the real question isn’t “how is the surgeon the boy’s parent when we know his father died in the car wreck” (answer: the surgeon was a woman #feminism). what we should really be asking is, “how is the surgeon?” how will this newly widowed single mother juggle her very demanding job, her son’s grief (assuming he survives the surgery), and her own grief? after losing her husband so tragically, will she ever be able to open her heart to someone else and try again? how long will that take? is she fruity at all? can i have her number? the car accident wasn’t my fault btw
We should also be asking “why didn’t she alert anyone that there was a conflict of interest in performing surgery on her own son”
She did! The story usually ends with, “The doctor said, ‘I can’t operate on this child, he’s my son.’ How was this possible?” and then waits for the answer.
The above post doesn’t say she performed surgery on him. Just that she’ll have to deal with whatever comes after his surgery. And that she may have some trouble opening her heart. #openheartsurgeon #iwillhelp