Henry

Henry is a patient who was struggling to maintain his own health as he cared for his wife, Frances.

History
After cancelling his appointment several times because it was hard to get away from his wife, Frances, who had Alzheimer's, Henry finally saw a doctor. He had lost significant weight and was anemic. Because caring for his wife put additional stress on him, Sam suggested that he put his wife in a nursing home so she could get the care she needed and he could start taking better care of himself.

When Frances had an accident while Henry was helping her out of the tub, they both landed in the hospital. While looking through Frances's chart, Naomi saw that they hadn't done a CT before diagnosing her with Alzheimer's. Naomi looked into it and believed that Frances had normal-pressure hydrocephalus instead of Alzheimer's. She was too fragile for neurosurgery, but Naomi suggested that a spinal tap could relieve the pressure enough to make her lucid for long enough to see how hard things are for Henry, hoping she could convince him to put her in a home.

They did the spinal tap and Frances woke up. When she heard about her condition, she told Henry to promise to visit her every day, hold her hand, and then let her go.

Romantic
He has been married to Frances for almost 50 years. When she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, he became her primary caregiver, which put great strain on his health.