The Good Doctor

Can you pop the trunk?

Ah!

We made good time.

Thank goodness, or else we wouldn't have

the full three hours to wait before our flight.

Great.

Alright. Thanks.

Alright.

Oh.

Starbucks is on me.

No kidding. And I'm getting a cake pop.

Hey, Dr. Reznick.

I thought this was a surgical mission.

Uh, we're bring... We're bringing some support.

Morgan's gonna help with patient selection and aftercare.

Oh. That's great.

10 days, huh?

Can't have you forgetting me.

I'll be back before you know it.

Tickets, passports,

travel wallet containing quetzales and American currency.

You've got 'em.

I know, because I checked.

You alright?

Oh, it's not that heavy. I got it.

That's not what I meant.

I'm okay.

I think this trip will be good.

Change things up.

Focus on helping other people.

For whatever it's worth, if you ever need to talk,

you can always call me.

I'm not gonna do that.

I know.

We will not have any time to shop,

but would you or Debbie like anything from duty-free?

Guatemala is known for its rum.

We're okay. Thanks.

Okay.

You're on this trip, too?

Yeah, got inspired last night,

decided to take some personal days, go help out.

And you're bringing a toilet seat?

Spoken like someone

who's never been on one of these surgical missions.

The airline will find your bag.

We'll get you some clothes when we get situated.

Would you like some vitamin B12 to help with exhaustion,

or a motion sickness wristband?

I have an extra.

No, thanks.

I'm glad we're here.

Yes.

After all the loss this year.

It's just... such an amazing way

to be reminded what we have to be grateful for.

Careful!

Let's see.

Pardon me, sir, could you please move your flock of sheep?

My sheep don't like to be rushed. Be patient.

These people are our guests.

Well, I did not invite them.

We're doctors.

It's been a long trip and we need to get to our hotel.

Doctor?

You're a doctor?

Of course I am.

It's a fungus.

It's... It's a fungus!

It's a fungus.

Thank you!

Whew!

Ah.

Need help with that?

No, that's a friend thing.

Hello, I'm Dr. Mateo Rendón.

Dr. Saravia and her team have spent several months

gathering cases.

From those, we selected 40.

You're going to want to save them all.

You will not.

We will perform 12 operations.

I'm Dr. Marcus Andrews, last-minute addition.

If we could add more cases, I...

Before I heard you joined the trip,

we were doing 10 surgeries.

My organization has spent years building trust.

We save 12 people here, that trust grows,

more patients come to us, more doctors volunteer.

But if we lose a patient...

We want surgeries we can do but the locals couldn't.

Surgeries that don't need a lot of aftercare.

12 patients, one alternate.

Everyone else gets sent home,

no matter how sick they are or how sad their story is.

Uh, can you please tell me what this means?

Family...

Your next of kin.

Oh, well, nobody.

Only Ignacio.

Iggy is my only family.

He says his dog, Iggy.

Ugly dog.

Roberto Kantun Diaz?

Yes!

Andrea Torres Tzul?

Aimé Navarro Gomez?

Aimé Navarro Gomez?

Here! Here!

We need to do an abdominal exam and ultrasound

to see if there are any signs of obstruction or strangulation.

Please remove your bandage and lie back.

Lie down and remove your bandages.

How long have you had that?

A year... Maybe more.

He's had it for a year, maybe longer.

My neighbor told me to go to the hospital in Xela,

but I didn't have enough for the trip,

and I can't go a long time without working.

I'm the only one who takes care of my sisters.

He was told to go to the hospital,

but he couldn't afford the trip or to miss work.

He's the sole provider for his siblings.

Our parents died two years ago.

Their parents died two years ago.

She has a large patent ductus arteriosus.

I've only seen this condition in infants.

The blood is reversed.

It's flowing the wrong way.

We could try going through the femoral vein,

do a percutaneous device closure.

She has irreversible pulmonary hypertension.

It would have been simple to treat as an infant,

but now closing the hole will... Will... kill her.

Aimé's condition is much too advanced.

There's nothing we can do.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

No.

No.

No, no.

Tissue? Uh...

I stock up before the Americans come.

And the French.

They are surprisingly sensitive people.

I'm sorry. I know this isn't helping anyone.

Never apologize for being human.

I have a strict policy against it.

This week, you are not just doing surgery.

You are doing miracles.

You're giving people hope who had none.

Except for the ones that we send home to die.

Focus on the miracles,

or else you won't be able to help any of them.

And I will have to get more tissues.

Thank you.

Bastion Alonso Ramos.

12-year-old baseball fan.

Roots for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Also, he has an ameloblastoma.

Not a lot of baseball fans in Guatemala.

You've been here before, or do you enjoy reading Wikipedia?

I did a medical mission here during my residency.

Oh, that explains "Dr. Toilet Seat."

You already have a nickname.

Good afternoon, Bastion.

I'm Dr. Andrews.

Good afternoon, Bastion. This is Dr. Andrews.

Hello, Dr. Andrews.

Hello!

What is that? Let me see.

Oh.

That looks like Yadi Molina.

Yes! It's Yadi Molina.

St. Louis Cardinals.

Mm-hmm.

So, are you a better hitter or catcher?

He has a hepatic adenoma in the right lobe of his liver.

Does not appear cancerous.

No. For now.

The lesion is localized, well-circumscribed,

and not close to portal vein branches.

There's a tumor in Adelmo's liver,

but it's not cancer.

The doctor believes they can remove it.

He's a good candidate.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Cheers! Cheers! Cheers!

I can continue like this for a long time.

But you have a strange accent.

It's not from Guatemala, or Mexican.

Did you spend some time in Venezuela?

In the library where I grew up,

they had some tapes named "Speak Spanish like a Spaniard."

I listened to them every night

until they broke.

Oh, thank you. I thought you put this kid in the "no" pile.

I decided to take a closer look at the images.

See where the mass is thinning the orbital floor

and extending up near the skull base?