Also known as: Cancer of the lymphatic system
Brady is a 12-year-old boy with lymphoma who has undergone extensive chemotherapy. His cancer has metastasized throughout his body with a tumor encasing his aorta discovered during surgery. He is denied his dying wish to travel to India and star in a Bollywood musical due to being immunocompromised, so the hospital brings a Bollywood production to him instead.
Also known as: Broken rib
A male patient in his 30s sustained multiple fractured ribs after being trampled when a sex worker rights march was disrupted by protesters.
Also known as: Head laceration
A patient (uses they/them pronouns) was hit in the head by a glass bottle during the protest disruption and required a CT scan.
Also known as: Acid burn
Keith James, a 43-year-old man, and Doug sustained chemical burns from pepper spray during the protest. Doug is asthmatic, complicating his respiratory status.
Also known as: Broken wrist
A 34-year-old female sex worker sustained a fractured wrist and extensive lacerations from glass shards during the protest violence. She becomes the subject of a consent violation when Dr. Huxley runs an HIV test without her permission.
Also known as: Asperger's syndrome
Alex is an adult man diagnosed with autism at age seven who has been regressing since his longtime therapist Dr. Lloyd died. He has difficulty self-regulating and has become physically aggressive with his mother. Dr. Frome takes on his case and recommends replacing his entire treatment team to help him transition to adult-focused care.