ER (TV Series)
When the Bough Breaks (1997)
Gloria Reuben: Jeanie Boulet
Quotes
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Dr. Kerry Weaver : [to Jeanie as she's leaving work] Good. I'm glad you're still here.
Jeanie Boulet : I'm surprised that you are.
Dr. Kerry Weaver : Jeanie, I had every right to be angry. I went to the mat for you. We had a deal.
Jeanie Boulet : I couldn't just stand there and watch him die.
Dr. Kerry Weaver : You don't know that he would have.
Jeanie Boulet : We were losing a pulse. It was worth the risk, Kerry.
Dr. Kerry Weaver : Jeanie, you made a decision to continue working here and I supported it, but sometimes our decisions affect more than just ourselves.
Jeanie Boulet : And In this case, a man is still alive.
Dr. Kerry Weaver : I appreciate that, but we all agreed you'd work under specific guidelines. You have to stick to them.
Jeanie Boulet : I know, I know. But if I had to do it again, I can't say I wouldn't do the same thing.
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Jeanie Boulet : [to Kerry] I waited as long as I could to put in that chest tube. I didn't have a choice.
Dr. Kerry Weaver : He had multiple rib fractures. You could have cut your finger and bled inside his chest.
Jeanie Boulet : But I didn't.
Dr. Kerry Weaver : We agreed you wouldn't put your hands into any poorly visualized cavities.
Jeanie Boulet : What was I supposed to do?
Dr. Kerry Weaver : Walk away.
Jeanie Boulet : He would have died.
Dr. Kerry Weaver : That's the risk you assume for your patients when you continue to work here with HIV.