Also known as: Sickle cell trait
A 21-year-old male lost in the wilderness for 72 hours develops a sickle cell crisis triggered by severe dehydration and altitude, causing life-threatening anemia and splenic injury requiring emergency splenectomy in a hyperbaric chamber.
Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Fritz has a grade II splenic laceration from his fall in the wilderness that worsens and requires emergency splenectomy while inside a hyperbaric chamber due to his critical anemia.
Fritz suffers severe dehydration after being lost in the wilderness for 72 hours, which triggers his sickle cell crisis.
Also known as: Blocked intestine
Mr. Harper, a furry convention attendee, develops an emergent bowel obstruction requiring surgical intervention with bowel resection.
Also known as: Gonorrhea with joint infection
Vivian presents with knee pain and swelling which is diagnosed as septic arthritis caused by disseminated gonorrhea, requiring antibiotics and surgical washout.
Also known as: Kidney failure
Jessie continues on dialysis while awaiting a kidney transplant. Nic is disqualified as a donor due to an arterial anomaly, and their father Kyle is revealed to be a match but refuses to follow through with donation.
Also known as: Adrenal tumor
Brett is recovering from recent surgery for a pheochromocytoma and aneurysm, and is being discharged the next day.
Brett underwent surgery for an aneurysm along with his pheochromocytoma and is recovering well.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Jessie struggles with ongoing cravings and withdrawal symptoms while on dialysis, expressing fear that she cannot stay clean. This is a central reason her father refuses to donate his kidney.