Also known as: Parasitic worm infection
Congresswoman Randall presents with fever, cough, diarrhea, dehydration, and progressive lower extremity paralysis. Initially misdiagnosed as histoplasmosis, she is ultimately found to have schistosomiasis (a parasitic worm infection) contracted in the Caribbean, causing spinal lesions (L3-L4) and requiring spinal decompression surgery.
Also known as: Blood clots in lung arteries
Ben Mullins returns with chronic blood clots in his pulmonary arteries, likely resulting from COVID-19 infection and prior spine surgery. He develops dyspnea, right heart strain, and undergoes pulmonary thrombectomy on cardiopulmonary bypass. During surgery, he suffers an acute stroke with intracranial hemorrhage requiring emergency craniotomy.
Also known as: Brain attack
During pulmonary thrombectomy, Ben Mullins suffers an acute stroke in the nondominant frontal lobe, which hemorrhages and causes brain herniation. Dr. Cain performs an emergency craniotomy with needle aspiration across brain hemispheres to evacuate the blood and relieve pressure.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
Nic reveals to Conrad at the end of the episode that she is pregnant, an unplanned pregnancy that marks a major development in their relationship as newlyweds.