Birth Defects
A hard drinking woman becomes pregnant, and does not stop her dissolute
ways despite numerous warnings. She ends up having a very difficult
delivery, requiring major sedation. After she recovers, her
obstetrician comes to talk to her, with bad news.
"I'm afraid there have been some compliations with your baby"
"Oh no, what happended" replies the woman.
The doctor motions for her to follow, so being a tough cookie she gets
out of her bed and follows him into a room full of children who are
lacking one of their arms.
"Is that all?" she asks
"No, it's worse than that" replies the doctor as he opens the back door.
In the next room are several quadrapelgic children. The woman says "is
this the problem, I can deal with that!".
"No, it's even worse" says the doctor as he goes down a flight of steps.
At the bottom of the stairs, on a sterile table, lies a head with
numerous tubes attached. "Is that it,",ask the women, " I've seen
worse..".
"No, that's not all" responds the doctor as he unlocks a steel door.
In this next room is an eyeball sitting in a Petri dish. The woman again
reponds "is that my baby?".
To which the doctor answers "Yes, but the bad news is that he's blind.."
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