When Al-Hashimi admitted her past neurological history to Robby, and with it, her absence seizures, it really helped me to contextualize who she is as a doctor.
It's why she was so kind to the woman whose kid locked himself in the hot car. She understands what a life can look like for someone with brain damage, in the kid's case from a high fever and dehydration, but she also understands how much that irreversible damage to the brain isn't a stop-all/end-all. She's a DOCTOR with a brain injury. She finished med school and survived a terrorist attack on a hospital during her time in Kabul. She speaks several languages, all while modestly claiming she only speaks "enough to get by". She's a mother, who herself understands the fear that one detrimental mistake on her part, as life is as a parent, can cause her kid to get hurt.
It also explains her interest in AI and "speeding up" the E.R. with timely charting. The smoother the E.R. runs with patient portals, the less likely someone is to make a mistake on their charts, and for her especially, the less likely it is for the E.R. to go up in flames while she has an absence seizure.
This is also why she's insistent on proof-reading, even while using AI transcriptions, because if Al-Hashimi is anything, it's thorough.
She's a doctor who is always trying to get back more time, to reclaim the crucial moments she's afraid of losing or missing because of symptoms out of her control.
She wishes she could spend more time with her son. She wants every patient to be able to advocate for themselves and the long wait times for tests. She wants Robby to get off her back so she doesn't lose everything if a seizure inevitably comes while at work.
This is a woman who understands that life is imperfect, but maybe, if she tries hard enough, she can bail enough water out of a sinking ship to keep it afloat.
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