Also known as: PTSD
Nic continues to struggle with PTSD following her stabbing, experiencing nightmares and difficulty sleeping. She confronts her attacker when he arrives at the hospital, triggering symptoms and requiring intervention from Billie and Conrad.
Also known as: Fluid around the heart
Jay, the inmate who stabbed Nic, develops fluid accumulation around his heart following a jail riot and beating. This causes cardiac tamponade requiring emergency drainage and subsequent surgery to repair atrial tears.
Also known as: Torn heart chamber
During surgery, Jay is found to have tears in his right atrium causing continued bleeding that requires surgical repair.
Also known as: Compound leg fracture
Megan sustains an open fracture of both lower leg bones after falling down stairs at a haunted hotel on her wedding day, requiring surgical repair.
Also known as: Copper accumulation disorder
Megan is diagnosed with Wilson disease causing copper accumulation in her liver and brain, which she had misdiagnosed herself as Huntington's disease. The diagnosis is made based on Kayser-Fleischer rings and neurological symptoms including wing-beating tremor.
Also known as: Bleeding vessels in throat
Megan develops massive upper GI bleeding from esophageal varices secondary to her underlying cirrhosis from Wilson disease, requiring emergency endoscopy and banding.
Also known as: Liver scarring
Megan has cirrhosis of the liver as a result of untreated Wilson disease, leading to her variceal bleeding.
Also known as: Huntington's disease
Josko has confirmed Huntington disease inherited from his father, which motivated his quick marriage to Megan who he believed also had the disease.
Also known as: Sickle cell
Rose is a dance teacher and former dancer who has sickle cell disease and recently underwent hip replacement surgery. She serves as a motivational parallel to Barrett Cain during his physical therapy.
Also known as: Arm nerve injury
Barrett Cain continues rehabilitation from his injury sustained when hit by a car, struggling with fine motor skills and facing the reality that he may never operate again. Kit warns him she may need to replace him.
Also known as: Puff of smoke disease
Nadine returns to Atlanta for her yearly checkup for moyamoya disease and visits Devon, revealing she has a son.
Also known as: Dyslexia
New intern Leela Devi reveals to Devon that she has dyslexia, explaining her need to overprepare and why she struggles with certain tasks like ultrasound without prior study.