Skip to main content
Search the Degrassi Vault:
Table of Contents
< All Topics
Print

Cookie Goes to Hospital

Posted
Archived byDegrassi Vault

Episode Details

View Screen Captures for “Cookie Goes to Hospital” »

Synopsis

Cookie goes to the hospital for an appendectomy but is distressed because she left her doll behind. Ida and Noel must figure out a way to get the doll to her despite strict hospital rules barring visitors under twelve.

Plot

Ida, Noel, and Cookie decide to form a secret club called “I.N.C.” (standing for Ida, Noel, and Cookie). As president, Ida establishes strict rules, including one that bans dolls. This upsets Cookie, who is feeling unwell and wants her doll for comfort. Cookie eventually goes home sick, leaving her doll behind in the clubhouse.

Later, Ida learns that Cookie has been rushed to the hospital for an appendectomy. Cookie is terrified and refuses to settle down without her doll. Ida and Noel rush to the hospital to deliver it, but they are stopped by a stern desk nurse who enforces the rule that no visitors under 12 are allowed.

Determined to help their friend, Ida and Noel try various schemes to sneak in, including using a laundry cart and Ida wearing a comical disguise (complete with Groucho Marx glasses). While their attempts are clumsy, they eventually catch the attention of the sympathetic Nurse Tricia. In the end, Tricia bends the rules to get the doll to Cookie just before surgery. Touched by the ordeal, Ida amends the club rules to allow Cookie’s doll as an honorary member.

Cast

Main Cast:

Supporting Cast:

Crew

Trivia

  • This episode marks the first appearance of Noel Canard.
  • This is the first episode to feature the Degrassi Grocery.
  • Cookie’s full name is revealed to be Catherine Peters.
  • Dawn Harrison’s real-life father, Ralph Harrison, plays her on-screen father in this episode.
  • Series co-creator Linda Schuyler makes a cameo appearance as a nurse wheeling a patient outside.
  • Nancy Lam, who plays the patient Sara in this episode, goes on to play the recurring character Irene in the next episode.
  • The hospital scenes were filmed on location at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto.

Transcript

Noel: We’ll explain to her that it’s our rule and that she’ll have to obey.
Ida: That might not be so easy. You know Cookie and that doll.
Noel: Don’t worry. You qualify to join. I’ll tell them you do, because you’re my friend.
Cookie: My stomach hurts. I wish they’d get here. I don’t feel so good.
Noel: I don’t think Cookie really understands the rules. That’s just the way it is. She’s not going to like it, Ida.
Ida: That’s tough. I’m the president and those are the rules. Oh, Cookie, I pledge to always serve, protect and defend and to always stand on guard for you.

Ida/Noel/Cookie: (Reciting oath) And I do too, oh Ida.

Cookie: What about… You know the rules.
Noel: You have to live between 94 and 100 Degrassi. And your name has to start with an I, C or an N.
Cookie: But she lives with me and I live at 100. But does her name start with an I, C or an N? No, but…
Ida: You can’t change the rules. I’m the president and I say no dolls.
Noel: We need a name for our club. How about the Degrassi Street Club?
Ida: That’s ridiculous.
Noel: How about the I.N.C.? How about the N, I, C?
Ida: I.N.C. sounds better.

Ida: Are you mad?
Cookie: No, I’m not mad. I don’t feel good. I want to go home.
Noel: Are you sure you’re not mad?
Ida: She’s mad. Maybe we should let her doll in. We could be giving her a complex.
Noel: She’s too young to get a complex. Besides… I don’t want to stand on guard for some stupid doll. Rules are rules and that’s fine with me.

(Later, at Ida’s House)
Ida: She didn’t look very happy.
Mom: I know. I’m sorry, Doctor. Things just don’t look good.
Fred: You mean you’ve seen the results of the young Wilson boys’ test? Yeah. It looks bad.
Mom: I think it should come out. What do you think?
Ida: I think we should turn the channel. I need more proof.
Fred: Shut up, will you? I’m trying to watch.
Mom: Everything is going to be just fine. Doctor, it’s time we talked.
Ida: I hate doctor shows. I want to watch something else.
Fred: That’s tough. I was here first.
Mom: Hello? Hi. If you don’t like the leave, just quit squawking, okay? So you’ll know tomorrow the results of the tests.
Ida: Hospitals give me the creeps. They smell.
Fred: How do you know? You were never in one.
Ida: I was, too, when I was born.
Fred: You’re crazy.
Mom: (On phone) Sure, I’ll tell her. She probably knows what she means. I hope she’s better soon. No problem. Bye-bye.

Mom: Ida, that was Cookie’s mom. Cookie’s sick. She says you know something about her doll in a secret place.
Ida: Yeah? What about it?
Mom: Well, would you find the doll, please, and either give it to Mrs. Peters or take it to the hospital?
Ida: Hospital?
Mom: The doctors think it’s her appendix. They may have to operate.
Ida: Operate?
Mom: I think it would be a good idea if you took her the doll.

(At the Hospital)
Cookie: Hi, Daddy. Is that your dad? He seems nice.
Sara: He is. He brought me my nightie.
Nurse Tricia: My name’s Tricia, and yours is Catherine, right? Do they call you Cathy?
Cookie: They call me Cookie.
Nurse Tricia: Cookie? That’s funny. Why do they call you that? I bet it’s because you’re so sweet. Did you meet Sarah? Sarah had her tonsils out yesterday, didn’t you? She’s going home today, aren’t you? Well, so did Dr. Marshall talk to you? He says I have to have my appendix out because they’re sick.
Cookie: That’s right. Do you know where your appendix is? In my stomach?
Nurse Tricia: Well, close. Your appendix is right about there. See? That’s where it hurts.
Cookie: I know it hurts, but we’re going to help that hurt. Can I have my doll? I think I need my dolly.
Nurse Tricia: Sure. We’d like you to bring your special doll when you come to visit us here so we can show you what’s going to happen. We can take her temperature and blood pressure, just like I did for you.
Cookie: Would you like that? But does my doll have to have an operation?
Nurse Tricia: Well, she’ll have a pretend operation. You’ll have the real one. You can help your doll by asking questions. Right, Sarah?
Cookie: But I left her someplace. It’s a secret place. Do your parents know where she is? No. Ida does.
Nurse Tricia: Is Ida your sister?
Cookie: No, she’s my president.
Nurse Tricia: Oh.

