She answers that smile with a small reassuring one of her own. Joan is a realist, something that has served her well as a detective, a sober companion, and a surgeon. Ignoring problems only makes them worse in the long run. And her realism is one way in which Joan and Ted make each other better. She's able to see and face problems, while he's able to recognize the good things in situations and in people. They're quite a pair.

Joan and Rosa help him back into the wheelchair, and Joan wheels him back to the bed, pulling the IV stand along with them. Once they're there Joan and Rosa take his arms again to help him out of the wheelchair and back into bed.