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‘How To Live With Your Parents’: Polly’s Claustrophobia Leads To Extreme MRI Reaction (VIDEO)

By The Huffington Post News Editors

Polly’s parents got a taste of real parenthood — apparently something her mother skipped out on when raising her — on the second episode of “How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life).” After her stepfather Max convinced her ex-husband that he needed to stop helping her so much, Polly threw her back out training for a 5K.

With Julian staying away, as requested, it fell to Max and Elaine to step up and take care of both Polly and her daughter, Natalie. And they hated every minute of it. It’s hard to imagine them ever raising a child. While they embrace the more fun aspects of being grandparents, all that responsibility quickly started to overwhelm them.

Sarah Chalke got to do some physical comedy, while revealing her character’s terrible claustrophobia. A montage of her trying to avoid going into an MRI machine was one of the highlights of the episode. The strength of the cast is one of the reasons the show brought in more than 8 million viewers with its premiere last week. Another reason is that “Modern Family” lead-in.

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From: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/11/live-with-your-parents-polly-mri-video_n_3058466.html

‘Grey’s Anatomy’: Sarah Chalke Pulls From Her Personal Life For Dramatic Kawasaki Disease Story (VIDEO)

By The Huffington Post News Editors

It was like a page ripped out of her own life when Sarah Chalke guest-starred on “Grey’s Anatomy.” She portrayed Kasey, a mother desperate to find out what was wrong with her son. He had been falsley diagnose, but Kasey felt certain she knew what was wrong. She just needed a doctor to listen.

The only one willing to do so was Meredith, and it was a good thing. “Parker has Kawasaki Disease,” Meredith told Kasey. “You fought for your son. You didn’t give up. You saved his life today.” She was right.

Kawasaki disease is a rare disease that is hard to diagnose. It’s also very person for her, as she faced a similar battle when her own son was three-years old. She wanted to play this part to raise awareness of the disease. And as part of her stipulation to doing the episode, she insisted that the symptoms of the disease be mentioned and shown to help any parents watching.

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