Mere Mortals

At Whipple, doctors and nurses battle to keep patients from checking into the ECU (Eternal Care Unit). Sometimes they battle each other.
Sometimes they even fall in love.

Dr. Brendan O'Brien and nurse Caroline Bates met the night old Mr. Toomey tried flying from his ninth-story window, the night intern Ludvik nearly killed a patient, and Vince, the young guy with testicular cancer, found out his buddy on the ward had died... a typical night, except that nurse Bates and Dr. O'Brien began to fall in love. Committed to the kind of medicine that calls for high-tech solutions and a dedication few men and women have or can keep giving, they were two special people in a special place. Their story will make you laugh, make you cry... and maybe break your heart.