The Good Doctor (TV Series)

Pipes (2017)

Niall Matter: Mark Allen

Quotes 

• Dr. Neil Melendez : Mr. Allen?

  Mark Allen : I'm trying to convince her to save herself. I don't want to roll the dice with my wife's life.

  Dr. Neil Melendez : But she does. We're gonna start prepping her now, and she goes into the O.R. in a few hours.

  Mark Allen : I understand why she's desperate. But not why you are. If she dies, it's your fault.

  Dr. Neil Melendez : And what if she lives? You're gonna have a wife and child who need you, and you keep driving her out of your life. I'm not desperate. I'm confident. Which should make you feel better.

• Dr. Jared Kalu : The crown-rump length of the fetus is 21.5 centimeters. And the diameter of the tumor is... 10.6 centimeters. Half the size of the fetus.

  Dr. Neil Melendez : The tumor's grown. It's not cancer, but it is monopolizing the blood supply, which is weakening the fetus' heart. I'm sorry, but there's no chance it would survive long enough to be viable. The safest course is to terminate the pregnancy.

  Barb Allen : If we were interested in the safest course, we wouldn't be on our third second opinion. Please, Dr. Melendez, we want whatever will save our baby.

  Mark Allen : Dr. Wright told us you've done fetal surgery to remove this type of tumor before.

  Barb Allen : And without the tumor, our baby would be healthy.

  Dr. Neil Melendez : Your antiphospholipid syndrome makes a long surgery extremely dangerous. There's a high chance for blood clots, which could have fatal consequences for you.

  Barb Allen : We're willing to take that risk.

  Dr. Neil Melendez : Saving the fetus doesn't do any good if the mother dies in the process.

  Barb Allen : I've had three miscarriages. If I have to go through that again, I might as well be dead.

  Mark Allen : Barb.

  Barb Allen : It's true.

  Mark Allen : No, it's not. You're the strongest woman I've ever met. We'll get through this. We will. And... and then we'll try again.

  Dr. Shaun Murphy : We could manage clotting risk pre-operatively with an infusion of unfractionated heparin.