The Elephant In The Room

- Oh yes it's gonna be another beautiful day.

Fortunately it looks like we've gotten

through that tremendous heat wave

with cooler temps expected this afternoon into the evening.

And overnights are gonna be downright cold

with highs expected in the upper 60s until morning.

Right now traffic is moving along fairly well

although if you're headed south to Manhattan Beach

and beyond, you'll wanna give yourself

plenty of additional time due to an overturned

tractor trailer at the number three and four lanes

at the 405 at El Segundo.

Cool, right, let's get backto

To the rock and roll retrospective

at Chanley Center where 10 of your favorite bands--

Hey, learn to drive, asshole!

- Dr. Crawford, please call reception.

Dr. Crawford, call reception please.

Thomas, go long.

Nice catch, going all state!

Ah, jeez.

- Clinic Services, St. Mary's Hospital.

Dr. Chin, Dr. Chin

to the fourth floor pediatric unit.

Dr. Chin, you're wanted on the fourth floor pediatric unit.

Good morning everyone.

First we have two new supportive carefellows joining us.

Dr. Josh Little, a pediatrician from UCLA.

And Dr. Adam Styfan, an oncologist from Nebraska.

Let's start with introductions.

I am Dr. David Olson, the chair

of the Supportive Care Department.

- Good morning, I'm Alex, the Pharmacist for this unit.

And I'm Anna, I'm the neurologist.

I'm Michael.

And it is definitely not a good morning.

But I'm still a Nurse Practitioner of the group.

I was up late.

So my name's Valerie

and I'm the social worker for the team.

And also the babysitter for this guy.

And for that we are eternally grateful.

Hi, I'm Nicole.

I'm the Chaplain for the group

and welcome to both of you.

Good morning, I'm Astrid,

I'm the Psychiatrist for our team.

Wait a minute.

Did you say Little and Styfan?

How cool is that?

You should be urologists.

Get it?

Right, okay.

On that note, good morning.

It's time to get started.

The meeting today will be run by Dr. Astrid Adams.

Thank you.

Welcome everyone to a new day.

I'd like to begin with a little meditation,

taking a moment to clear our heads and recharge.

I'd like to invite you to close your eyes.

Don't talk.

And just let go of work for the next three minutes.

Okay.

Mhmm.

All right, we will get started

with some general announcements.

We still need volunteers to help with the survivor

celebration that's coming up.

And sadly, last night we lost

dear Mrs. Debra Urland.

Next on the list is Danny Sorensen, age five.

Danny's cancer is rapidly progressing.

And he is experiencing difficulty

breathing, severe headaches.

I'm worried about a seizure or sudden head bleed

that can't be stopped.

Sadly I think we only have hours to days left.

Danny came to us originally to

be part of a phase one clinical trial.

And he wasn't eligible.

So it was decided that he would go home in hospice.

But his condition, it started to deteriorate pretty quickly.

It wasn't safe to transport him home

so we've decided to do hospice here at the hospital

and let him spend the remainder of his time

here under our care with his mother.

- April has requested that we make Danny's time

as special as possible.

So we've decided to throw him a pajama party.

- All right. - Nice.

Yeah.

Understandably, April is grieving right now.

The best thing that we can do for her as a team

is to be there with our presence and our compassion.

And please, always remember.

The door is always open.

Thank you very much.

Michael.

Yeah?

- Would you take the responsibility of introducing

our urol, excuse me,

Josh and Adam to meet Danny.

Yes sir.

Thank you, Michael.

Hey, you let me know if you need any help, okay?

- Okay. - All right.

I gotta run.

I have a new consult in the clinic.

Let's meet up.

I'd like to go up to the third floor.

There's two patients up there that I wanna see.

Gentlemen.

- Alex, maybe you can go over the comfort care medication.

Sure, I can do that.

I'm just sorry I'm not important enough

for everybody to stay.

Aw, poor Alex.

Buddy, you know I love you.

But listen, I'm late for clinic.

Tell you what, I'll bring

makeup marshmallow treats tomorrow

just to prove it to you.

You better use real marshmallows.

No, use the whip.

Use the cream, use the cream, use the cream.

Dr. David Olson, Dr. David Olson,

you're needed in clinic 7B.

Dr. David Olson to clinic 7B.

Hi.

I'm Michael, the Nurse Practitioner

with the Supportive Care Team.

Hi, I'm Kelly Davis.

This is my father-in-law Oscar.

- Oscar. - Pleased to meet you.

What the hell are you doing?

He's alive!

I'm sorry that you're in pain.

And you have every right to be angry.

What would you know about it?

You're right.

I could never really know what you

and your family are going through.

But I know that everything in your life has changed.

And you're in pain.

I wanna help get your pain under control.

The problem is, pain can be pretty complex.

Controlling pain, it's more than just about giving drugs.

It's about me getting to know you

and learning what's important to you,

what your goals are.

And if you can beat me in a wheelchair race.

How about we start over.

Hi, I'm Michael.

Are you gonna shake my hand

or should I just wave?

I'm Cooper.

And I can already tell

you're gonna be a pain in my ass.

Don't worry, I can fix that too.

I'm so sorry this is happening to you and Danny.

But you know what?

You're showing an amazing amount of courage.

He's being so brave.

I just don't want him to see me upset.

I'm just not ready to lose him.

I don't know what else to do.

You're doing everything you're supposed

to be doing as a mother.

And now, we're gonna focus on celebrating his life.

Let me get things ready for the pajama party.

Cooper's pain is in his lower back

and it's pretty severe.

He can barely walk and he can't sleep.

We are really hoping you can help.

Listen, I wish that I could just

make this nightmare go away for all of you.

Here's the plan.

I get you out of pain, and we race.

Deal?

You got a deal.

- All those participating in the pajama party

for young Danny Sorensen,

the party starts as 11 a.m.

I love these pajamas.

Monkey ones, huh?

My girls would love these.

You look so alert today.

Does he know what we're planning?

Yeah, he knows.

I had to tell him earlier.

He was in so much pain.

I felt he needed a distraction.

Okay.

- Let's show Valerie your new look, okay?

Oh my god, let me see you.

Look at you, you cool little dude,

give me a high five!

Yay!

Let me go change, all right?