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- Jun 13, 2016
I'm pretty sure this trip to the hospital has proven to me that with any form of modern medicine the potatoes could have at least had some semblance of some quality of life. Within an instant Lola was better when receiving proper treatment. I was already mad at Gwen for her Woo shit but this pretty much just solidifies it. In my opinion, if she's going to act like the potatoes as if they are alive, she's going to have to treat them like it. Give them medications, we know Gwen doesn't actually believe in homeopathy or naturopathy or she would go to one of those con men when Lola is sick, not straight to the hospital. Does Cal have to use any of these therapies when he's sick? As far as I know he's been using modern medicine while his sisters are given raw goat's m.ilk, essential oils, and CBD to cure all their ailments which is just disgusting on so many levels. No the sisters aren't alive like us but we'd still look down on someone for torturing a butterfly or a spider
Gwen just doesn’t like to face the actual medical reality of the spuds when they are in a clinical environment. She sent angry letters at a doctor for 16 years for simply being honest about Claire’s prognosis. Hospitals don’t refer to “super powers” or “sassy teenagers” - they note the spuds have never progressed past the newborn level an it pisses Gwen off. She wants nothing to do with negative nancys that don’t offer inspiring cliches and tell her what inspirational miracles Claire and Lola are.
This is the main reason she’s into woo and avoids real medical science. I’m sure Cal got standard medical care no problem. Scott’s father is a medical doctor ffs, but I’m sure he was like “whatever Gwen wants is fine” when it came to the spuds.