Also known as: ALL
Twin 8-year-old sisters with leukemia requiring cord blood transplant from their newborn brother. There is only enough cord blood to save one twin, forcing the parents to make an impossible choice. Niki develops sepsis and becomes too unstable for transplant.
Also known as: Blood infection
Niki develops a severe infection while waiting for cord blood transplant, making her too unstable to receive the treatment and forcing the decision to give the limited cord blood to her twin sister Kelli.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
Sam and Naomi's 15-year-old daughter Maya is pregnant and wants to marry her boyfriend Dink. This drives the main emotional conflict of the episode as the parents struggle with how to handle the situation.