Also known as: FMF
A single father presenting with recurrent blackouts, narcolepsy with sleepwalking episodes (including unconscious drug-seeking behavior), and eventually hematidrosis (sweating blood) and kidney failure. His 12-year-old daughter Samantha develops similar symptoms. The diagnosis is ultimately revealed to be Familial Mediterranean Fever, a genetic autoinflammatory disorder common in people of Mediterranean descent, which the family had concealed by changing their Arabic surname.
Also known as: FMF
The 12-year-old daughter of the primary patient who develops similar symptoms including sleepwalking and hematidrosis, confirming the genetic nature of their shared condition. She was being evaluated as a potential kidney donor before her own symptoms manifested.
Also known as: Underdeveloped lungs
The fetus that Cuddy plans to adopt is found to have underdeveloped lungs at 38 weeks gestation, possibly related to the birth mother's history of methamphetamine use. This creates a medical and ethical dilemma about timing of delivery, balancing fetal lung development against maternal risk from placental abruption.
Also known as: Abruption
The birth mother experiences a Stage 2 placental abruption causing significant blood loss, forcing an urgent decision about whether to deliver the baby immediately (risking the underdeveloped lungs) or delay delivery to allow further lung development (risking the mother's life from continued bleeding).