Dr. Romano tells Jing-Mei and Kerry that he is working with in the ER today with the little people.  Two men come in from an automobile accident.  They end up in a fist fight and Malucci, Jing-Mei, some paramedics and some others have to get them to an exam room.  They continue arguing and Terry grabs a pen out of Romano's pocket and stabs Randall through the cheek with it.  Now Romano knows how it is with the little people.  A young woman named Angie, with Sanfilippo's syndrome, is brought in by her foster mother, Mrs. Dwyer.  Angie is not expected to live long.  Kerry takes care of her.  Kerry thinks she may have pneumonia and an infection.  Mrs. Dwyer goes to get some of Angie's things.  Mark goes with his father to his doctor's appointment.  Mark is treating him like a child.  David tells Mark that he wants his own place.  Mark does not like the idea.  Eddie Bernero, the boy with type II diabetes ("The Peace Of Wild Things"), is brought back to the ER by the paramedics.  Cleo thinks that he may have meningitis or encephalitis.  She has them pull his old records to see if there has been a problem before.  Cleo thinks that he may be diabetic.  When she gets his chart she sees that he was in for gastroenteritis.  The boy goes into a hyperosmolar coma.  She sees that a urine dip or blood glucose was not ordered when he was there earlier and she sees that Carter had taken care of him.  She then remembers the case.  His father did not have any insurance and Carter doctored the charts until his insurance was available on his new job.  She calls for Carter.  Carter does not recognize him and Cleo refreshes his memory.  She knows that he must have fixed his chart.  Carter denies it.  She tells him that she will not cover for him if questions are asked.  Mrs. Dwyer returns to find Kerry and Carol trying to give her an IV.  They are having a hard time so Kerry suggests a central line, but she finds out that  Mrs. Dwyer is not her legal guardian.  They could not afford the medical bills, so she belongs to the Department of Children and Family Services (D.C.F.S.).  Cleo gets Peter to come down for a surgical consult on her patient, Mr. Grunwald.  He has been taking codeine for back pain and now has abdominal pain. Cleo thinks that he may have a bowel obstruction.. Peter checks him out and does not think it is surgical, so he has Cleo to tell him to take a lesser dose of codeine and he writes him a prescription for bisacodyl.  This will help him with his constipation caused from the codeine.  Cleo gets distracted by another patient and she forgets about Mr. Grunwald  He comes to look for her and she gives him his prescription without looking to make sure it is correct.  Luka examines potential patients for a kidney transplant for Corday.  He has a hard time finding the right patient who is qualified for the transplant.  Kerry has Adele to find out about consent for the central line, but they say that Angie is a lost cause and does not need it.  Kerry gets Mark to sign an emergency consent order that would allow them to do it, but Mark does it hesitantly.  Deb takes care of  Terry Waters and asks his daughter, Jo, if he is always the irritable.  She tells her that she has never seen him like this.  Deb orders some tests.  Lily finds Cleo and she tells her that Mr. Grunwald has been brought back after collapsing at home.  Dr. Carter and Romano are working on him.  There are problems with his heart.  They ask to se his medicine and it is bisoprolol and not bisacodyl as she had prescribed.   This is causing his problems.  She tells him that Peter had written the prescription for her.  Peter's writing was hard to read, so the pharmacy made a mistake.  Romano gets Peter and Cleo together for a chewing out.  Romano tells Cleo that she should have read the label before giving it to them.  Romano tells them that they can not write any more prescriptions until further notice.  Peter then chews Cleo out.  Carter goes to visit Eddie in the ICU and he speaks with Mr. Bernero.  He does not want to take responsibility for his son's condition, so he blames it all on Carter.  Carter tells him that he is the parent and he should look after his child.  Luka finds out that his next candidate for the transplant is pregnant.  She has been trying to conceive for two years and wants to keep the baby instead of getting the kidney after learning that the drugs may harm the baby.  Elizabeth asks Mark about his father and he tells her to mind her own business.  Kerry finds Romano in the room with Angie looking at her chart. He refers to her as a pet and tells Kerry no central line!  Mark and Jing-Mei tell Terry that he may have an inherited disease called Huntington's chorea.  It is a neurological disorder and he cam pass it on to his kids just as his father had passed it on to him.  He had told Jing-Mei that his father had committed suicide.  She tells him that he should tell Jo, his daughter.  He does not want her to know.  Carter tells Mark that he is living with his grandparents.  Mark asks Carter if there is anything he wants to tell him about the Bernero boy.  Carter tells him that he must have made a mistake.  A man named Steve comes in after being paged.  He had just gotten home from a movie and he turned his transplant pager on and it went off.  They do his lab work and he tested positive for cocaine.  Luka confronts him and is angry.  He tells him that he will not get the kidney.  Carol catches Kerry doing the central line on Angie.  She asks Carol to leave so that she can do it alone and be held responsible for it alone.  Jing-Mei releases Terry to go home.  He has not told Jo or her fiancée about his illness.  Elizabeth is upset with Luka when she finds out about Steve.  She does not want the kidney to go to waste.  If another patient can not be found, them he will get the kidney.  Romano comes back to check on Angie (really checking on Kerry).   Mrs. Dwyer thanks him for letting Kerry do the procedure.  He acts nice towards her and then he leaves the room looking for Kerry.  He finds her and he tells her to sign off all cases and go home.  She has been suspended until further notice.  Peter goes to see Cleo at her house.  She is working out and he apologizes for the chewing out he gave her earlier.  She tells him that it was a lame apology and she walks to go to take a shower.  She then asks him to join her, but they only make it to the stairs.  Luka goes to Carol's and they are grilling out.  They chat a while and then it snows.  It is April and Carol is surprised by the snow.  Mark goes home and tells his dad that there isn't any room left at the hospice, that there is a waiting list.  It looks as if he will have to stay with Mark.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 10-10-2000