Also known as: Tear in the aorta
Young woman with Type A aortic dissection requiring valve-sparing root replacement, complicated by multi-trauma from car accident making her too unstable to travel. Drs. Rhodes and Latham travel to perform the rare procedure.
Also known as: End-stage lymphoma
Eight-year-old boy with advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who has been off chemotherapy for three months at his own request. He presents with seizures and fever from sepsis. His tumors unexpectedly begin shrinking after being off chemo, suggesting his immune system is fighting the cancer.
Also known as: Blood infection
Gabe develops sepsis with fever of 104 and respiratory distress, requiring antibiotics. This complicates his cancer case and nearly leads to intubation.
Also known as: Heart attack
Elderly woman presents with elevated troponin after a fall, indicating small heart attack. She has a second, larger MI in the ED with ST elevations requiring urgent catheterization and stenting, which she initially refuses.
Also known as: Diabetes
Ms. Holloway has poorly controlled diabetes with blood glucose of 458, contributing to her coronary artery disease. Her self-neglect is later attributed to toxoplasmosis affecting her decision-making.
Also known as: Parasite from cat feces
Ms. Holloway is diagnosed with toxoplasmosis from her 12 cats. The brain parasite creates a compulsion to care for cats and makes women less concerned with their own welfare, explaining her self-neglect and social isolation.
Also known as: Multiple personality disorder
Young woman who believes she has a 'tulpa' named Becca living inside her body. She was involved in a car accident that may have been a suicide attempt when her alter ego was driving. The case explores whether this is DID, another psychiatric disorder, or a unique coping mechanism.
Also known as: Panic attacks
Grace experiences a panic attack in the ED with tachycardia and hyperventilation. Her alter ego 'Becca' talks her through it, demonstrating the complex nature of her condition.