Kounodori Season 2 Episode 1

Life when baby comes home from hospital

Season two shifts our view a bit. Dr Konotori is on a remote island helping his mentor for his ‘holiday’. Baby has a new wig. And we now see how the new parents deal with baby at home. There is a new resident in NICU and we are introduced to a deaf couple having a baby. Nobody could really sign so here new resident helps a lot shuffling cards for her to read. They seemed a bit fearful their child could hear. The grandparents are not enthused with them having children when neither can hear. It was nice to see the effort the staff went to to try to make them as comfortable as possible. A career oriented couple wants their baby to fit into their busy schedules. She wants to have it all mapped out. Their plan is shot to hell when they learn their child has a hole in her heart. It is fixable, but has to wait til she’s older. The baby cries a lot and the mom is freaking because she is doing an internet deep dive into her daughter’s condition. The dad says he will be supportive, but so far, it hasn’t fit into his work schedule. The mom has added guilt because her pet project at work has been handed to a colleague to handle and neither is happy with that situation. On the island, Dr Konotori got to see first hand how to make do with limited medical facilities. His mentor wants to inspire him to help at their clinic. Dr Shinomiya is as charming and smiling as ever.😝 He has already told ‘jr’ resident to stay out of his way. Dr Konotori is back, but it seems his thoughts have not completely left the island. They had a 2 yr checkup with Naoto, the trisomy 16 baby. And after seeing struggles of career moms, Dr Shamayo wonders if she can be both mom and doctor. She is most happy to be out of resident status and officially a doctor. Music is more orchestral than piano but still very enjoyable.

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