Chicago Med quotes

Come again?

RCRobyn Charles

Did you tell him to stay away from me?

No.

RCRobyn Charles

You said something.

I might have ind...

RCRobyn Charles

[cutting him off] Who I date is not your concern.

You're absolutely right. 100%.

RCRobyn Charles

You are unbelievable.

I'm sorry. I was wrong. If I worry about you, I can't help it.

RCRobyn Charles

Okay, well, that's gonna need to stop.

Can't do it. I'm your dad. I know I haven't won any awards in that department...

RCRobyn Charles

This is not a referendum on you.

I'm sorry I wasn't there. I'm sorry I wasn't a father.

RCRobyn Charles

Okay, see? That. That right there. Why does it always go back to that? Does it ever occur to you that I have moved on?

I... I didn't.

RCRobyn Charles

Not only am I past it, but I really... I do not care. So you can feel as guilty as you want, but you being overinvolved in my life now is not gonna cut it.

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Spoke to your patient, Mr. Wallace.

Let me guess, not a suicide risk.

Garden variety sociopath. He's an opportunist. Knows all the buzzwords. Not a sincere bone in his body.

Good enough for me. [to an attending nurse] Let's start discharge paperwork on Treatment 4.

[the nurse nods and leaves]

Chalk one up for the good guys.

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[having learned Danny, the boy she was trying to rescue from sex traffickers, died] It's my fault.

No, that's not true.

Of course it is. I told him we could remove the chip. I encouraged him to run away.

You empowered him to make decisions. It's what good doctors do.

But they were the wrong decisions.

It was the wrong outcome.

Dr. Sarah Reese: And now he's dead. I mean, who knows? If... if I had told him to wait, maybe the police would have come and broken up the ring and he'd be free. I was careless with his life.

Dr. Reese, you're anything but careless. Sometimes the best advice, you know, it's just not enough. Dangerous thing about psychiatry, it can sometimes give those of us who practice it the illusion of control. But the human brain, it's... it is the most complex, mysterious object in the universe. That means that what we do, it... it just doesn't come with any guarantees.

I don't think that makes me feel any better.

I know. Never does.

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CHCyrus Hammad

You can't control ignorance, only how you react.

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Jeff Clarke

Hey, don't let those ass-wipes get to you. Just trying to be tough guys.

No, Jeff. It goes deeper. Not many families with the last name Choi where I grew up. Know the type all too well.

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You just get good news or bad news?

My coma patient this morning, he mentioned a Qur'an verse: Surah Al shura 40. "The recompense of an evil deed can only be an evil equal to it; but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation, their reward is due from God."

In the psych world, it's called complementarity. You know, kindness begets kindness. Hostility, hostility.

Yeah. An hour ago, those two hated each other, but then his father extends a hand.

Dr. Charles calls it "flipping the script".

Don't know if I could've done it.

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So, after reading the material I gave you, you told me that you suspected...

That I'm on the autism spectrum. That I have Asperger's.

Right. So, how'd you feel if I told you that I thought that your diagnosis could very well be correct?

Relieved, actually. My whole life, I've never understood why people treated me the way they did. I felt there had to be something wrong with me.

Not wrong. I mean, it's jut different wiring. That's all.

Is there anything we can do to change that wiring?

Well, our wiring is pretty much our wiring, but there's a whole bevy of strategies out there. I mean, medications, social skills training, to help you recognize body language. There's also a new therapy called TMS, but I'd probably recommend you going the traditional routes first.

TMS?

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. It's so far FDA approved only for depression, but there is anecdotal evidence that it can benefit people with spectrum disorders. I only mention it because we have a machine here at the hospital.

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I spoke to my mom today. Told her I was a psych resident.

Oh, just now you're telling her?

Well, yeah. I knew how she'd react. And I was right. She... laughed. She said I was the last person she could ever imagine being a psychiatrist.

Wow. Real vote of confidence there.

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So this was your idea?

Dr. Choi volunteers at the zoo.

Normally we wouldn't bring an animal in here, but we couldn't diagnose without a CT.

Well, that's fine, but I'm not a veterinarian.

