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[atmospheric music playing]
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[machinery beeping]
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[David] Hey, Lisa, it's Dr. Langer.
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Lisa, open your eyes.
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[nurse] Hey, Lisa.
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[David] Why don't we just go
take her down for a scan?
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I don't want to sit around
and stare at her like this. Okay?
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Let's take her for a scan.
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As soon as she seized, that was like...
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It's just bad luck.
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It just colors the whole exam, it's like,
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if you have a grand mal seizure,
you're postictal, gonna be postictal,
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meaning like lethargic, for 12, 24 hours.
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I mean, you're just, like, blech.
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- This is where the tumor used to be.
- [John] Yeah, exactly.
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Nope, there's no signs of stroke.
There's no signs of...
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Just with this long operation
and air in the head,
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that should be the cause of it.
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She has air, she has a seizure.
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- No surprise. No shock.
- No shock at all.
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All right. [sighs] Let's see
what she looks like tomorrow.
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- It's good to be back. Back with you.
- Really is.
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I'm going back to my Vice Chair.
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It's a tough business.
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[Salvatore] How much longer for Tyler?
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- [nurse] Longer for what?
- For Tyler.
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For Tyler, that remains to be seen.
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[Elliot] See that? See how pancaked it is?
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As in, look at the posterior wall.
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The artery is too small to apply this.
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So the question is...
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- [nurse] Can you redo from this orifice?
- [Elliot] Yeah, or should I patch this?
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For Tyler, I have to make
four connections.
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Two arteries, one vein, and one ureter.
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I'm worried that there could be leaks.
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If the leak's in one of the blood vessels,
that'll lead to bleeding.
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- Can I get another clamp?
- [nurse] Sure.
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[Elliot] Blood clots can happen.
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And I need to make sure
that the exposure is perfect
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and that, technically,
the surgery goes perfectly
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because, ultimately, this is
a dad who's giving to his teenage kid,
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and there's no room for error.
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We're gonna have to patch this
and sew on to attach it,
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because I think that's the problem.
This arteriotomy really opened up.
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Let me see... Another... irrigation?
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I don't want this anterior artery to clot
now, because it's got no blood flow.
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This kidney had two arteries,
and it's a very small native vessel,
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so the main artery clotted.
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The key is to always notice the issue,
and if you're ever not comfortable,
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you redo something,
because you can't leave the operating room
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and just hope that things
are going to work out.
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You have to leave the operating room
and be confident things are gonna work out
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and the blood flow
to the kidney's gonna be great.
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Hi there. I'm MacKenzie. I'm going
to be the nurse in the back with you.
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You took a big spill, huh?
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Well, I just fell.
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I just came over the lawn,
and then I went down on the driveway.
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Gotcha, okay, so maybe possibly tripped?
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- Could be.
- Okay.
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Do you feel nauseous at all?
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- No.
- Okay.
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So if any of that changes,
just let me know, okay?
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- Is this your better half?
- Yes. For 55 years, he's my better half.
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[MacKenzie] Oh my gosh, that's amazing.
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One, two, three.
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Alright, perfect.
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[man] So you just fell, you don't...
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- [MacKenzie] She didn't.
- Can you put your hands in front of you?
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- No.
- No. I can tell, no.
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I just went to get the mail.
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Just as I got to the driveway,
I went down.
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- Have a good flight. I hope to see you.
- Yeah, I hope so.
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[MacKenzie] Fifty-five years.
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- You believe that? That amazing?
- [nurse] I know. They're adorable.
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- Oh my God, goals. Goals, right there.
- [nurse] I'm telling ya.
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[MacKenzie] I promise I'll take
good care of her, okay? I promise.
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Alright, I'm gonna call you
as soon as we land, okay?
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Thank you very much.
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- You got it.
- Be safe.
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If you start to feel sick,
or if you need anything for pain,
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- please let me know, okay?
- Okay.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[nurse 1] Tyler.
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[nurse 2] Tyler? Can you hear me, Tyler?
Tyler, open your eyes.
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Can you hear me?
Take a big deep breath, okay?
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[nurse 1] We're gonna go see Mom and Dad.
That sound good?
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[nurse 2] Can you hear me okay?
Open your eyes. There we go.
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See how that urine
is, like, a lighter color?
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That's good.
That's the... that's the good stuff.
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That's like the aged, nice urine.
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- The Bordeaux?
- A lot of tannins in there.
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[chuckles]
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Okay. Upstairs.
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Later, guys. Thank you.
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[nurse] Mom, you can come over here?
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[mother chuckling]
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- [nurse] Your son's recovering.
- Thank you.
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[whispering] Hey, buddy.
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Hi, sweetheart.
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Can you hear me, baby? Mommy's here.
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Hi.
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[Elliot] Oh, there he is.
What's happening, Tyler?
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Taking a look at the incision here, okay?
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[mother] Oh, wow.
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We'll get you a nice tattoo
right over it, how's that, okay?