PA System: Patient Peters, Catherine. Scheduled for appendectomy, 12.30 this afternoon. Dr. Marshall.

(At the Desk)
Desk Clerk: Excuse me. What do you want?
Ida: Cookie. I’m sorry. If you want a cookie, you have to go to the cafeteria on the first floor. You take that elevator…
Ida: I need to see her. She’s my friend. It’s important.
Desk Clerk: How old are you?
Ida: Nine and three quarters.
Desk Clerk: And how old are you?
Noel: Ten.
Desk Clerk: Well, I’m sorry. Visiting on this ward is restricted to people 12 years and over. If you wish to speak to your little friend, you’ll have to do so by telephone.
Ida: But…
Desk Clerk: No buts. Look, rules are rules. I don’t make them up, so don’t blame me.

Noel: Looks like we have to go home.
Ida: Are you going to give up now? But you heard what she said about the rules.
Noel: We have an oath. It’s our duty. You’re not going to go back on your oath, are you?
Ida: No, but I don’t want to get in trouble.
Noel: Some friend you are. Besides, if they knew how important this doll is to Cookie, they wouldn’t worry about rules. But rules are rules.
Ida: What are they going to do then? Walk past, pretending we’ve grown? No, but- So what then?
Noel: Well, I’ll stay here, and you try to get past that lady when she’s not looking.
Ida: Why me? You’re the president. That’s why I should stay here. Presidents are supposed to lead. Okay, but how do I get past her?
Noel: I have a plan.

(In Cookie’s Room)
Cookie: That’s not my doll. I know this isn’t your doll. This is Nancy. She wants to show you all about the hospital.
Nurse Tricia: Oh? Wouldn’t you like Nancy to show you about the hospital?
Cookie: I want my doll. Ida will bring her. She said she would.
Nurse Tricia: Okay. Well, if your doll’s coming, I’m sure Nancy will understand. She can wait here until then, okay?

(Hallway Shenanigans)
Noel: Ida, go. See you later.
Doctor: Does he call everybody Tiger?
Desk Clerk: You again. How many times do I have to tell you, no visitors under the age of 12? But you don’t understand, see?
Ida: I understand perfectly. I understand that you’re not supposed to be here, but you persist in trying my patients. But I need to see her. It’s important.
Desk Clerk: Look, rules are rules. I don’t make them up. I just enforce them. Do you want me to lose my job? No, but… If it were up to me, I would let you in. But those are the rules. There’s the phone. Excuse me. I have to get back to work. Now, goodbye.

(Pre-Op Prep)
Cookie: Is that my needle?
Nurse Tricia: Yes, I have to give you an injection before your operation. Will it hurt? Well, yes, it will hurt a little. But it’ll help take away the big hurt. It’ll make you feel sort of sleepy. You know, nobody minds if you cry when I do this, just like Nancy did, remember? I’ll try and do it the best I can. There you go. You all right?
Cookie: Yes, it didn’t hurt too bad.
Nurse Tricia: That’s good. You lie quietly now, and we’ll come and take you to the operating room in a few minutes, all right?
Cookie: But my doll’s not here. She’s got to be here.

(Back at the Desk)
Desk Clerk: Somebody’s messed up my charts. I’ve got two new patients slated for the same bed, and to top it all off, this kid keeps trying to sneak in, mumbling something about cookies.
Nurse Tricia: Cookies? Did she have a doll?
Desk Clerk: Who have a doll? The kid, the one trying to sneak in. Oh, yeah, a doll and a mustache.
Nurse Tricia: Which way did she go?
Desk Clerk: I don’t know. I just told her to go.
Nurse Tricia: Why? I’ve got to find her.

(Nurse Tricia finds Ida)
Nurse Tricia: Well, hi, princess. You ready to go for a little ride? But I can’t go yet. Oh, come on. Sure you can. Come on.
Cookie: But she isn’t here yet.
Nurse Tricia: Well, we don’t want to keep everybody waiting now. They’re all waiting downstairs for you.
Ida: Nurse, come quick! They’re still here.
Nurse Tricia: Is your name Ida?
Ida: Yeah. I brought Cookie, her doll.
Nurse Tricia: Well, you better hurry. Come on, quick.
Ida: You mean we’ve still got time? We just might make it. Hurry. Hurry up. I thought it was too late.
Cookie: Who’s she?
Ida: Ida, my president. Oh, Ida, your president. Then you must be the queen, right?
Cookie: No. She’s got my dolly. But she promised she’d come.

Ida: You make it, Ida? We brought your doll.
Cookie: That’s nice, Ida. She looks terrible. Is she gonna be all right?
Nurse Tricia: She’ll be fine. She’s falling asleep. How come she looks so white? Because she’s not feeling well. And also because of the medication that we gave her. We’ll take good care of her. I promise.
Ida: Wait a minute. How’d she recognize me? I’ve got a disguise.

(Post-Op / Ending)
Ida: What do you think? Rules of the INC Club Amendment. From now on, Cookie’s doll can be allowed to be a member of our club.
Noel: I thought you didn’t like dolls.
Ida: I don’t.
Noel: Me neither. Let’s go.

Tags:

Leave a Reply