Also known as: Brittle bone disease type II
April and Jackson's unborn baby is diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta type II, a lethal form of brittle bone disease causing bones to break in utero. The episode centers on their devastating decision to induce labor and spend what little time they can with their son before he dies.
Drew has a butterfly glioma in his corpus callosum causing cortical blindness. Shepherd performs a surgical resection using CO2 laser ablation, successfully removing 98% of the tumor and unexpectedly restoring Drew's vision, which Shepherd uses as practice for Dr. Herman's upcoming surgery.
Also known as: Self-inflicted gunshot wound to neck
Brenda is accidentally shot in the neck by her husband with a shotgun. A pellet migrates into her heart causing life-threatening arrhythmias and cardiac arrest, requiring emergency cardiac surgery while she is unknowingly in labor.
Also known as: Dislocated shoulder
Brenda sustains a shoulder dislocation with fractured acromion from a mechanical fall after being shot, requiring reduction under anesthesia.
Also known as: Unknown pregnancy
Brenda is discovered to be at full term pregnancy when she goes into labor during trauma treatment, having been completely unaware she was pregnant despite a history of infertility. She delivers a healthy baby girl during the emergency.
Also known as: V-tach
Brenda develops multifocal PVCs progressing to runs of ventricular tachycardia caused by a shotgun pellet that migrated into her right ventricle, causing life-threatening arrhythmias.