Name: Staring at the End
Released: 2017-11-21
Cast: Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson

1) teratoma

Well, the teratoma has grown.
2) blinders

Fuzziness around the edges, a little like, uh, blinders,
3) vasa

She has a vasa previa.
4) hiccup

And if she so much as hiccup funny,
5) sleepover

Arizona used to hate her. Now they're having sleepover?
6) fluorescein

So, I will employ fluorescein dye
7) hypothalamus

If I hit the hypothalamus, game over.
8) juncture

but at this juncture,
9) dandelion

I used to think that we were like dandelion...
10) systolic

It's increased to 140 systolic in the past week,
11) ablation

She's scheduled for an ablation tomorrow.
12) occlusion

We'll do a, um, tracheal balloon occlusion... [ Sighs ] Hey.
13) decency

at least have the decency to pretend that there is.
14) hernia

Whew! After this, we've got the diaphragmatic hernia. Baby's 27 weeks.
15) shears

I just need to slip these shears under the band.
16) scissor

Have you tried a smaller scissor? Mm. It's not the problem.
17) ped

Call ped. Get an Incubator, stat.
18) edema

♪ This world of mine is your world, too ♪ Amelia: If there's edema, it's post-fixed.

1) physiologically

I mean, I know what happens physiologically speaking,
2) exponentially

The tumor will be exponentially easier to remove
3) arguably

Amelia: Now, arguably, the most important part of the brain
4) technically

It's technically called the fornix,
5) severely

and glenda is severely hypertensive,
6) practically

Alex: Who? Arizona and Herman... they're practically joined at the hip.
7) gently

than go gently into that good night.
8) virtually

it's touching virtually every single brain structure.
9) anymore

I told you, I'm not doing that anymore.
10) suddenly

I don't see why it's suddenly supposed to start working.
11) aside

It's pushed existing tissue aside,
12) basically

but what they basically boil down to is, life will out.
13) regardless

or deliver the baby regardless of how early.
14) seriously

Oh, my god. Am I seriously wishing for a sexless relationship
15) obviously

What do you even care? I don't, obviously.
16) twice

I told you no twice now.
17) absolutely

My tumor, my head... It absolutely is my call.
18) ahead

Go ahead.

1) geniculate

off the geniculate body of the thalamus.
2) enmeshed

At this point, our baby tumor is so enmeshed, so invasive,
3) diaphragmatic

Whew! After this, we've got the diaphragmatic hernia. Baby's 27 weeks.
4) soulless

we are the soulless, murderous monsters.
5) indistinct

[ Laughter, indistinct conversations ]
6) squishy

Pushing a blade into that first squishy blob of flesh...
7) snarky

Are you ever not snarky?
8) immeasurable

One singular, almost immeasurable part
9) tracheal

We'll do a, um, tracheal balloon occlusion... [ Sighs ] Hey.
10) transcontinental

He has transcontinental smugness. You know what?
11) hypertensive

and glenda is severely hypertensive,
12) precarious

most precarious portion of the operation.
13) murderous

we are the soulless, murderous monsters.
14) umbilical

and I've never tried cutting umbilical bands.
15) intimidating

This tumor is fierce and intimidating and aggressive,
16) terrified

You're tired and frustrated and terrified, but guess what.
17) unrealistic

that course seems to be unrealistic.
18) daunting

That is the most daunting step...

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