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[chuckling]
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[Elliot] Push on the gas pedal, push.
Gas pedal.
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- Oh, you don't have your license.
- [all laughing]
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This is the biggest moment in their lives.
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Tyler is gonna have birthdays,
hopefully Tyler's gonna get married,
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Tyler's going to have his own family,
and all of those moments
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are going to be
at the same level of the day
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that Tyler was transplanted from his dad.
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Oh, he's all bundled up.
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[mother laughs]
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Hey, pal, did you name the kidney?
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Think of a name for it.
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- I think that said, "Okay."
- [Tyler] Okay.
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- [mother] Okay.
- I love you, son.
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[Tyler mutters]
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[mother] He said he loves you too.
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[ambulance siren blaring]
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[dispatch] Medic 66
for an eight-year-old male in Queens.
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Patient was hit by an SUV
in front of his home.
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Head trauma and possible neck injury.
Patient is in extreme pain.
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[Donald] A second trauma coming in.
He'll be next door. Coming here.
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[child screaming]
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My ear!
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[child crying]
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[Donald] My biggest fear
is entering a trauma room
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and see one of my children's on the table.
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You get a call, and it's an area where
you know your children were hanging out
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or where they live.
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Over the years, I've developed a mechanism
to function in high-stress situations.
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[Christian] I want to relax.
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[Donald] You are relaxed,
you're already laying down.
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- [nurse] Ask someone for a leg?
- [Donald] Feel sleepy?
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[Christian wailing in pain]
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[crying]
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[Donald] Nothing worse
than my child needing something,
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and someone could not act and save them.
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Mom, we're just going to CAT scan,
right next door.
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[Christian] Mom, will you come with me?
- [Donald] Mom's going to come with you.
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Gonna get a picture
of the inside of your head.
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I've been a nurse for 19 years,
and things I've seen on a daily basis
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really make me feel viscerally
what's real and what matters.
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Like, this is... this is what I know.
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So I don't question what I do in terms of,
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is it worth it,
or should I continue to do it?
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That's not a question for me.
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- [Christian] Mom, you stay here.
- [mother] I'm here, Christian, right here.
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[nurse] One, two, three.
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[pilot] Skids down, skids down.
South side.
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[MacKenzie]
Okay, we are here, Ms. Margaret.
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[pilot speaks indistinctly]
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[MacKenzie] Just to prepare you,
sometimes when we go into this room,
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there's going to be a ton of people
asking you all different questions,
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and there'll be a trauma team
that's going to assess you
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to make sure that you have
everything you need.
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[man] Alright, let's go get you
into the trauma bay, okay?
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[MacKenzie] So this is Ms. Margaret.
She's a 78-year-old female.
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She sustained a fall in her driveway,
which is concrete.
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Um, she was unable
to protect herself with her hands,
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so she doesn't really have injuries here,
but she did face-plant in her driveway.
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She has a septal hematoma in her nose,
and then she has a subdural hematoma.
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Um, but nothing
on her secondary assessment.
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No step-offs, no deformities.
Nothing like that.
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Ms. Margaret, I'm actually
going to talk to, um, your husband.
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- Gonna let him know you arrived safely.
- Okay, thank you.
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Yeah, you're welcome.
Hope you get to feeling better. Okay?
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[indistinct chatter]
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[man] Mr...
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[MacKenzie] Yeah, I'm going to call
Mr. Bernard right now, actually.
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- [man] Who's Mr. Bernard?
- [MacKenzie] Her husband.
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Just to let him know that she landed safe.
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Hi, Mr. Bernard,
it's MacKenzie with SkyHealth.
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I just wanted to let you know
that we arrived safely with your wife,
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and they're taking care of her
in the emergency room,
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and the trauma team is seeing her now.
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Oh, you're so welcome.
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Oh! [chuckles]
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You're very sweet. Thank you.
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All right, bye-bye.
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[sighs] Yeah.
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[MacKenzie] In 2015,
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my mother was diagnosed
with adenocarcinoma of the lung.
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Her symptoms, in the beginning,
were really benign,
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and it wasn't obvious
what she was suffering with.
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They scanned her, and they diagnosed her
with stage 4 cancer in the emergency room,
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which is not common.
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It's usually not that obvious.
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Worst day of my life.
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She was my heart and my soul.
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You know, I watched her soulmate suffer
while she was suffering.
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That was difficult to witness too,
but it was also beautiful
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because of how much they endured together
and how much they loved one another.
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[reflecting music playing]
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- [man] Come on in.
- [Mirtha] Hi.
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Dr. Macri here. How are you?
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[man] Sorry, I'm with my daughter here.
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[Mirtha] Of course,
don't be sorry about that.
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You're her dad! So, how did you
arrive here? What happened?
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Um, I fainted, basically.
That's the first time it happened to me.
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Um, and I think it's because
of medication I was taking...
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- Uh, Lorazepam.
- Lorazepam.
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- [Mirtha] Lorazepam.
- Yeah.
