The Good Doctor (TV Series)

Pipes (2017)

Chuku Modu: Dr. Jared Kalu

Quotes 

• Dr. Neil Melendez : 36 years old, 22 weeks pregnant. Ultrasound at sixteen weeks revealed a tumor on the fetus' tailbone.

  Dr. Jared Kalu : Mom's got antiphospholipid syndrome. Makes surgery high risk.

  Dr. Claire Browne : Also makes pregnancy high risk. She's had three miscarriages.

  Dr. Shaun Murphy : [hurrying in]  We need to do an ultrasound and MRI to measure the tumor's growth rate.

  Dr. Neil Melendez : Late bus doesn't explain why you're showing up tired after you just had twelve hours off.

  Dr. Claire Browne : We're all tired. Our last shift was thirty-six hours.

  Dr. Neil Melendez : I'm not interested in debating the shift schedule with you. But I am curious why you always feel the need to defend him.

  Dr. Claire Browne : Well, we're all on the same team.

  Dr. Neil Melendez : Yes. But you're all quarterbacks. And when training camp is over, there's only gonna be one starter.

• 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.