Also known as: Kidney failure
Dr. Archer is in end-stage renal disease and needs a kidney transplant. His son Sean offers to donate a kidney, creating family tension when it's revealed Hannah went to Sean against Archer's wishes.
Also known as: Stem cell disease
Kimberly has a rare stem cell disease diagnosed two years ago, treated with steroids. She needs a stem cell donor but is a difficult match. She presents with fever, low white blood count, and possible pneumonia.
Kira, 20 weeks pregnant, has a rare abdominal ectopic pregnancy with the fetus attached to her vena cava. She deliberately got pregnant hoping the baby would be a stem cell match for her mother. She develops internal bleeding requiring emergency surgery, resulting in loss of the fetus.
Also known as: Hearing voices
Aiden, a deaf patient since childhood meningitis, begins hearing voices that he believes are real sounds. Testing reveals no neurological changes. Dr. Charles diagnoses early schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. His sister secretly obtains antipsychotics for him without proper consent.
Also known as: Brain tumor
Vernon, a hospital board member, presents with headaches and dizziness for ten days, then has a seizure. He's diagnosed with a noncancerous acoustic neuroma compressing his brainstem. He undergoes successful surgery in OR 2.0.
Also known as: GSW
Brendan, 35, sustained multiple gunshot wounds while stopping a bank robbery. He has superficial torso wounds and a significant leg wound with arterial bleeding requiring emergent vascular surgery to repair the femoral artery.
Also known as: Shoulder strain/sprain
Aiden was struck by a motorcycle while crossing the street and injured his shoulder, which brought him to the ED where his psychiatric symptoms were discovered.
Also known as: Lung infection
Kimberly presents with low-grade fever, low white blood count, and lung infiltrates on chest X-ray suggesting possible pneumonia, started on antibiotics.