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Okay. Why are you taking that?
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Um, for anxiety.
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[father] She hasn't been sleeping well,
and she's tired.
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She's been very anxious.
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Okay. I'm just going to examine you.
I wanna listen to your heart.
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You're much more relaxed now.
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I turned off the monitor because there's
no need to make you more anxious.
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Okay. It sounds very good.
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[Mirtha] I've been working
so many shifts recently where I'm seeing
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this trend of anxiety, depression, panic.
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I really, honestly think
it's all building in a lot of people.
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Do you want me to contact a psychiatrist?
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Is that something that
you want to speak to somebody about?
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Uh...
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Were you thinking
maybe more of an in-person situation?
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Maybe.
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Yeah, I think sometimes, with psychiatry
especially, in person is better.
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I know with the pandemic
a lot of people migrated to telemedicine,
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um, but it's always nicer to sit down
in front of somebody and speak to them...
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When I see patients like this,
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I like to make sure they're not feeling
hopeless and need to talk to Psychiatry,
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those resources are available
to everyone here.
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I think the pandemic,
it's taken its toll on us. We're tired.
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Alright, very good.
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- Thank you, Doctor.
- Of course.
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Alright. Poor thing.
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These children.
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[Christian] A COVID test?
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- [Donald] Yes.
- [nurse] Yeah.
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[Christian] Oh, please.
Come on, guys. I don't got it.
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[chuckling]
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[nurse] He's so cute.
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[Donald] Christian, does anything
hurt you right now?
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My face.
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- Your face?
- My face and my leg.
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Okay, a lot or a little bit?
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It's ten being the worst,
one being like, almost nothing.
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An eight?
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You're very comfortable-looking to be
an eight. Think you're just a tough boy.
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[Christian] I just wanted
to let you know that I love you.
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I love you too, little man.
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[Christian] If anything happens to me,
just know that I love you.
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I love you, Mommy.
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- [mother] I love you too, little man.
- I love you so much.
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[Donald] Just putting
some water on your face.
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There's some hair I want to pull off.
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[Christian groans]
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Just cold, right? That's it, just cold.
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- [Christian] So it's just water?
- [Donald] Just water, that's it.
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[mother coughs]
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[Donald] You are just
the bravest little boy we've seen today.
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Done. All gone.
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- Feel better?
- [Christian, shuddering] Yes.
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Good, alright.
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I know he told me he was an 8 or 10 pain,
but we are looking at the same child,
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and you think his pain is comfortable,
much better than when he first came in?
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- Mommy.
- [mother] Yes?
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[mother sniffles]
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Mommy, don't cry,
because you're going to make me cry.
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- I'm not crying.
- Don't cry, please.
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I know you're crying but it's okay.
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It's okay, Mom. I'm going to feel better.
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- Love you.
- [mother] Love you too.
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[Emily] I always kind of push him
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and tell him that he needs
to keep his hand in this.
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He really is so talented,
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and he gives a lot
to these children and their families.
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That's something
that I really cherish about him.
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[Donald] My children, the divorce process,
it's tough for them.
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The distraction that the pandemic caused
pulled me away from my family
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and made me think,
how can I spend more time with them
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and still enjoy and watch them grow?
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[atmospheric music playing]
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[Donald]
Nursing is about being meticulous.
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And if you take being meticulous,
you can apply that to any business.
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So I opened a business,
the trucking company.
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It's going to give my children,
our children, a future.
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And it all comes down to quality time.
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It's about regaining your time
and having time with family.
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Before everything and after everything,
I'm a father.
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It's gonna be sad
because this has been me for so long.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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- What are you going to do today? Tonight?
- Homework.
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Homework?
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- Like right now, we're doing psych.
- [Vicky] Uh-huh.
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I was assigned PTSD. So I'm doing, like,
how the treatment for PTSD has changed.
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'Cause you know, before,
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it was primarily military personnel
returning from war suffering PTSD.
295
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And it wasn't even called PTSD, it was
shell shock syndrome. Something like that.
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They come home and they still hear
guns blazing and bombs.
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[Vicky] Yeah, yeah.
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And it was just like all men at war,
but now they say it can apply to children
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and anyone that's been
in a high-stress incident.
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Especially now,
after the whole virus thing and...
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Yeah, true. Of course,
we worked the entire time,
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and that's unnatural
for people to see that much death,
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so we're going to all have PTSD.
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[Vicky] Something that
nobody talks about, you know, is like,
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how all these calls
take a toll on our mental heath.
306
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We have to normalize not being okay.
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I had a patient in the West Village
who died of an overdose.
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Another guy that had COVID,
and him and his wife passed away.
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We found them together.
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I also had another gunshot wound guy.
Really, really young. He passed away.
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You know, I see horrible things every day.
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But now that I have
this little person in my family,
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I feel like work now took
a whole different meaning to me.
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I'm just grateful to go home to my family
because, you know,
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there is always that chance
that you may not make it home.
