RORY: Where’s Grandma?
LORELAI: Kicking some patient out of the room with the good view.
RORY: Really?
LORELAI: I hope they get him unhooked fast, otherwise he’s going without the life support machine.
Emily’s behaviour at the hospital tells us where Lorelai got her unwavering belief that Gilmores deserve special treatment.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 