Also known as: Leukemia coming back
Jasper, a young boy previously in remission from leukemia, presents with fever, cough, and bruising. Lab work reveals relapsed leukemia with white blood count over 100,000 and liver involvement. His rare phenotype is treatment-resistant, and he ultimately dies from an intracerebral hemorrhage due to coagulopathy.
Also known as: Brain bleed
Jasper develops a catastrophic brain hemorrhage due to his inability to clot from leukemia. He becomes unresponsive with fixed and dilated pupils, herniating, and dies despite maximal medical intervention.
Also known as: Absence seizure
Henry has a history of absence seizures since infancy that are usually controlled by medication. His fall down the stairs may have been related to a seizure, suggesting he needs a medication adjustment as he grows.
Also known as: Broken wrist
Henry presents with a wrist injury after falling down the stairs. The fracture is evaluated and treated, serving as the initial reason for the family's visit to the hospital.
Also known as: Heart valve damage
Bradley, a former surgical resident who left medicine, returns to Chastain as a VIP patient requiring heart valve replacement surgery. His case becomes central to the conflict over device manufacturers.
Penny has a spinal tumor (initially described as persimmon-sized, shrunk to apricot-sized) scheduled for resection. She develops acute cauda equina syndrome with loss of sensation below the waist and incontinence, requiring emergency surgery.
Also known as: Severe spinal nerve compression
Penny develops acute cauda equina syndrome when her spinal tumor compresses the nerves of her spinal cord, causing incontinence and loss of sensation below the waist. Emergency surgery is required to prevent permanent paralysis.
Dr. Austin presents with sudden severe wrist pain, which he dramatically describes as 'a bomb exploding in my body.' Diagnosis reveals a previously unknown benign cyst beneath the ulna that ruptured and caused a non-displaced fracture.
Also known as: Broken collarbone
A patient undergoing clavicle surgery experiences significant intraoperative bleeding when reducing the fracture dislodges a clot. Dr. Voss successfully controls the hemorrhage and completes the repair.