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"The
Good Fight"
Original Air Date: November 19, 1998
Episode
Number: #100
Director: Christopher
Chulack
Writer: Jack Orman
Description: This special episode primarily
concerns one case. A father and daughter involved in a motor-vehicle
accident arrive at the emergency room. The father, Gemmill (JOHN
THADDEUS), received a minor scalp laceration. But his 7-year-old
daughter, Corinna (NICOLETTE LITTLE), has a ruptured spleen and may need
surgery. Carter administers to the little girl and begins a blood
transfusion. Gemmill tells Lucy to call the girl's mother in Cleveland.
During the transfusion, Corinna unexpectedly loses consciousness. The
staff realizes that the blood was typed correctly but it wasn't
cross-matched, and Corinna is having a hemolytic reaction--her immune
system is destroying the red blood cells. When Lucy tries to talk to the
father, he's gone! After talking on the telephone to Corinna's mother in
Cleveland, Ohio, Lucy  discovers
that the father's real name is Nelson. Currently, in a bitter divorce
battle with his wife, Nelson gave a false name to avoid prosecution for
kidnapping his daughter. Meanwhile, the laboratory results show that
Corinna has a cross reaction to minor antigens. Her mother's blood type
doesn't match, but her father's blood is a perfect match--a 1-in-50
million chance. Nelson must be located in order for Corinna to survive.
Carter's shift is over, so Greene takes the case. But Carter can't stop
thinking about Corinna and searches all over Chicago for Nelson.
Meanwhile, Lucy also tries to locate Nelson after her shift ends.
Corinna's condition worsens, and Benton needs to operate or else she
will die. Benton performs surgery without the blood. Lucy and Carter
team up and search all over Chicago, encountering dangerous situations
including Carter's possible exposure to TB (tuberculosis). They
eventually locate Nelson directly across the street from the hospital at
Doc Magoo's, the local diner. Corinna finally gets her life-saving
transfusion. The total team effort of the emergency room staff of
Chicago's County General Hospital might save Corinna's life.
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Hugging Lucy
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