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[sid] => 186054
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => The Rejected Baby
[time] => 2019-03-24 19:17:19
[hometext] => This poem was inspired by a movie.
[bodytext] => It was my moral duty to operate and in many people/'/s eyes, I was admired. I did what needed to be done and because of that, I was fired. Four years ago, a baby was born with Down Syndrome and he had a heart defect. Because of his mental impairment, he was a baby who his parents chose to reject. I told the parents that without an operation, their baby would die. They told me not to operate and sadly, I understood the reason why. They wanted him to die because of his Down Syndrome and some others and I protested. The parents were taken to court but the judge agreed with what the parents requested. Even though that damn judge upheld the parents decision, I operated anyway. I saved that baby/'/s life but my superiors were outraged and decided to make me pay. I was fired but because of public outcry, they said that I would be reinstated. I told them to go jump off a cliff, I wouldn/'/t work for a hospital that I hated. I was fired because of my moral scruples but I had the last laugh. Now I work at a better hospital and I/'/ve become the Chief of Staff. [comments] => 0 [counter] => 68 [topic] => 65 [informant] => randyjohnson [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => toughstuff )
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