She needs a cardiothoracic surgeon.

You've done this procedure many times.

Oh, yeah, I have. On human beings.

Same plumbing, just bigger. Crack her chest and plug the hole.

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Are we sure that we're all comfortable spending our time and the hospital's resources to save an animal?

Dr. Rhodes, zoos rent pandas from the Chinese government for a million dollars a year. Why? Because people love pandas. So if we save this one, it's a public relations coup for this hospital. One which will lead to much needed donations to save human lives. And... and there's an issue beyond that. I've learned that there are less than 2,000 pandas left in the world.

Connor, we should do whatever we can to keep her alive.

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So, you volunteer at the zoo, huh?

Yeah.

How come?

You'll laugh.

Just try me.

[sighs] All right. A few hours ago I lost a kid who was shot. Another one. So much of my work...stabbings, shootings...i's dark, man. Worst of human nature. But animals...not to say they don't kill each other, but they don't do it out of malice. They're innocent. They're light.

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AGAriel Green

My mom keeps saying I'm doing this for attention, but... god, who likes seeing doctors?

Your leg okay?

AGAriel Green

All of a sudden, my knee hurts.

Hm.

AGAriel Green

This place freaks me out even worse than school.

What freaks you out about school?

AGAriel Green

Everything. There's so much drama. It makes me crazy anxious. Sometimes I hide, sometimes I get into fights.

That's what happened today?

[Ariel glances at something, and Daniel notices she's looking at her mother]

AGAriel Green

I looked up schizophrenia online. It says it can start in late adolescence.

Mm, not usually as early as fourteen, but... I mean, are you hearing or seeing things that other people aren't?

AGAriel Green

No. But... sometimes, it's like... my feelings aren't my own. Like they're someone else's.

Hm.

AGAriel Green

Do you think I'm crazy?

Uh, not really my favorite word, but no. No, I don't.

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[a patient has a gun up his rectum] He says he has no idea how the gun got up there.

All right, what are our options?

It's not gonna be easy getting it out. It's just past his sphincter.

Dr. Jeff Clarke

Plus, the hammer's cocked. So if there's a live round in there...

Seriously?

Dr. Stanley Stohl

Could do some real damage... 22 single-shot derringer. That's a big kick for a little gun.

So we work up a plan to get him to the O.R. Page the surgeon on call.

Ms. Goodwin, I think it'd be safer to do it here. Jeff and I both have weapons experience. We sedate him, try to slide it out. If we can't make it, then we call in surgery.

Dr. Jeff Clarke

I'm in.

Maggie Lockwood

Should we call CPD?

Yes. We'll need enough body armor and gear to protect whoever's in there with him. And let's keep this area clear.

Dr. Stanley Stohl

And I'll keep the cameraman away from all this. It's unsafe, and frankly, it's distasteful.

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LGLaura Green

What were you doing to my daughter?

I was trying to confirm a diagnosis. Um... I... I want neurology to run some tests, but based on this and Ariel's history, I think that she has a condition called mirror touch synesthesia.

LGLaura Green

What?

It's a condition that... that causes her to experience the physical sensations and emotions of the people that she's interacting with as her own. My left knee hurts, Ariel feels it in her right. I slap my right cheek, she feels like her left is being slapped. She's mirroring me.

Dr. Natalie Manning

Her stomach; she's responding to your ulcer, not imitating you. She's literally feeling your pain.

LGLaura Green

Whoever heard of such a thing?

It's a pretty recent discovery, the existence of these mirror neurons.

LGLaura Green

Is there a cure?

Not yet, but there are... coping strategies we can teach her to help her manage her condition.

LGLaura Green

[her cell phone buzzes]' Uh... I'm sorry, I... I have to get this. [answers the call as she leaves] Yeah?

Dr. Natalie Manning

I cannot believe this woman.

How's that old saying go? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it gaze at its own reflection.

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I have recently been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Asperger's.

[slightly confused] Okay.

I'm not revealing this to elicit sympathy from you, or as a means to justify my behavior. I simply feel it might be beneficial for you to know.

I think it might be.