Also known as: Rape
Addison treats a young woman who sustained blunt trauma and kidney injury from sexual assault. The patient refuses a rape kit and struggles with the trauma, while Addison shares her own experience as a survivor to help the patient understand she can heal.
Also known as: Juvenile Krabbe's disease
An 8-year-old girl with juvenile Krabbe disease who has lost most hearing and vision and is slowly losing motor control. The team attempts a stem cell transfusion to slow progression, but she has a severe allergic reaction causing oxygen deprivation and additional brain damage, leaving her in a permanent vegetative state. Her father asks the doctors to help end her suffering, which they refuse.
Also known as: Head laceration
Amelia operates on a motorcyclist who wasn't wearing a helmet and took a turn for worse, requiring tricky surgery. This case is mentioned as context for Amelia's stress and her drinking relapse.
Also known as: Alcoholism
Amelia relapses and drinks before performing surgery on a motorcycle patient. Charlotte discovers this and revokes her surgical privileges, insisting they go to an AA meeting. This represents Amelia's ongoing struggle with sobriety.