miracle Workers since it started on ABC and I was actually happy to see one of their procedures fail.
So far, it has just been TOO positive, without getting into the true ordeals the patients have had to go through to get their miracle. I will say, that everyone so far, has eventually turned out in a better shape than they started with, including the poor woman who died after the show was filmed tonight.
I was especially interested because they were putting an articial heart in her. I’ll be honest — and my mom and I was just talking about this — I figure I’ll be suffering from cardio vascular complications at some point in the future, since I have heart problem history on both sides of my family. In fact, I’ve been seeing a cardiologist every year for the last 3 years, and was seeing one every 5 years before that.
Back to the show. Poor woman had gone through breast cancer and then was diagnosed with heart failure. They put a Jarvik pump in her, and after 3, yes, 3 open heart surgeries she was doing better. They sent her home and she finally died of a massive infection.
I personally think they went too far with the second surgery, though I do think she was aware enough to participate in decisions.
I just know I don’t want to go that far.