Sam and Alex are driving down the road and Sam is really out of it.  She is deep in thought and traumatized and barely misses hitting a huge transfer truck carrying a load of cars.  "I'm losing it.  I can't even drive.  You're the only person I can think of to call", she tells the person on a pay phone.  She also tries to tell the person her location.  She asks them to hurry up.  She looks on at Alex in the car, who is also pretty traumatized.

Back at the hospital, Dr. Raab is speaking with Luka and Abby and tells them that premature babies are susceptible to five conditions.  These are infection, hypotension, hypoglycemia, tachopea and cyanosis and their baby has four out of the five problems that preemies experience.  Abby is concerned about her new baby boy.  Abby worked with Dr. Raab during her rotation and seems to know a lot about how the NICU runs and operates.  When Dr. Raab asks her if she has any questions, Abby replies, "No, I've been here before".  Luka tries to get Abby to go back to her room and rest, but she tells him no.  "I've given that watch and wait speech about a hundred times and never realized what a load of crap it is", she tells him.  Abby tells Luka that she can't see her baby's eyes and he smiles and tells her that they are blue.  Luka tells her that Neela wants to come and visit, but Abby tells him that she doesn't want any visitors.  A shrill voice calls out, "Abby, Abby, Abby, oh thank God, oh I came as soon as I heard".  Abby sees that her mom has arrived.

Sam's friend Richard Elliott has arrived to where Sam and Alex are.  She has told him what happened and she is worried that she is going to go to jail.  "He's better off dead", he tells her.  He tells her that she needs to fill out a rape report and tell the cops that she shot him in self defense.  Sam tells him that she came back to the spot to kill him and he tells her that she doesn't need to mention that again and that only the two of them know the truth.  Alex is watching on in the rearview mirror of the vehicle.

Back at the ER, Ray asks Kerry if there is any word on Sam.  She tells him that the police are still looking for them.  Frank asks Kerry if she wants the walls painted eggshell or white.  "Do I look like Martha Stewart?  I'm the Chief of Staff;  I've got real work to do.", she replies.  Pratt and Ray discuss a patient and then Pratt goes in to check on Neela, who has been napping in an exam room.  She asks him what time it is and he tells her that it is time for her to go home.  She has been there all night.  She wants to go up and check on Abby.  He tells her that Gallant's parents probably want to see her today.  She tells him that she is not going over there.  Pratt tells her to go home and then walks out.

Back in the NICU, an attending is going over the results of a test on the baby.  They think that there may be a heart murmur.  Maggie wants him to translate what he says into English and she is trying to write it all down.  Abby tells her that she will explain it all to her later.  Dr. Raab tells Maggie that Abby was one of her star students.  Maggie tells her that Abby never gives herself enough credit.  "The good ones never do", Dr. Raab replies.  As Maggie watches the sonogram with the babies heart, Luka bends over and tells Abby that he didn't tell Maggie to come.  Abby says that it is okay; she seems to be on her meds.  Neela has shown up to visit with Abby.  Abby introduces Maggie to Neela.  The baby's heart has blood flowing in the wrong direction and Maggie tells them to fix it.  Abby tells her mom that the baby is premature and that they will have to wait for several weeks.  Maggie agrees and says that they can wait.

Paramedic Tony Gates has arrived at the ER with a thirty-nine year old patient named James Clivus.  The patient is all wrapped up in aluminum foil and is brought in after falling twenty feet from a cell phone tower.  Kerry and Pratt carry the patient in and Tony sees "Mayday" , which is the nickname he gave Neela, leaving the ER.  He tells her that he heard about what happened in the ER yesterday and is glad to see that she is okay.  She replies, "Yeah" and keeps walking.  Tony asks Pratt what is wrong with Neela and he tells her that her husband was killed in Iraq.  "Are you kidding me", he asks.  And Kerry replies, "Do you think we would joke about that"?  Pratt sees that Sam has arrived and Kerry goes to see about her.  Kerry is very maternal and asks if she is alright and gives her a hug.  She tells Kerry that a friend dropped her off and that she needs a rape exam.  Kerry hugs her again and holds her.

In the NICU, a resident is putting a pic line into baby Joe to give him nutrition and medicine without having to stick him each time.  Maggie thinks that Dr. Raab should be doing it and Luka tells her that he is not a student and that he knows what he is doing.  An alarm starts to sound and Maggie seems concerned.  The resident has "tickled" the heart with the catheter line, but Abby learns that the pulled the line back as they should.  Maggie is writing everything down, so that she can look it all up later.  Maggie mentions that she has been reading about smoking and prematurity and Abby quickly takes offense.  She reminds Maggie that she quit smoking years ago.  Abby feels as if Maggie is blaming her for Joe's prematurity and Luka reminds Maggie that Abby had fallen during the gunfire in the ER.  A lactation consultant comes in to tell Abby that they are starting a lactation class and asks if she would like to attend.  Abby thinks that it is a good idea and Maggie agrees to attend with her.  Luka walks up to baby Joe and caresses his hand with his fingers and speaks Croatian to him.

