Also known as: Broken collarbone
A 16-year-old beauty pageant contestant sustains a clavicle fracture when the Miss Teen Liberty pageant stage collapses. She is treated and discharged.
Also known as: Head laceration
A 17-year-old pageant contestant suffers head trauma from falling scaffolding during the stage collapse. Initial concern for head injury, but CT scan reveals she has a more serious underlying condition.
Also known as: Open bone fracture
A pageant contestant sustains a compound fracture of the right tibia requiring open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) surgery.
Also known as: Blood around the heart
The pageant emcee suffers a penetrating rib injury that ruptures her heart. Surgery reveals her heart walls are too thin from years of hypertension to repair, requiring a heart transplant. She is denied transplant listing due to age and dies.
Also known as: Being high on marijuana
A teenager overdoses on high-potency THC tinctures supplied by her mother, leading to psychosis. She jumps into traffic while psychotic, sustaining severe injuries requiring surgery.
Also known as: Hodgkin's disease
A 17-year-old pageant contestant's excessive bleeding and low platelet count initially suspected to be from anorexia is discovered to be early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma with enlarged lymph nodes found during surgery.
Also known as: Manic depression
A patient previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder appears in court for psychiatric evaluation. He has improved but is still not fully stabilized and is released into Iggy's care rather than remaining hospitalized.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Dr. Bloom attends an addiction support group meeting, reflecting on her recovery and the recent relapse trigger of living with her addicted sister. She discusses being sober for three years and seven months.
Also known as: TLE
A janitor who believes he is psychic and can speak to deceased relatives is diagnosed by Dr. Frome with suspected temporal lobe epilepsy causing his visions and sensory experiences. Initial scans are clean, requiring further testing.