00:00Dr. Larson, I just spoke to the nurse and my grandmother's platelets are decreasing, which is bad.
00:05I know. I've contacted Yunos to try to get her moved up the list.
00:09And?
00:10It's still gonna take some time.
00:13We have to wait for her to be in dire shape, but by then her chance of success plummets.
00:17It's a bit of a catch-22 with so few donors and so many people needing organs.
00:22Then I'm sure you'll agree you have to test me.
00:24Lily, your grandmother is my patient, and she has been very clear that she doesn't want that.
00:30Just like my mother. Do you understand that?
00:33She raised me since my mom died when I was three.
00:36Sure, this is very hard.
00:39But for what it's worth, I wouldn't let my own daughter do this for me.
00:43Please just run the test.
00:44If I'm not a match, it'll be a moot point.
00:46But if I am, I'll be her only option.
00:50Then you can let me figure out what's right with her.
00:58She's hypotensive and tacky.
01:00Let's push fluids, but hydrate gently and monitor for edema.
01:05Lily's getting married in a few months.
01:08Anyway, you think you could keep me around till then?
01:13I have to tell you, I tested her, and she's an excellent match.
01:18You tested her when I said no.
01:19She begged, and I haven't even told her the results yet.
01:22Well, there's no way in hell I'm putting her in that kind of danger.
01:27No way.
01:29Why don't I bring her in here?
01:31It's my fault that I have this.
01:37I've been a drunk since I was 15.
01:40But there's no mention of alcoholism in your chart.
01:43I got sober 24 years ago.
01:46I never told any of my doctors.
01:48Why not?
01:49There are parts of my past that I never wanted Lily to know about.
01:55I had my daughter Nina when I was 17.
02:00You'd think having a baby would shake some sense into me.
02:04When she turned 14, I figured I'd give her a beer.
02:09That way I wouldn't have to drink alone.
02:14Pretty soon, she was just like me, except when she had Lily, she actually tried hard to be better.
02:25For a while, she was.
02:26She even hit the meetings.
02:29One night, she calls me wasted, asks me if I'm sober.
02:37Can I come get her?
02:40I said yes.
02:42I passed out with a bottle in my hand.
02:45An hour later, her car was wrapped around a telephone pole.
02:52Lily knows how her mother died, but not why.
02:59And not that I killed her.
03:03Well, Diane, I'm so sorry.
03:05Don't be, and don't ever ask me to take anything from that girl again.
03:15I have already taken enough.
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