Grey's Anatomy

Medical schools often ask applicants

for an essay describing a time they faced adversity...

...and how they overcame it.

They want to know how people will cope

with the challenges they'll face as a doctor.

Some students worry they have nothing to write about.

They haven't faced difficulty.

I didn't have that problem.

Morning, Meredith.

Uh, let's start with regional updates.

Uh, Hunt?

Shouldn't we start with an update on Meredith Grey?

Yeah. I mean, has her I.S. improved?

Yeah. Is she on a proning schedule?

People, people. I know we're all concerned,

but Meredith is getting excellent care

from Altman and DeLuca.

She's stable and she's resting.

In the meantime, we have a hospital

full of patients who need us.

Hunt?

Yesterday Seattle reported 345 more cases, 29 deaths.

Test positivity rate has increased to 4.7%,

so we should prepare for more patients.

COVID ICU?

Beds are at 68% capacity.

We'll likely need more by the end of the month.

53 of the 72 ventilators are currently in use.

Are there any cases that warrant discussion?

Hi. Hello.

- I've got one. Me. - K-Koracick? How did you...

I-I've got connections. I'm emeritus chief of chiefs.

That is not a thing.

As I'm sure Hunt gleefully told you,

I tested positive for COVID.

But I think the test was a dud.

Breathing's normal, good heart rate,

singing voice unaffected...

That does not change the rules.

A negative COVID test or a 14-day quarantine.

- You're not even close. - Then send me a new test.

And can you adjust my camera angle?

As lovely as the ceiling is, I...

Did you know that there are murder hornets now?

- What? - Yeah.

As if the COVID outbreak right after my husband dumped me

wasn't bad enough.

I'm gonna go home, crawl into bed before my next shift.

Yeah, I'm done, too. Look, if you don't want to be alone,

you can come hang out at my place.

Um, let me think about the last time I went to your place

and... no.

At least I don't have a resident living on my couch, okay?

I got fancy beer and a negative COVID test.

I guess also April switched Harriett's days on me, but...

Oh, so you're lonely.

Will you just come over, alright?

We can watch TV and, I don't know, order pizza. Or sushi.

Start over.

Friendship reboot.

We're getting both and you're paying.

- Fine. - And no Kenny G!

Hey, buddy.

Yeah.

Just me and you.

This is called a "C" chord.

I'll teach you one day.

Why can't I find gauze in a house

with so many surgeons living in it?

Uh, who's bleeding this time?

Bailey lost a tooth.

The one that's been loose for two weeks?

That's supposed to happen.

Well, not when your mom is in the hospital with COVID.

Mer's gonna get better.

You don't know that's true.

You don't know that it's not.

Alright, look, um,

let's... let's look at the bright side of things, okay?

We get to introduce Bailey to the Tooth Fairy.

Kids love the Tooth Fairy.

I'll, uh... I'll check on him.

The bright side?

Dr. Kuo at the Catherine Fox Medical Center in Manhattan

is doing a trial with monoclonal antibodies for COVID.

She's got room for two more patients, but we got to jump on it.

I read that study. Didn't three patients die?

Well, there's a strong chance that they got the drug too late.

Dr. Webber, her lungs are flooded,

a-and she's sleeping almost around the clock.

Richard, I would never give this recommendation

if I didn't think that the good outweighed the bad.

Thank you. I'll... I'll think about it.

Okay.

Dr. Webber...

I said I'd think about it.

Mom, I can't come see you.

Because of the pandemic, remember?

There's a bad virus and no vaccine yet.

But I can call you later, though, okay?

I... Mnh.

How you feeling, Chief?

I moved my parents here from across the country

into an assisted-living facility just in time to never see them.

I meant your ankle. But sorry to hear that.

It's fine. Thank you.

Hello? Can somebody help me?

Hi. I'm Dr. Kim.

Where are you from?

Orthopedics. And it looks like you just have a cut here,

so let's find you another doctor

who can help take care of this, okay?

Orthopedics?

You know that's not what she was asking.

- I know. - It doesn't bother you?

Her assuming you're not from here?

Happens to all of us at some point, right?

- What do we have? - Dave Oyadomari, 37,

head lac and right shoulder pain

after falling off of a step ladder.

He also complains of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting

with a 102 fever.

He was recently treated here by Dr. Hunt for appendicitis

then sent home on oral antibiotics.

Yeah. I'll be okay.

Can... Can you just give me some more antibiotics

and... and a sling or something?

You were in so much pain that you fell off a ladder.

I had to call an ambulance!

Meet my wife, Tammi.

Okay. We'll check him out, Tammi.

Uh, he's tachycardic and slightly hypotensive.

Kim. Here.

Let's get him to trauma one and do a COVID test,

STAT X-rays, labs, and a FAST exam.

Got it.

You trying to will her into joining the trial?

No.

I'm hoping she suddenly gets better and doesn't need it.

Excuse me!

Hello?!

Mer?

George?!

What are you doing here?

Did you ask the humans to take you to their leader?

Because it's no longer me.

It's Dr. Helm. I'm here to do your COVID test.

No, you're here to deliver it.

I don't allow residents in my house or up my nose.

- Uh, just put it down. - Right here.

Back up.

Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back.

Bup, bup, bup, bup, bup.

Did you know that I had COVID?

It was mild, but scary.

I learned how to make sourdough.

I couldn't taste it or smell it, but the texture seemed right.

I also, uh, binged a docuseries about house...

You can stop your "What I did over COVID vacation" report.

I have no interest in baking, bingeing,

or doing anything you did or will ever do or...

What?

Are you plotting something... evil?

No. I'm stopping the pandemic.

Chopped chicken salad with homemade sweet pickles

on toasted bread.

That's a Nana Ante special right there.

Ooh! Jealous!

I had stale cashews.

Well, mine's nothing compared to hers, but it's not bad.

And I just can't wait for you two to meet.

I hope to, someday.

Tonight too soon? It's her birthday.

And, uh, we're doing a... A virtual dinner.

Or if it's too soon, no rush.

No, no, I just, uh...

It's Meredith.

I-I know there's nothing I can do, but...

Anything I do that isn't trying to help

just feels selfish and wrong.

Joy is in short supply these days.

Especially our joy.

It sure as hell is.

That's why I'm grabbing it when I can.

You know, it might be a text from you.

It might be the fancy pencils

I bought for my crossword puzzles.

It might be just taking a few minutes

to sit outside with my chicken-salad sandwich

and look at the daffodils.

I don't mean to tell you how to be.

Uh... are you mad?

- No, no. - Ignore me. Ignore me.

I'm not mad. I'm not mad. I'm... a little hurt maybe.

You got fancy pencils and you didn't tell me?

Wait. Are you a pencil nerd, too?

Oh, I special ordered a vintage pencil sharpener from Paris.

Oh, oh. That's my resident.

And... joy's over.

Until dinner tonight.