Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3 recap: High-risk surgery keeps the team on their toes

Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3 brought forth one of the more high-stakes cases that kept the beloved medical professionals at the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital on their toes. The episode titled ‘Between two Lungs’ saw the team perform a risky lung transplant surgery, which could impact multiple lives. Bailey is facing a crucial dilemma while treating a trauma patient. Meanwhile, Teddy is ready to embrace a new relationship.

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Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3 has the team ready to take on a high-risk transplant surgery

In the previous episode of Grey’s Anatomy Season 22, Ben was rightfully made the Chief Resident. And needless to say, he is more than delighted. He is also excited to be part of a transplant surgery.

One of the relationships that has been the recipient of much antipathy in Grey’s Anatomy Season 2 is Teddy and Owen. As Jo discusses about lease negotiations for a car with Teddy, they meet Cass in the elevator. Teddy was not ready to admit to Cass that things are not as it seems and fakes that everything is fine with Owen.

Nick is at the hospital to take part in a lung transplant for a child, Ryan. Both parents of the child are donating a part of their lungs for the transplant. This is one of the more high-risk transplants the surgical team has ever faced. But there is hardly any time for them to consider other options as living donor is the only path to choose as Nick will emphasize.

Bailey’s patient, Katie, who has been doing chemo for stage 2 gastric cancer has been in an accident. The emergency room and the interns are left scrambling to figure the next step.

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Lucas struggles with the truth about Simone and Bryant in Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3

Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3 also saw Bryant learning about Simone’s past with Lucas. And he learnt it from Lucas himself, thus making sense of his disregard towards him. As they wait for Katie to go through MRI, Bryant tries to repair the misstep. He even tries to talk about the fact that Lucas and Simone were on a break, but they had an emergency case to get to, which needed all their attention.

Elsewhere, Blue is at plastics where he encounters someone, he presumes to be an intern. Enter the latest plastics fellow Dr. Kavita Mohanty. To be fair, she appears younger and even the patient assumed the same. Things are on to a rocky start for the two.

After the rounds, Blue wants to stay away but to his dismay, Simone and Jules will not take his place as they have their own work cut out for them. Blue is not having a good day clearly. He continues to make errors, which only irates Kavita.

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The transplant surgery presents more complications in Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3

We learn early on in Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3 that Bailey has been sheltering a secret from his mother Meredith, which Nick knows about. When Nick heads to the surgery, he requests Meredith to scrub in. But Nick stays tightlipped about Bailey.

The transplant has the whole team on the edge as they wonder if this is the right course of action, a question that Winston and Meredith are seen pondering over. But Nick ascertains that despite the risks, this is best option they have. Meredith even assets that Nick’s opinion is secondary as it is the parents who get to decide. The fathers choose to go ahead with the transplant surgery.

The nature of the surgery and the risk to the lives involved, leaves Winston anxious. Jules helps Winton understand the gravity of the situation and helps him through his apprehension.

Katie needs to get her chemo done and due to the accident, things are not going as planned. In the Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3 Bailey is at her best as she stays calm through it all. She realizes that Katie’s spleen needs to be removed. Lucas is disruptive during the surgery as he holds on to his animosity towards Bryant.

Teddy is still with Jo at the car dealership as the later starts talking about Link’s condition. The conversation around children however distresses Teddy. She finally reveals the truth to Jo and tells her that she and Owen are going through divorce. Teddy shares an emotional moment with Jo, who appears empathetic to her grim situation. She advices Teddy to put her happiness above all. Later, while Jo tries to negotiate for a car, it is Teddy who helps her out.

Meanwhile in Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3, the preparations for surgery are going on and Ben learns the hard way that being Chief Resident means more work, something he didn’t anticipate. The surgery is halted when the white cell count goes down to dangerous levels, indicating the possibility of infection. They will have to wait a few days until he recovers before going ahead with the surgery. However, it is Winston who figures out a way to go ahead with the surgery, and it is a success.

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Bailey’s patient’s condition worsens in Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3

On the other side, Lucas has been least helpful in Bailey’s surgery so. Bailey needs to take control of the situation and decides to send Bryant on a task. While Bailey tries to take over from Lucas, he tells her that there are tumors on the liver, revealing that the cancer has spread.

Lucas and Bryant finally make peace, at least temporarily. When Katie is awake, they tell her about the tumor. Bailey appears worried and Katie assumes that it is all over for her. However, Lucas keeps the hope alive.

Blue and Kavita are still at odds as his mistake has resulted in her missing out on a date. Despite his apology, kind of, things are sour between the two. At the end of Grey's Anatomy Season 22 Episode 3, Teddy goes on to pick Cass for a date and the two share a kiss, leaving their future in the show open-ended.

Watch Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 on Thursdays on ABC.

ALSO READ: Grey's Anatomy season 22 Episode 2 recap: Dr. Beltran’s death continues to affect Amelia and Jules

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