Also known as: Kidney failure
Lawrence has end-stage renal disease and is no longer tolerating hemodialysis due to repeated graft clotting. The episode centers on finding him a kidney donor, including considering his developmentally disabled son Luke as a potential donor, before ultimately receiving a kidney from an unrelated donor.
Also known as: Polycystic kidney disease
Lawrence's kidney disease is revealed to be genetic (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease), which he inherited and which caused his current renal failure. This creates ethical concerns about testing his son Luke as a potential donor.
Also known as: Early-onset Alzheimer's
Anel, a 45-year-old Haitian man, presents with falls, confusion, and dizziness. CT shows hippocampal atrophy consistent with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. A major ethical dilemma arises when his son Emmanuel decides not to tell him the diagnosis to preserve his happiness.
Also known as: Wrist fracture
Anel sustained a distal radius fracture when he fell down the stairs due to visual-spatial problems related to his Alzheimer's disease.
Also known as: Major injuries from car accident
Keith sustained severe multiple trauma including femur fracture and internal bleeding after a rock came through his windshield causing a high-speed motor vehicle crash. He required emergency surgery with splenectomy and bowel resection, but suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke intraoperatively leading to brain death. His organs were then donated.
Also known as: Bleeding in the brain
Keith suffered a massive and catastrophic hemorrhagic stroke during surgery for his traumatic injuries, resulting in brain death and leading to organ donation.
Also known as: Severe dehydration
Claudia, a 13-year-old, presents with syncope and head injury after becoming dehydrated from using her mother's diuretic prescription as diet pills to lose weight.
Also known as: Head laceration
Claudia sustained a superficial closed head injury when she fell after becoming dizzy from dehydration caused by diuretic abuse.