Andrea (Another Second Chance)

Andrea is a woman who became a hoarder after her daughter died.

History
Cooper did a house call to Andrea's house for her son, Cody, when Cody called him because the skin under his cast was itching. Cooper was shocked to find that Cody's mom was a hoarder and had things piled everywhere in their house. Cooper removed his cast and talked to Cody about Andrea's hoarding. Cooper watched her put the cast he'd cut off into her bag. He told her that Cody needed to go the hospital because he had a skin infection.

Cody had a staph infection, so he was admitted to the hospital for treatment. He called in Violet to work with Andrea on the hoarding. She talked to Violet about the thing she kept and why and admitted that things were easier when his father was alive. His father had died three years prior.

Cooper said that Violet had three days and then he was calling DCFS. Violet went to Andrea's house and they worked more on addressing her hoarding. Violet then went to Cody and asked if he had someone else he could stay with, so that they could work on cleaning up his house. He said that he takes care of his mom and they can't be apart because it would be like when his dad and sister died. They ran off the road in Latigo Canyon while she was with him for the week. Cody hadn't gone because he was sick.

When Cooper found out that Andrea had taken Cody home, he called DCFS. Violet talked to Andrea, saying that if they showed they were making progress, DCFS would work with them to keep Cody in her home. Violet took a bag and held it so that Andrea could start filling it. She said she couldn't. Violet told her it wasn't filling the void. What happened was unthinkable. Violet started asking extremely difficult questions and Andrea confessed that she believed it was her fault. She then started throwing things out of the house as Cody and Violet watched.

Ellie Farraday, a social worker, arrived as Andrea started to cry about what she'd lost.

Romantic
Her ex-husband died three years prior. She said that he was a good husband, but she didn't want to be married to him anymore and after he died, she felt bad about that.

Familial
Her daughter, Maddy, died with her ex-husband when she was four and a half. Her son, Cody, wasn't in the car because he was sick and had stayed home with her.