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[MacKenzie] My career used to be
just everything, you know, in my head.
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I used to really identify with my job and...
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I used to feel like that's who I was.
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Now, I don't feel that way as much.
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I feel like this is a part of me,
but it doesn't define me.
321
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You know, I feel like there's
so many different sides and aspects of me.
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- Hey. baby. How's she doing?
- [husband] I just fed her.
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[MacKenzie] Does she need to be
suctioned again? Before she went to bed?
324
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I wanted her to stay asleep
for as long as she can, so...
325
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Alright, well, I just wanted to call
and check in and say I love you.
326
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- I love you too.
- Alright, bye.
327
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[sighs] I hate that she's sick.
328
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It's, like, making me sick to my stomach,
to be honest.
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But, you know,
she's building her immunity and...
330
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I know she's okay, it's just...
331
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it blows that I can't be there.
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[MacKenzie] Just always want to be
a better spouse or a better mother.
333
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Just trying to create more time
even when there isn't any,
334
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because that's what commitment is.
335
00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:12,044
I'm really grateful for having
a healthy body and a healthier mind.
336
00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:15,964
You know, my husband and my daughter
are a lot to do with that.
337
00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:20,802
I think I'm in awe
of the way she makes me feel,
338
00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:24,431
in the sense of being connected to my mom.
339
00:20:25,599 --> 00:20:30,938
My mom is more present now
than she could ever possibly be.
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Damn.
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[in Spanish] Hi, love! [chuckles]
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Mi little daughter.
343
00:20:41,949 --> 00:20:45,577
- [chuckles]
- Hey, a little kiss! Kiss!
344
00:20:45,661 --> 00:20:47,537
Where's Mauricio?
345
00:20:47,621 --> 00:20:49,373
Here he is!
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[laughing]
347
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[atmospheric music playing]
348
00:21:00,550 --> 00:21:03,428
I'm very sleep-deprived. [chuckles]
349
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It is definitely catching up to me
after my second child.
350
00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:10,060
And I'm in my 40s now,
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00:21:10,143 --> 00:21:13,522
so I've been doing this
for over 10 years, working nights.
352
00:21:14,022 --> 00:21:19,111
It's definitely catching up to me
health-wise and just overall, physically.
353
00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:24,116
I don't know
how much longer I'll do it for.
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00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:26,910
[chuckles]
355
00:21:27,494 --> 00:21:28,412
[knocking]
356
00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:31,707
- Good morning. Stacy?
- [Stacy] Good morning. That's me.
357
00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:33,000
- [Mirtha] Hi.
- [Stacy] Hi.
358
00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:34,251
[Mirtha] And you are?
359
00:21:34,334 --> 00:21:36,586
- [Stacy] That's Zaire, my brother.
- [Mirtha] Hi.
360
00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:39,381
So the triage note was brief.
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00:21:39,464 --> 00:21:43,051
- It said you were fasting for Ramadan.
- [Stacy] Right.
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00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:44,469
[Mirtha] Are you still fasting?
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00:21:44,553 --> 00:21:46,305
- [Stacy] Eight more days.
- [Mirtha] Eight.
364
00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:48,724
- [Stacy] But who's counting?
- [Mirtha] My goodness.
365
00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:49,808
And my head...
366
00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:53,895
Back of my head, I felt pressure
in the back of my head and in my eyes,
367
00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:58,108
and I kept looking in the mirror
and going, "You're okay, relax."
368
00:21:58,191 --> 00:21:59,860
But my heart started to beat faster.
369
00:21:59,943 --> 00:22:03,363
That's when we called the ambulance,
I said, "I'm not better, I'm weaker."
370
00:22:03,447 --> 00:22:07,200
So we're going to check some heart labs,
some electrolytes, your magnesium,
371
00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:10,620
make sure that nothing's off balance
that could be causing the symptoms.
372
00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:12,539
- Are you a smoker?
- No.
373
00:22:12,622 --> 00:22:13,749
And no alcohol, right?
374
00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:14,916
- No.
- Okay.
375
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,044
I'm a recovering addict, if that helps.
376
00:22:17,127 --> 00:22:21,548
Oh, okay. And if you don't mind my asking,
you're a recovering addict from what?
377
00:22:21,631 --> 00:22:22,507
[Stacy] Crack cocaine.
378
00:22:22,591 --> 00:22:24,676
[Mirtha] Okay. How many years clean now?
379
00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:27,846
- Four months.
- Four months!
380
00:22:27,929 --> 00:22:29,848
- Former relapse.
- [Mirtha] That's excellent.
381
00:22:30,390 --> 00:22:34,853
I think it's phenomenal!
Only because I'm done.
382
00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:36,056
[Mirtha] That's really good.
383
00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:37,814
Mm.
384
00:22:37,898 --> 00:22:38,732
[chuckles]
385
00:22:38,815 --> 00:22:41,651
You're gonna make me cry more.
You wipe one, it gets replaced.
