Baby Girl Scott Synopsis
The 1987 movie, “Baby Girl Scott” is a movie about a couples struggles with the premature birth of the first born child. The Scott’s baby girl was born severely early on in the pregnancy at approximately six months gestation. She was born weighing a little more than 1 pound. Babies born earlier than 26 weeks gestation are more likely to have serious health problems than babies born later in the pregnancy. These babies may have trouble breathing on their own and maintaining their body heat, and they cannot eat on their own and may have to be tube feed or feed intravenously (WebMD). Some babies have trouble breathing on their own as their lungs are not fully developed. Those who need help breathing are aided by an oxygen tube or a ventilator. Babies born before 26 weeks gestation are more likely to have long term disabilities when they weigh fewer than 2.2 pounds (WebMD). Premature babies are placed in neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) of the hospital upon their birth and their heart rate has to be monitored as well as signs of infections and changes in breathing (WebMD).
Due to a third trimester bleed, baby girl Scott was delivered to Mr. and Mrs. Scott via c-section and immediately taken to another location where she was placed in NICU and place on a ventilator to help her breath. Her parents and the hospital staff are desperate for her survival so they try every method possible to keep her alive. The Scott's sign off her medical responsibilities to the doctors of the hospital, but soon face financial issues due to the highly expensive experiments that the doctors continually conducting on their daughter. Though these tests are attempts to their daughter’s life her life, they soon appear to turn their helpless daughter into a guinea pig for a variety of test. The Scott's take action, they want the right to free their daughter