Chicago Med

Hey, Catie.

I told you never to come here.

He loved her so much.

I just wish he loved us that much.

You played his mom in "Nick of Time."

It's great to see you.

Hello!

Please don't leave us.

I will not leave you.

Ripley, get out of there now!

Whatever happens, I'm OK with it.

I need you.

Trust me, I am not the only one.

No! Mitch?

I love you too.

Dr. Lenox, we've got an intake.

Josephine Tucker, 38-year-old female.

Suffered a seizure 30 minutes ago

and treated with Ativan at the scene.

Heart rate's 110, BP's 131/77.

Respiratory rate and efforts all over the map.

She's been in a coma for the past 20 years.

22 years.

That's her mother, Angela Tucker.

We're gonna take good care of your daughter.

On my count.

One, two, three.

Call respiratory.

Let's get her hooked up on high-flow

and order ABG analysis too.

On it.

Her urine output has been less the last couple of days.

Darker too.

That's helpful. Thanks.

Sunset sign and Cheyne-Stokes respirations.

What... what does that mean?

Mrs. Tucker, your daughter's symptoms

are indicative of hydrocephalus.

A build-up of fluid in the brain.

She's bradying.

Heart rate's in the 30s.

She's having another seizure?

Page neurosurgery?

There's no time. 1 milligram atropine IV.

Prep and drape her right frontal scalp.

We need to place an emergent EVD.

What is that? What's an EVD?

Dr. Lenox will drill a small hole in Josephine's skull

and insert a tube to drain the fluid.

It's the only way to save her life.

Do we have your consent?

Yes. Do it.

Scalpel.

Drill.

Catheter.

Now page neurosurg.

Let's get labs and a head CT, stat.

Is she gonna be OK, Dr. Lenox?

She's stable now, and her breathing's improved.

We'll know more soon.

I'll wait with Mrs. Tucker until neurosurgery gets here.

Good. Wait.

Aren't they handing out Match Day envelopes soon?

You should go.

Oh, is that happening today?

Why are you stalling?

No, I'm not stalling.

I'm just avoiding the crowd.

Mm.

Cardiothoracic at Gaffney is impossible to get into,

and for some insane reason

I put the University of North Dakota

as my second choice because it seemed realistic.

Which it is, because it's a frozen hellscape.

Naomi, go get your envelope.

- - Hi.

Hey.

Thank you so much for setting this up for me.

Of course. Yeah.

Let's just find Maggie for you, get you started.

Yeah.

Hey, how's your friend, uh, Dr. Ripley?

They were talking about him on the news this morning.

Yeah, no, he's gonna be OK.

Oh, good. I'm so glad.

Yeah.

Listen, if you're still up to it,

maybe we can have that dinner tonight.

Um, yeah.

- No, that'd be great. - OK.

Maggie. Hey, look who it is.

- Ainsley. - Hi.

It's so good to see you again.

Thank you so much for letting me shadow.

Absolutely.

Gonna be learning from the best charge nurse around, so...

Does he always lay it on this thick?

Mm, you have no idea.

Ah.

All right, let's go find you some scrubs.

OK.

Did you bring a comfortable pair of shoes?

Uh, no, I didn't. But, um...

I love you.

Mom's here, Josie.

I'm right here.

Is that Nurse Goodwin?

Uh, that's Ms. Goodwin, yeah.

She's our chief of patient services.

Chief?

She's the boss now?

She's my boss, certainly.

You know Ms. Goodwin?

Mrs. Tucker, Josephine's hand is moving.

Is that normal?

Oh, my God.

No, I've never seen her do that.

Never.

What does it mean?

We will have to do some tests to confirm,

but it indicates an increased neuroplasticity.

She might be waking up?

Yes, it's possible.

Isn't this against some kind of rule?

You're a hero, man.

What do you think you're going to do, break your other ankle?

So, uh, what's going on with Hannah?

Uh, we're, uh, saving the big talk

till I'm back on my feet.

- OK. -

Doris asked me to bring these up.

Man, you have got quite the flock of admirers down there.

Oh, God. More flowers.

All right, that is my cue.

- - Oh.

Feel better, man.

Thanks, man.

How you feeling?

Other than the bum leg,

better than I have in a really long time.

How are Sadie and Emilia?

Well, you know, I mean,

Sadie's got some adjusting to do, obviously.

But you know, they're safe.

They're together.

I think they're gonna be discharged this afternoon.

Wow, that's great.

Any word from the board yet about your suspension?

No.

No decision yet.

Last thing I want to do is set you up,

but I just can't imagine that your heroics

aren't gonna spin this in the right direction.

I mean, God knows I think you deserve a second chance.

I don't know about deserve.

But, um, if I'm given one, I don't intend to waste it.

I didn't really think I was gonna make it out of there,

when things started to go sideways,

till I heard your voice on the walkie.

I know I haven't always made it easy to care about me.

Caring about you, pal,

never been the, uh... the hard part.

You know, you hear stories about people waking up

from comas decades later,

but I've never actually seen it happen.

Well, once she's out of CT,

maybe you'd like to say hello to her mother.

Well, uh, I'm not so sure Angela would want that.

What caused Josephine's coma?

What was the initial trauma?

It was a... a terrible car accident.

As I recall, the roads were wet.

It had been pouring all morning.

Josephine's father was driving her to school

when the car skidded and flipped over into a ditch.

He died on impact.

Josephine's brain was hemorrhaging

when the paramedics brought her in.

Did she go straight to the OR?

Well, there was a difference of opinion

amongst the doctors...

surgery or trying to decrease the swelling with...

with medication.

What did Mrs. Tucker decide?

She couldn't decide.

She was paralyzed with grief.

I advocated strongly for surgery,

perhaps too strongly.

They fixed the bleed,

but Josephine never regained consciousness.

Angela couldn't possibly blame you for that.

She was heartbroken and distraught.

Well, I didn't take it personally.

There you go.

You're OK, man. You're OK.

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