Also known as: Kidney failure
Rashida is a 34-year-old diabetic patient with chronic kidney disease who needs dialysis access but has experienced multiple clotting complications. The episode focuses on Winston fighting to get her on the transplant list by challenging the racially biased eGFR formula that disqualified her.
Also known as: Diabetes
Rashida's diabetes is the underlying cause of her chronic kidney disease. Family history includes mother and brother who both died from diabetic kidney failure.
Also known as: Blood clotting disorder
Rashida has a clotting disorder that prevents successful dialysis access creation, leading to multiple failed grafts and fistulas.
Also known as: Scarring of the lungs
Noah is a 35-year-old military veteran with severe pulmonary fibrosis from burn pit exposure during multiple tours in Iraq. He has terminal lung disease and refuses treatment to spend remaining time with his son.
Also known as: Car accident injuries
Noah and his 7-year-old son Danny are brought in after their car hit a tree. Danny has a facial laceration but is otherwise stable. Noah's respiratory distress from underlying pulmonary fibrosis is revealed during trauma workup.
Also known as: Blocked intestine
Robin, a 23-year-old patient, has intestinal obstruction from a lodged crystal (yoni egg) that she accidentally swallowed during a social media ritual. Schmitt performs exploratory laparotomy for foreign body extraction.
Also known as: Parkinson's
Dr. David Hamilton is a prominent surgeon with Parkinson's disease who is funding a research project and offering Meredith and Amelia millions to develop experimental stem cell therapy to cure his condition.
Also known as: SVC syndrome
Rashida develops superior vena cava syndrome as a complication from her dialysis catheter, which completely blocks the SVC requiring immediate catheter removal.