Ever since Ma and Jack escaped Room, I feel like the Doctors could have handled Ma's situation better. They should have tried to help Ma adjust to the real world more instead of reminding her of all the problems she needs to face. They shouldn't have allowed Ma to be on the interview for the sake of her health. Though it was ultimately her decision, it should have been clear to the doctor's to persuade her against it or at least delay it until Ma was in a more stable condition. Ma could barley talk about her situation to nurses without getting defensive, let alone tell the world and expect them not to judge her. They also should have found out Ma's history with medications in room and have known better than to leave a bottle of pain killers next to her bed since clearly still suffered from serve depression.
I think it also should have been in Ma's best interest to have consulted a doctor before going back to Room with Jack. The items the police brought back from Room for Jack were like ghosts to Ma, so imagine how much it would affect her to go back to Room itself. Though I do agree seeing Jack say goodbye to Room helped Ma find closure, what if Jack decided he didn't want to leave Room? It was his home for his entire life and is possible this could have happened. This would have caused Ma even more psychological damage and would only add to her list of problems. Despite what could have happened, I do think it was extremley brave of Ma to go make herself go back to the place she hated the most and attempt to find peace with it so she could move on to the next chapter in her life. If I was in Ma's position, I don't think I could handle being reminded of the memories.
I suppose you could criticize the doctors on how they handled Jack and Ma's situation, but keep in mind that they haven't dealt situation exactly like this. Every situation like this is different and people adjust in different ways. Also, with Ma's history of pain killers, I don't know how they would access her history, for she only started taking medicine while in Room. I'm not for sure, but I didn't think Ma had a history of overdosing before Room either for the doctors to access. But I could be wrong, and if she did and the doctors had some kind of record, I do agree with you in that it was irresponsible of them to leave the medicine with her.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really unique situation, so I'm not completely sure how much the doctors could have helped. Also, I could be wrong, but I think Ma requested that she and Jack not be swarmed by tons of people. I agree with Maddie that it would be hard to access Ma's history with pain killers, and asking her about it would probably make her angry. Ma also probably never tried to overdose in Room because there would be nobody to save her, and then there would be nobody to be there for Jack other than Old Nick, which would arguably be infinitely worse than having nobody. I think the important part about Jack seeing Room was that there was probably no danger of Jack wanting to stay. We've already seen how he's been able to change and how most of his things in Room are still with him (like that really nasty rug...). Still, if Jack had wanted to stay in Room, I don't think Ma wouldn't be able to stop him from doing so.
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