Gretchen Bitzer

Gretchen Bitzer is a patient who was mistakenly old she was dying.

History
Gretchen was in the hospital to have a few moles removed. However, there was a lab mixup and she was told she was dying. When the doctors went to find her to tell her that she wasn't actually dying, they found out she had left the hospital. Norman Shales left the hospital to find her and brought her back after telling her there was a billing mix-up. She was happy that she was dying, saying she'd left her boyfriend and quit her job and was moving to Reykjavik to live out the rest of her life. However, when they told her she wasn't actually dying, she was upset, saying that she'd quit and left her boyfriend and given up her apartment. The hospital settled with her and gave her enough money to buy a nice house in Reykjavik.

Romantic
She had a crappy boyfriend whom she dumped when she thought she was going to die.

Career
When she thought she was going to die, she quit her job.

Notes and Trivia

 * She was 48 at the time of her hospitalization.