[voice over] There is a procedure to treat epilepsy that involves surgically severing the connection between the left and right brain. The goal is to block signals that cause seizures. The problem is this also cuts off the brain's ability to communicate with itself. The left side has no idea what the right side is up to. A patient may experience problems with coordination, memory, speech. It's a drastic solution that's only considered when all other options have failed because once a surgeon makes that cut, there's no going back.
S9 E16This Is Why We Fight
CACatherine Avery
Now give your mama a kiss Jackson, she just bought you a hospital.
[voice over] There's a reason surgeons are willing to roll the dice on a risky, go-for-broke, point-of-no-return surgery with potentially devastating consequences. Sometimes, it works.
S9 E17Transplant Wasteland
[voice over] To a critically ill patients, an organ transplant means a new start, a second chance. But the body is designed to fight off any outside invader, even the one that is trying to save it. Because the transplant doesn’t guarantee that’s an easier life, there’s the threat that the body will reject the organ outright.
Jackson Avery really has a bigger say than any of us in running this hospital?
That can't be true. Can it?
Well, he's a voting member of the management team and he also represents the Harper Avery Foundation.
And their $175 million bucks.
As opposed to our $15 million apiece.
According to Stan, not only does he have the deciding vote, he can veto ours.
That is ridiculous. He's a fellow.
So are you.
But he's a plastics fellow. And I'm me.
Can your mind be blown on your own time? Right now I have to talk with my supervisor.
Um, well, you own the hospital now. So doesn't that make you the supervisor?
It does. So I will have that conversation with myself.
You know, it's like everyone has gone crazy. Owen and Derek are at each other's throats. Avery's on some kind of power trip. You know, I am supposed to be prepping for a major transplant and Callie's left me with an OR board that's like a Rubik's Cube.
[deadpan] Wow. In charge one day, and already the hospital's spinning out of control?
[voice over] The transplant process is very scary. The patient goes from worrying about getting an organ, to worrying if the organ will be rejected. The anxiety continues, until they can finally open their eyes after surgery, and see that their gift has been accepted.
S9 E18Idle Hands
[voice over] Work keeps our minds active, it keeps us out of trouble. When we're not working, our hands are idle and the devil will find work for idle hands to do. And when you have an idle mind, well, that's the devil's playground too.
Well, you should be staring at my wife. [points to Arizona]
New haircut?
No. It's her leg. She's wearing high heels. Because she has a sexy high-heel leg that makes her ass go pow. [Arizona shakes her butt]
[facetiously] Ooh wow.
[giggles] Hey!
Wow.
Baby got back.
[to Jackson, Derek and Richard, who are looking embarrassed] Come on, guys. You can comment, too. You have permission. It's the one time in your life you can say it and not be gross.
Well, I think it's a fine gluteal––
[points at Richard] Oh, no.
Just start with the positive news, be confident and don't make any promises you can't keep. You're my voice out there.
SRShane Ross
I'll channel you. It'll be fine.
Yes.
I'm Derek Shepherd. "It's a beautiful day to save lives." [Derek glares at him] I'll channel you in my own voice.
[deadpan] Thank you.
[Shane is freaking out in the OR]
I went out to the Hoh River to fish winter steelhead. For hours, I tried to cast like I'd practiced. But if you over try, it'll never happen. And then just once, the rod loaded perfectly. The line formed a tight loop and the fly just danced out over the river about seventy feet. It had a life of its own. See, the key was to relax, feel the rhythm and let the rod do the work. Just one perfect cast.
Why'd you tell me that?
Did it calm you down?
Yeah.
Right now I am about to remove a hematoma from Broca's area and if I am not careful, she'll never speak again. There is a lot to be afraid of. Patients will be afraid. Parents will be afraid. And the only way to get through it is for you to stay calm.
[voice over] At first, idleness can seem like a welcome distraction. The troublemaking and the fun. Everyone needs some idle time to focus on something other than work, even if it means focusing on something that's a little bit scary. Stepping back from work is the only way to change perspective. And it's only after we had everything in perspective that we remember where our hands truly belong.
S9 E19Can't Fight This Feeling
[voice over] Let's say you're standing in an OR, staring at an aneurysm that's embedded deep into a patient's frontal lobe. There are three things you'll need to remove it. You'll need confidence, you'll need an eleven blade and some really good instincts.
[voice over] There are some feelings that refuse to go away, they're little distractions whispering in your ear. Some things just get under your skin. Try as you might, you can't ignore your instincts. It's like they say, always follow your intuitions.
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