Maggie Wyczenski

Maggie Wyczenski is a minor recurring fictional character played by Sally Field on the NBC medical drama ER created by Michael Crichton. Maggie, who suffers from bipolar disorder, is the mother of Dr. Abby Lockhart. Maggie's uncontrolled mental illness had a negative impact on her ability to parent Abby and her younger brother, Eric, who is also bipolar. Abby did much of the parenting of her brother and has also taken care of Maggie herself. Abby had an abortion while married with Richard because she feared that the baby would inherit Maggie's disease. When Abby became pregnant after an encounter with Dr. Luka Kovac, she considered abortion again. Maggie made her first appearance during the sixth episode of season 7. She is first found...