Abby seems frustrated to have Maggie with her in her class.  Abby wants some privacy and the nurse offers to bring her a screen.  Abby tells Maggie that she wants her to step out.  Maggie reminds Abby that she has been through this before.  Abby quickly corrects her, "Have you had a c-section, hysterectomy and a premature baby?"  Abby tells her that she will meet her outside and Maggie finally gives up and leaves the room.

"Did they have a boy or a girl?", Sam asks Kerry as she and Haleh are doing the rape exam.  Kerry tells her that it was a boy.  She then asks about Jerry and Kerry tells her that he had been shot through the chest, but he is pulling through.  Kerry asks Haleh to send off for an HIV and hepatitis tests and Haleh asks Sam if she can get her some water.  Sam feels to blame for what Steve did.  She knew that he stole TV's and VCR's and things, but never thought that he would be capable of doing what he did.  Kerry asks her if she knows where Steve and the rest are and Sam tells her that they are all dead.

One Week Later:

Paramedics Gates and Zadro are out in the rain working on a patient who has had a drug overdose.  Zadro sees Gates doing procedures that are not normally done in the field, but Gates doesn't seem to care.  He told Zadro that he had just spent a week in the ICU.  Gates calls Pratt on the radio requesting permission to do a procedure and Pratt tells him no.  Gates does the procedure anyway and tells Zadro that Pratt said that it is okay.  Luka is back to work and sees a lot of patients on the board.  Frank tells him that the people will do anything to get out of the rain.

Luka has gone up to the NICU to check on his boy.  Maggie tells him that he is hanging in there and that she has been reading to him all morning.  "I swear to you that he recognizes my voice", she tells him.  They are having a hard time weaning Joe off of the ventilator.  Dr. Raab sees Luka and tells him to remove his lab coat.  She doesn't want any of the ER germs getting into her NICU.  She then asks them if they decided on the Fludrozalone trials she had talked to them about, but they both have a different opinion about it.  They have to explain to Maggie what it is all about.  Abby doesn't want them to experiment with trials on her son, but Luka feels that it may be the best chance for him.  Abby feels that Dr. Raab is has been pushing the trials too much on them.  Luka gets frustrated and leaves and Maggie seems to think that Luka is right.  "Shut up, shut up, Please, please, just shut up", Abby tells Maggie.  Maggie hushes and Abby continues, "I didn't ask you to come here,.  I didn't ask you to be involved.  Maybe you should just leave."  Maggie replies, "Okay". and doesn't say anymore.  Abby walks out of the NICU and leaves Maggie standing alone.

Pratt, Dori and Sam are gathered around the admit. desk doing paperwork and Morris comes in.  He is now working for a pharmaceutical company and is well dressed.  He tells them that he is going to be going to Vegas.  Morris asks Pratt if he needs any help and Pratt tells him that he has everything handled.  Morris tells him not just today, he wants his job back.  He asks where Weaver is because she has been ignoring all of his calls.  Pratt tells him that she has been busy with administrative stuff.  Gates and Zadro have arrived with the nineteen-year-old male they found out in an alley in the rain.  Pratt learns that Gates did the procedure in the field that he told him not to do.  Zadro tells Gates that he is dead.  Pratt tells him that he should be reported.

Dr. Weaver is in an administrative meeting with Dr. Anspaugh and several others.  Dr. Anspaugh is discussing all that happened during the time that Dr. Clemente was in the ER.  Anspaugh blames Dr. Kovac for everything and has already written a press release explaining Dr. Kovac's dismissal.  Everybody wants Kovac gone except for Kerry.  Kerry tells them that Kovac was not to blame and goes on to tell them, “That’s not how it happened.”  Dr. Weaver arrives down in the ER to have Morris beg her for his job back.  She tells him continuously, "Not now".  Morris gets on his knees and begs for his job and she tells him to get up and that he is embarrassing himself.  "I cannot rehire you because I am no longer Chief of Staff", she tells him.  Morris looks up at her shocked and she walks off.

Dr. Kovac, Pratt, Gates and Sam are working on the young man that was brought in.  They do not think that it was a drug overdose now.  Luka and Pratt disagree about the treatment and Gates chimes in with his opinion.  After Gates administers some medication that he had researched, the young man starts to get better.  Luka leaves the room and Morris tells him that he needs to speak with him.  Morris tells him that he needs his job back and Luka tells him later as he goes upstairs to speak with Abby.

Maggie brings Abby some coffee.  Maggie tells Abby a story about when Eric was a baby and had pneumonia.  He was in the NICU and his kidneys were shutting down and they did not expect him to survive.  Abby's father wanted the family to say goodbye, but Maggie was not ready to give him up.  Abby tells Maggie that she is not like her, but Maggie disagrees.  Abby needs to find the strength to get through this so that they can take Joe home.  Abby doesn't feel that she has the strength, but Maggie tells her, "Oh Abby, you've spent your whole life getting strong enough to do this."  Luka walks up and tells Abby that he knows the trial scares her and that it scares him also, but to trust him on this.  He tells her that sometimes the long shot works.  Abby wonders what if something goes wrongs and Maggie quickly replies, "What if it goes right"?  "You can't take it back", she replies.  Luka tells her that he knows that and Abby finally tells him, "Okay, let's do it.  I hope you're right".  Abby walks off and Maggie goes off behind her leaving Luka there to think about their decision.