386
00:22:41,735 --> 00:22:45,238
Well, we're gonna check cardiac enzymes
and your heart, everything,
387
00:22:45,322 --> 00:22:48,116
just to make sure this is
not something else being unmasked.
388
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,036
If it looks moderate
and your labs look okay,
389
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:55,082
then I think that you're okay to go home
with some ice chips and recover at home.
390
00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:56,958
- Okay.
- Alright, I'll come back for you.
391
00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:58,042
- Okay.
- Okay.
392
00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:03,006
I would have never, ever thought
that she's a recovering addict.
393
00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:06,259
She's just a sweet, sweet soul.
394
00:23:07,844 --> 00:23:09,763
People surprise me all the time.
395
00:23:12,974 --> 00:23:14,893
[Mirtha] I'm not overly skeptical.
396
00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:17,604
I'm trying to still always stay optimistic
397
00:23:17,687 --> 00:23:21,066
and keep a positive vibe
when I come into work.
398
00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:26,905
But lately, that hasn't always happened,
and we're reaching a level of fatigue.
399
00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:32,035
We've all worked so hard,
you know, we've sacrificed so much.
400
00:23:32,619 --> 00:23:35,831
We don't want to reach that burnout
where you're not putting
401
00:23:35,914 --> 00:23:38,750
all your heart and your soul into it.
402
00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:41,878
It's tested our resiliency for sure.
403
00:23:41,962 --> 00:23:43,046
What's the story?
404
00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:45,882
[atmospheric music playing]
405
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:55,600
[woman] Joshua, a 17-year-old male.
He has multiple gunshot wounds...
406
00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:58,663
- [Chethan] He's gonna pull through.
- [mother] He's a fighter.
407
00:23:58,687 --> 00:23:59,687
He is.
408
00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:01,105
He is.
409
00:24:02,399 --> 00:24:04,526
[Jose] Josh walked out of the hospital.
410
00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:06,653
Now his family
also is going to leave town.
411
00:24:07,487 --> 00:24:11,491
My heart is with all of these children
as they go out into the world.
412
00:24:13,201 --> 00:24:15,787
It's very hard keeping track of folks.
413
00:24:17,038 --> 00:24:21,334
You live through this powerful,
life-changing moment with them,
414
00:24:21,918 --> 00:24:24,212
and then you wonder what happened to them.
415
00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:35,724
[David] When something
traumatic happens to you,
416
00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:39,102
the chemical way that your brain
filters information, or something,
417
00:24:39,811 --> 00:24:42,772
changes radically,
because I felt different.
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00:24:44,274 --> 00:24:45,525
Deep breath in.
419
00:24:46,026 --> 00:24:47,360
I have no anxiety.
420
00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:51,364
I clearly found
a philosophy that explained,
421
00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:54,242
to me, a lot of the reasons
why I was on the earth.
422
00:24:54,701 --> 00:24:56,453
Which is to be a good person.
423
00:24:57,162 --> 00:24:59,664
To be kind. To be humble.
424
00:24:59,748 --> 00:25:02,709
And, you know, there are times
I struggle with it a little bit.
425
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:06,546
That's cured.
Now we're good. Thanks, guys.
426
00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:11,218
Because frankly, I think, as a leader,
427
00:25:11,301 --> 00:25:14,262
when you show vulnerability,
you actually end up better.
428
00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:21,603
[Mirtha] I think it's very possible
that she's also a COVID long hauler,
429
00:25:21,686 --> 00:25:24,397
and she's having sequelae of having COVID.
430
00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:28,568
I'm pretty conservative with going out.
431
00:25:28,652 --> 00:25:31,363
I haven't been out to dinner
in a year and a half.
432
00:25:31,446 --> 00:25:33,114
Alright, I'll be right back.
433
00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:35,575
- Stacy. Hi.
- [Stacy] Hi.
434
00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:38,620
[Mirtha] Uh, so your labs look fine.
435
00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:42,582
The magnesium is normal.
The heart labs are normal.
436
00:25:42,666 --> 00:25:46,044
Um, I would at least finish out
this liter of fluids, if you can,
437
00:25:46,127 --> 00:25:48,755
because that's going to help you
if you continue fasting today.
438
00:25:48,838 --> 00:25:51,383
And I think you're good to go
if you're feeling better.
439
00:25:51,466 --> 00:25:54,719
I am feeling better, but I want the fluids
'cause I keep thinking that...
440
00:25:54,803 --> 00:25:57,556
[Mirtha] Absolutely. I think you should
definitely finish that liter.
441
00:25:57,639 --> 00:26:00,892
So why don't we do that?
I am getting ready to leave.
442
00:26:00,976 --> 00:26:02,352
- How dare you?
- [Mirtha] I know.
443
00:26:02,435 --> 00:26:03,270
[chuckles]
444
00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:05,193
In ten minutes, to go to sleep.
Not right away.
445
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:08,191
And why, God forbid,
you'd ever do a thing like that?
