Also known as: COVID
Meredith Grey has been hospitalized with severe COVID-19 and is finally being discharged after passing pulmonary function tests showing 50% greater lung capacity than expected and oxygen saturation in the high 90s. Her recovery and discharge home is the central celebratory arc of the episode.
Also known as: Stroke
William Lawrence, a 68-year-old tribal elder and language keeper who previously recovered from COVID-19, presents with aphasia and right-sided paralysis due to an ischemic stroke caused by a large clot in his internal carotid artery. Koracick performs endovascular thrombectomy with stent placement to restore blood flow.
Also known as: Childbirth
Mary Ann, William Lawrence's granddaughter who is 5 days from her due date, goes into spontaneous labor while at the hospital for her grandfather's stroke. She delivers a healthy baby girl named Rosie at 8 centimeters dilation with Dr. Carina DeLuca and Dr. Jo Wilson attending.