Staff find themselves in distress when doctor Lola Griffin suffers a heart attack and Connie finds herself on hand to treat her in surgery. However problems occur when Connie's water breaks during the life-saving operation to save Lola.
'Lola's operation is touch-and-go and everyone's on heightened alert,' reveals Amanda Mealing. 'The surgeons deal with patients in a critical condition on a daily basis and it's very rare for a situation to get to them. When it's one of their own, however it does affect them. Lola's weight will count against her, and therefore impede her chances of recovery.'
Connie, who insists on being part of the theatre team brings on early labour accidentally when she is shocked by the defibrillator being used on Lola. 'She doesn't tell anyone else and because it's Lola they're working on, she refuses to step down. Connie's the only one who can do this operation.'
However admirable her determination is to save Lola, Connie is unable to hide her contractions for long and also when her waters break, but she still refuses to let go of the job in hand even when father-to-be Sam tries to order her out.
'With Connie the patient comes first no matter what,' says Amanda. 'Even when she's on the delivery table, her first priority is finding out about Lola's condition. Once Sam confirms that she's okay, Connie tells him he can leave!'
http://www.holby.tv/images/news/spoil_0105b.jpgAlthough the doctors contend with a breech birth, the delivery is successful and Connie has a baby girl. However being 2 months premature, she is rushed into post-natal intensive care.
Connie struggles with Sam, finding his support claustrophobic. 'She knows the baby has come very early and there may be complications and if there's a chance she could lose her child, she wants the time they have together to be exclusive, not shared with someone else.'
So will it be heartache or joy for Connie?
