Lauren Woods

Lauren Woods is a patient who tried to kill herself after her husband left her.

History
Lauren came into the ER after nearly drowning. She was 33 weeks pregnant. Addison met her in the ER and she had surgery to repair a VSD caused by the trauma. Her baby was also delivered via emergency c-section.

After her surgery, Lauren was sedated in the ICU. She needed a second surgery for persistent VSD, but couldn't have it until she was stable. Her baby struggled to breathe in the NICU after her premature birth.

When Lauren woke up, they asked if her husband was in the boat with her and that's why he couldn't be found. She said that he told her he didn't love her anymore and left, which is why she tried to kill herself by jumping into the water.

They called in Violet to talk to her, but Lauren said she didn't want to feel better. Violet asked her about what happened with her husband. She didn't know. She just came home to a note saying that he'd left. She waited for him to come back, but she couldn't think or breathe, so she decided to kill herself. She didn't want to be alone. Violet said she wasn't alone because she'd had a baby. Lauren pointed out that she'd almost killed her baby. She then decided she didn't want the surgery to repair her heart.

She agreed to try antidepressants, which Violet said she hoped would help change Lauren's mind about the surgery. Addison said she'd try to find Michael. When she found him, he said he'd gotten the messages. He said him leaving wasn't out of the blue and he'd been trying to get her to see it for a while. He tried to make it work when she got pregnant, but he never wanted a baby, so he left. He believed if he went back, she tried to kill herself the next time he left, so he refused to go to her.

Lauren continued to refuse surgery, though her baby's condition improved. Addison wanted to take the baby to see Lauren, but Violet recommended against it.

When Lauren's condition became emergent, Addison told Lauren Michael wasn't coming back and she needed accept that. Lauren agreed to have the surgery.

After her surgery, Addison brought the baby to see her. Lauren apologized to her for hurting her.

Romantic
She was married to Michael Woods until he left her because he didn't love her anymore.

Notes and Trivia

 * She was 22 at the time of her attempted suicide.