Baby Joe seems to be doing very well after the trial and is ready to come off of the antibiotics.  Dr. Raab seems really positive about his improvements.  Maggie comes in and tells Abby to get a life.  She wants Luka and Abby to leave the room for a while and get a break.  She tells them that she can stay and watch about Joe while they take a break.  She has brought a sign that reads, "QUIET PLEASE I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!".  Abby laughs and tells her that it is obnoxious.  "The nurses keep yakking", she replies.  Abby and Luka are walking out of the NICU and the nurses are concerned about them leaving Maggie with them.

Sam and Richard Elliott are meeting with the prosecutor who is trying to figure out what happened with Steve.  He is finding Sam's story hard to believe.  Mr. Elliott tells the prosecutor that his boss will be having a steak and Martini later with him and they can discuss it further at that time.  Mr. Elliott reminds him that Steve raped Sam and shot up the hospital and deserved what he got.

Luka and Abby are outside sitting and discussing some things that need to be taken care of at Luka's apartment.  Neela walks up and is on her way out from work.  She seems really tired and is going to grab something to eat at Ike's and go home to crash.  Abby asks Luka how she is doing back at work and he tells her that she seems to be doing okay.  Neela is still staying at Abby's apartment and Abby thinks that it may be time to give the apartment up.  Luka tells her she doesn’t have to make any decisions right now and Abby replies, ‘I know, but we’re a family and we can’t just keep having slumber parties.”  Luka hesitates and asks Abby if she has given any thought to what he asked her earlier.  "I have and I haven't", she replies.  He tells her that it is okay, he will convince her later.  Abby reminds him, “You know, we have a great life together. I don’t need a ring or a white dress to prove that I love you.”   Luka smiles and turns toward her and says, “I’ll take love and then save marriage for later.”  Luka leans back in his chair and says, “I hope she’s okay.”  Abby replies, "Who?  Neela?”  Luka responds, "The NICU nurse. Your mother was driving her crazy.”  Luka looks at Abby and chuckles.

Maggie is sitting in a rocking chair next to baby Joe and working on some sort of knitting.  The alarm starts to beep and she quickly gets up to call attention to the baby, but none of the nurses seem to be concerned.  A NICU nurse comes over and turns the beeping off and Maggie tells her that he didn't even check the baby.  Maggie sits back down and another alarm goes off.  Maggie looks at baby Joe and then goes to tell the nurses that something is wrong and that Dr. Raab needs to come and take a look.  "If you overreact to every blip and bleep in this place you'll make yourself crazy", the nurse tells her.  "Page Dr. Raab.  Why isn't anybody in this place listening to me.  Page Dr. Raab, page Dr. Raab, page Dr. Raab!", Maggie continues.  She tells the nurses that Joe's belly is too big and that his breathing is too fast.  The nurse tries to tell Maggie to calm down, but Maggie quickly replies, "Don't you dare tell me to calm down.  I don't care what Dr. Raab is doing; she needs to get down hear and take care of my grandson now!"  Abby and Luka have arrived and Maggie tells them thank God they are back, they are putting the tube back in Joe.  Abby asks Dr. Raab what happened and Maggie tells her that she knew something was wrong, but no one would listen.  The baby's abdomen has perfed and he will need surgery.  Abby blames this on the drug trial, but Dr. Raab tells her that this can happen to premature babies.  Dr. Albright has come to take the baby to surgery with Dr. Anspaugh.  Maggie insists that they not have a resident work or cut on her grandson.  Abby wants them to call the chaplain, so that the baby can be baptized per Luka's request.

Neela is sitting in a bar with two guys and is drinking shots.  The two guys are trying to get Neela to let them take her home.  Gates walks up and tells the guys that he will take care of Neela and they get upset.  Gates ends up beating them up after one of them calls Neela a name.  Zadro has to come and pull Gates off of them.

Dr. Anspaugh and Albright work on the baby as Luka watches on and the chaplain baptizes him.  Abby watches from the observation window.  Gates has arrived at Neela's place.  She offers him a beer, but he declines.  She tells him that he has a mean left hook.  She likes that in a man.  She stumbles and tries to dance and Gates has to stop her from making a fool of herself.  She kisses him and he pulls her away after a while.  She doesn't want to be alone she tells him.  He offers to call someone for her, but she tells him that there is anyone.  Gates pulls her close and holds her and caresses her head.  Maggie comes in to where Abby is watching the surgery.  Abby is having a hard time staying positive about the outcome.  Maggie tells her to stop being negative.  She has to be positive at times like these.  Abby blames Maggie for her negativity for the way she was raised.  Maggie agrees that Abby did not have a good home life growing up, but now Abby is the momma and she has to stay positive for the baby.  Abby begins to sob as she sees Luka sobbing in the OR.  Abby reaches over and turns the voice monitor off, so that she can no longer hear what is going on in the OR.  Abby begins to say, "I’m trying, I'm really, really trying, I'm trying,."  Maggie reaches out to Abby's hand and pulls her over next to her and embraces her as she cries.