Also known as: Kawasaki disease
A 2-year-old homeless child presents with persistent runny nose, fever, and rash. Diagnosed with Kawasaki syndrome causing coronary artery aneurysms. One aneurysm ruptures, requiring emergency bypass surgery performed by Sam.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
A rape victim discovers she is 8 weeks pregnant and uncertain of paternity (husband vs. rapist). She initially considers keeping the baby despite her husband's objections, but after therapy sessions exploring the trauma, schedules an abortion.
Also known as: Childbirth
A woman one week overdue with her first pregnancy repeatedly comes to the practice with false labor, anxious about delivering alone without her husband. Eventually goes into true labor when her water breaks at the end of the episode.
Also known as: PTSD
Violet continues struggling with trauma from her rape and the baby abduction, unable to bond with her son Lucas and recognizing her workplace is no longer feeling safe. This is part of her ongoing recovery arc.