446
00:26:08,858 --> 00:26:12,654
- [Mirtha] Just to be back here tonight.
- I don't know how you do it, bless you.
447
00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:15,991
I, honestly, just want to say
I appreciate doctors.
448
00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:20,203
I think of nurses and doctors
and all the stuff that's going on,
449
00:26:20,287 --> 00:26:23,456
and it's your heart,
it's not 'cause it's just your job.
450
00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:27,294
I don't think how...
when people actually are caring about
451
00:26:27,377 --> 00:26:29,754
the people who are suffering,
it means a lot.
452
00:26:29,838 --> 00:26:34,759
Thank you. Such a nice ending to my night.
It was so nice meeting you both.
453
00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:37,345
- [Stacy] Same here, you get some rest.
- [Mirtha] You too.
454
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:38,471
[Stacy] I will.
455
00:26:38,555 --> 00:26:39,639
[Mirtha chuckles]
456
00:26:40,849 --> 00:26:43,310
[Mirtha] Doing this type of work,
457
00:26:43,393 --> 00:26:48,523
we appreciate life and what we have
in general, at least I do.
458
00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:53,445
I'm pretty grateful for what I have
and every time I come here and see people.
459
00:26:53,528 --> 00:26:55,655
But now it's even more pronounced.
460
00:26:58,074 --> 00:26:59,326
[David] I just got the news.
461
00:26:59,409 --> 00:27:00,660
[John] So she woke up.
462
00:27:01,161 --> 00:27:03,014
- [David] I mean, she was blind.
- [John] I know.
463
00:27:03,038 --> 00:27:05,665
- [David] They were sending her to rehab.
- [John] Fantastic.
464
00:27:05,749 --> 00:27:06,583
[chuckling]
465
00:27:06,666 --> 00:27:08,084
- [nurse] Tell me now.
- [Lisa] Two.
466
00:27:08,168 --> 00:27:10,629
- [John] She couldn't see her fingers.
- [David] Watch this.
467
00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:15,800
- [John] Wow.
- [nurse] No. This is something in yellow.
468
00:27:15,884 --> 00:27:17,802
- Wow. She has colors.
- She has color vision.
469
00:27:17,886 --> 00:27:21,056
- [gasps] Oh my God.
- But watch this, she sees your gloves.
470
00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:23,767
- [Lisa] Yes. I see it now.
- And she just rolled up her sleeve.
471
00:27:23,850 --> 00:27:25,578
- [Lisa] I can hold it.
- [nurse] Doing great.
472
00:27:25,602 --> 00:27:26,936
Oh my gosh, she reached for it.
473
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,522
[Lisa] You have a watch
on your right wrist.
474
00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:31,983
I told you. I told you it would come back.
475
00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:34,402
Come back? It's better than it was before.
476
00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:35,612
It's insane.
477
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:39,991
- [Lisa] He's here?
- [David] Hey.
478
00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:42,369
- [John] Hi.
- [David] I heard some good news.
479
00:27:42,452 --> 00:27:44,746
- [Lisa] Oh my God.
- [David] Is it true?
480
00:27:45,372 --> 00:27:47,415
- Hey, how are you?
- Is it really true?
481
00:27:49,417 --> 00:27:50,418
I can...
482
00:27:51,044 --> 00:27:53,254
- I see you have a blue on today.
- I do.
483
00:27:53,797 --> 00:27:55,590
Can you see my face for the first time?
484
00:27:56,424 --> 00:27:57,342
Got your glasses on.
485
00:27:57,425 --> 00:27:58,677
- I do.
- [John] Oh my God.
486
00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:02,722
This is not your...
I can see your lips, yes.
487
00:28:02,806 --> 00:28:03,806
Yeah.
488
00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:05,684
- How many fingers?
- Two.
489
00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:06,768
How many fingers?
490
00:28:06,851 --> 00:28:08,186
- One.
- Pretty good.
491
00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:09,829
[John] Tell me when the light comes on.
492
00:28:10,897 --> 00:28:12,607
- Yes.
- She'll get the right eye back.
493
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:14,484
[John] Yeah, you sure will.
494
00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:18,988
So that's really great news,
that this early you're getting color
495
00:28:19,614 --> 00:28:22,075
and real good focused vision
in your left eye.
496
00:28:22,158 --> 00:28:23,702
The right eye will come with time.
497
00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:28,373
The right eye was much more compressed
by tumor than the left eye nerve.
498
00:28:28,456 --> 00:28:30,875
I expect that to come,
but it's going to take a while.
499
00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:33,920
- The nerves heal about a millimeter a day.
- [Lisa] Okay.
500
00:28:34,003 --> 00:28:35,505
Which is a lot of days.
501
00:28:35,588 --> 00:28:39,968
- Okay. He did a good job, you know.
- [John] He's a good guy. Good surgeon too.
502
00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:42,595
Your eyes, the nerves
are just starting to kick in again,
503
00:28:42,679 --> 00:28:46,599
they're just not quite... but this is going
to get better really quickly, I think.
