'Extreme Makeover' show got played!

'Extreme Makeover' family's health claims disputed

The ABC TV show Extreme Makeover tore down a family's mold-filled house in Las Vegas and built a new one so their two ill daughters would have a healthier place to live.

But doctors in Oregon told state child welfare authorities that the girls are not as sick as their mother claims and that Terri Cerda impulsively sought treatment for immune-deficiency problems the girls didn't have.

The Oregonian says the family moved to Oregon in 2009. The newspaper reports that the state took temporary custody of Molly, 10 and Maggie, 8, in February but returned them in March, when the family returned to Nevada.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/05/20/national/a114246D70.DTL#ixzz1MvAurEGF

Stay tuned afterward for Extreme Hypochondria!

These programs brought to you by Kaiser, Humana, and Blue Cross. Because they can, dammit.

People can die from mold in their lungs.

Allergies are serious stuff. Some people don't take them seriously, even though they can kill.

So they pop little allergy pills now too. Pfizer to the rescue. ;)

the underlying theme of which is "ordinary citizens are cheating the system".