just wondering does anyone know how/why Dr. Weaver has the crutch??

-- Jennifer (jenny@jdsinc.com), March 06, 1999

Answers

Response to Dr. Weaver

I read somewhere that although they've never discussed why she uses the crutch on the show, both the writers and Laura Innes have come up with a reason. So far, there's been no reason to offer this reason to viewers, but they aren't ruling out one day making it part of a story.

-- Lauren (lsta@u.washington.edu), March 06, 1999.

Response to Dr. Weaver

i also heard the same thing about laura innes and the writers having a reason for the crutch and limp. they said that, when the time comes, it will be incorperated into the storyline, but only at an aproprate moment in character devolopement. because there has been much character developement for dr weaver, and a trend in that direction, we can expect an explanation....at least within season 6.

-- Em (hoksheevoo@aol.com), March 09, 1999.

Response to Dr. Weaver

I heard the the truth is that there is no important reason for her crutch but rather to add to her charactor. Apparentlly they are going to give some simple reason for the crutch either this season or next one.

-- Laura Zell (stevez@alum.mit.edu), March 25, 1999.

Response to Dr. Weaver

My mom thinks that Kerry had Polio as a kid. You can get Polio from the vaccine and if you're exposed to a child that has it.] I read in an interview that she {Laura Innes} has the idea that Kerry's parents are from Africa. So maybe it's not something as mundane as a car accident. Jazz

-- Shauna Parsons (jazzofborg@excite.com), November 26, 1999.

I posted a very lenghty explanation which is litterally all we know about Kerry's crutch in another thread but here it is: (Copied and pasted from the other thread) OK, Kerry is my absolute favorite character, and I ry to know everything possible about her. The reason for her limp has NEVER been mentioned. TRUST ME!!! In the book, the Kerry-Like character was said to "Have lived on her father's game reserve in Africa where Zulu tribesman tried sorcery to heal her shrivvled leg" (Carol read this to Jerry and several nurses at the desk at the beginning of Random Acts) and later when asked by Carol what she thought of the book she said she'd gotten past the part where"The alpha-bitch attending goes to a faith healer to cure her limp." Since Kerry most definitely wrote the book (Chek the FAQ if you dont believe me)this cuold be something close. We know for sure she worked in Africa because in Season 2 (A Miracle Happens Here) an African man named Mlunguisi visited her when asked how she knew him, she replied (with a fake African accent) "I had a farm in Africa" Later, in Season 4, (Obstruction Of Justice) she told Doug after he had given what she assumed was a drug addict a high dose of pain medication "People live in pain- They suck it up and get past it." She was later seen limping painfully down the street at night. he also told Anna Del Amico (Shades Of Gray) "I did some over-seas work in Africa..." In season 6 Dave got curious and started asking everyone (except Kerry) what was wrong with her leg, and nobody knew. Eventually she foun uot what he was up to and he denied asking. She told him if he ever wanted to know, he should "just ask." He dicided it was none of his bisiness, ahe agreed and that was the end of it. That is absolutely everything we know. (Although she has been known, on occasion, to hit unruly patients with her cane) ~Teddy~ "But why does she limp" and "What was that song at the end of "Be Still My Heart" (Which, by the way, was Battleflag by the Lo Fidelity Allstars) must be the two most popular questions in ER history:)

-- Teddy (richarr@earthlink.net), June 18, 2001.

>>We know for sure she worked in Africa because in Season 2 (A Miracle Happens Here) an African man named Mlunguisi visited her when asked how she knew him, she replied (with a fake African accent) "I had a farm in Africa" <<

Uhh...the line "I had a farm in Africa" is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Isak Dinesen's book _Out of Africa_ (movie of same name w/ Meryl Streep in lead role). The book opens w/ the line, "I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills".

Not to disparage your knowledge of Kerry, her crutch, limp or anything else...Carry on.

-- Gena (wahine_95060@yahoo.com), June 20, 2001.