504
00:28:46,683 --> 00:28:50,228
I was really bummed, you know,
when we saw you first wake up,
505
00:28:50,311 --> 00:28:53,314
and I know you got to wait,
but we're all inherently impatient.
506
00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:56,860
John was the one who kept saying,
"Be patient, it's going to get better."
507
00:28:56,943 --> 00:28:58,111
And he was right.
508
00:28:58,194 --> 00:29:00,488
I don't think your vision
is ever gonna be perfect,
509
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:02,323
but you may get enough vision back...
510
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:05,410
As long as I can see your cute face,
then we're okay.
511
00:29:05,493 --> 00:29:07,493
[David] She's great.
I mean, she sees me perfectly.
512
00:29:07,537 --> 00:29:09,682
- [Lisa] Yeah.
- You probably see me better than my wife.
513
00:29:09,706 --> 00:29:11,583
[laughing]
514
00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:13,668
Well, tell her she's missing out.
515
00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:16,337
She don't know
what she got going on there.
516
00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:19,066
- You're pretty good.
- [David] Oh, man. You're the best.
517
00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:23,136
I was giving up hope, you know, I thought
I was going to be permanently blind.
518
00:29:24,053 --> 00:29:28,308
But yesterday,
we have to always be optimistic
519
00:29:28,391 --> 00:29:32,187
and believe in people
when you can't believe in yourself.
520
00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:34,731
God has blessed you
to save people's lives.
521
00:29:35,523 --> 00:29:36,816
And every day you wake up,
522
00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:40,320
you should always feel
that you've done your part to society.
523
00:29:40,403 --> 00:29:41,446
We try hard here.
524
00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:43,072
[Lisa] Yes, you do.
525
00:29:43,698 --> 00:29:47,243
See, we can't give up on hope.
The world is still good.
526
00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:50,538
You're gonna go to rehab for three weeks,
527
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:53,458
and you're gonna come back and see us
and see even more, okay?
528
00:29:53,541 --> 00:29:56,127
You're doing amazing. We're so happy.
529
00:29:56,211 --> 00:29:57,086
I love you guys.
530
00:29:57,170 --> 00:29:59,839
- [David] We love you too.
- Keep up the good work, okay?
531
00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:00,965
[Lisa] I see you.
532
00:30:01,049 --> 00:30:03,384
I see you too.
Thank you for those beautiful words.
533
00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:04,719
Thank you so much.
534
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:08,056
That was one of the nicest things
I've ever heard from a patient.
535
00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:09,057
She's incredible.
536
00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:12,435
[crowd clapping]
537
00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:18,566
[Natasha] Guns are coming into
our community and taking our youths.
538
00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:23,613
I say to you guys,
I do not want to bury another child.
539
00:30:24,197 --> 00:30:28,159
[Hakeem] The absence of hope in community,
after community, after community,
540
00:30:28,243 --> 00:30:30,745
often leads to the presence of violence,
541
00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:33,748
and so we need to both
address the gun issue,
542
00:30:34,541 --> 00:30:36,751
but also address the absence of hope.
543
00:30:37,252 --> 00:30:38,795
[clapping]
544
00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:44,717
[Jose] The commitment that Che
and I have put into
545
00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:47,679
really trying to get ahead of gun violence
546
00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:51,474
has taken me to places that
I never imagined as a medical student,
547
00:30:51,558 --> 00:30:53,768
that this is where
my life would go as a surgeon.
548
00:30:54,352 --> 00:30:57,021
It's a challenging conversation,
it really is.
549
00:30:57,105 --> 00:30:59,941
I now find myself at the White House,
550
00:31:00,441 --> 00:31:05,071
the Congress, advocating,
trying to get legislation to move this.
551
00:31:05,154 --> 00:31:07,991
- We're having lunch tomorrow, I'm told.
- [Gabby] Yes.
552
00:31:08,074 --> 00:31:11,703
I wish I never had to watch
my son die before my eyes.
553
00:31:11,786 --> 00:31:14,497
- I fear that this could happen again.
- [Jose] Yeah.
554
00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:18,877
I have three children, a couple teenagers,
and that's the worry every time they go...
555
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,920
I fear that this could happen again.
556
00:31:21,004 --> 00:31:24,132
I'll give you my contact so we can
connect on the work we're doing.
557
00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:27,969
It certainly gives me a sense of agency,
a sense of power, sense of hope.
558
00:31:29,304 --> 00:31:31,764
Part of what we're trying to do
is not just be surgeons
559
00:31:31,848 --> 00:31:34,976
who pull bullets out of people
and then send you back on the street,
560
00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:37,896
but really trying to do research,
really trying to understand,
561
00:31:37,979 --> 00:31:40,148
how do we get a movement to change things.
562
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:44,694
There's a face that I can attach
to some of these flowers.
563
00:31:44,777 --> 00:31:47,238
And when I reflect on the fact
I'm a pediatric surgeon,
564
00:31:47,322 --> 00:31:49,324
it means it's a child that didn't make it.
565
00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:53,745
And the truth is, it hurts all of us.
566
00:31:53,828 --> 00:31:56,372
I'm starting to appreciate
how it's hurt me,
567
00:31:56,456 --> 00:31:59,125
how it really does
change the way you look at life.
568
00:32:01,628 --> 00:32:05,965
I feel this urgency
and the burden of this time in history,
569
00:32:06,049 --> 00:32:08,092
that our children are being slaughtered.
570
00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:13,431
This is the first time that
the number one cause of death for children
571
00:32:13,514 --> 00:32:16,059
in the United States of America
is gun violence.
572
00:32:16,142 --> 00:32:17,310
Great, congratulations.
573
00:32:17,393 --> 00:32:18,978
And as much as I love this country,
574
00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:23,107
and I am so grateful
for everything that it has offered to me
575
00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:26,945
and to my family, this isn't the country
I want to leave my children.
576
00:32:27,528 --> 00:32:31,157
There was this teenager who got shot,
but after I got home last night from that,
577
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,034
I got called every hour almost.
578
00:32:33,117 --> 00:32:35,828
- [son] So you don't have to go in?
- Unless there's something huge.
579
00:32:35,912 --> 00:32:38,957
[reflecting music playing]
580
00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:43,544
[MacKenzie] My girl!
581
00:32:47,715 --> 00:32:49,467
I'm so happy to see her.
582
00:32:53,054 --> 00:32:54,472
I love you so much.
583
00:33:16,202 --> 00:33:18,913
[mother] Oh, there he is. [chuckles]
584
00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:22,583
What's up, buddy. How are you?
585
00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:27,839
- How you feeling, huh?
- Good.
586
00:33:27,922 --> 00:33:28,922
Better?
587
00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:32,635
- I can't move.
- It's alright. I'll come to you.
588
00:33:33,636 --> 00:33:35,179
It's hard for me to move too.
589
00:33:36,931 --> 00:33:39,308
[crying softly]
590
00:33:40,810 --> 00:33:42,562
So what do you think, Grod's good?
591
00:33:43,479 --> 00:33:44,647
Mm-hmm.
592
00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:47,942
[Salvatore] So, we named the kidney Grod.
593
00:33:49,402 --> 00:33:50,862
[mother laughs]
594
00:33:50,945 --> 00:33:52,280
[mother] That's a perfect name.
595
00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:55,283
[Salvatore] Dr. Grodstein.
596
00:33:56,784 --> 00:33:57,784
I love you.
597
00:33:58,244 --> 00:33:59,244
I love you too.
598
00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:06,711
[Elliot] Every day, I wake up,
599
00:34:06,794 --> 00:34:09,672
and as I'm getting ready to come to work,
I listen to the news.
600
00:34:09,756 --> 00:34:15,636
And I hear all these depressing stories
about crimes being committed, about war.
601
00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:19,599
But then I get to come to work,
and I get to see all of these people
602
00:34:19,682 --> 00:34:25,021
who are putting themselves potentially
in harm's way just to help others in need.
603
00:34:26,272 --> 00:34:28,232
[Vicky] Don't worry,
we'll take care of you, okay?
604
00:34:28,274 --> 00:34:30,985
[Elliot] And that reinvigorates
my faith in humanity.
605
00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,446
[Mirtha] You look like you are
a little dehydrated too.
606
00:34:33,529 --> 00:34:37,075
I mean, listen,
I can't be admitted right now, anyway, so...
607
00:34:37,158 --> 00:34:39,952
- That's not a reason not to do it though.
- I know.
608
00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:42,080
[moans]
609
00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:44,874
[Donald] One, two, three.
610
00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:46,667
Almost done.
611
00:34:50,379 --> 00:34:53,257
It's a Friday gift, you know?
612
00:34:59,388 --> 00:35:02,809
[David] Margaret Mead,
the anthropologist, said,
613
00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:07,396
the first sign of civilization was seeing
a broken leg that had been healed.
614
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,274
The broken leg that healed meant
someone bound the patient up,
615
00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:12,360
carried them, fed them, protected them.
616
00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:14,195
You know, basically helped them heal.
617
00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:19,450
And in a civilized world, we protect
our wounded and we care for them.
618
00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:23,204
That's what we're on Earth for,
to care for one another.
619
00:35:25,164 --> 00:35:28,042
[dispatch] Medic 99, report of shooting
by Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn.
620
00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:30,545
Two people down, repeat, two people down.
621
00:35:30,628 --> 00:35:32,046
[Kristina] Oh God, again?
622
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:35,091
[ambulance siren blaring]
623
00:35:35,174 --> 00:35:37,844
[siren fades]
624
00:35:42,014 --> 00:35:45,601
[poignant music playing]
625
00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:08,184
[beeping]
626
00:37:17,443 --> 00:37:19,987
[poignant music continues]