"Stella" is a common name, so there are many different individuals who have had surgery for various reasons. The need for surgery depends entirely on which "Stella" is being referred to.
In When to Let Go (Chicago Med), the firefighters treat Kidd. Dr. Connor Rhodes tells them that to save her, they'll have to remove her lung.
We're referring to Miranda Rae Mayo's Stella Kidd, who did not appear in the final episode of 2025 and whose absence left fans wondering if Kidd had left the show. Well, the answer to that question is yes, Mayo has left Chicago Fire, but this is not a permanent exit or a leave of absence situation.
The couple considered numerous routes, each coming with its challenges. However, the season finale delivered some surprising news for them when Stella revealed she was pregnant. Pregnancy had been a touchy subject since it would have profound effects on her.
Death of Leslie Shay
In reference to the episode: "Real Never Waits".
Miranda Rae Mayo's Chicago Fire character is putting family first. During the Nov. 5 episode of the beloved NBC series, Mayo's Stella Kidd announced she would be taking a temporary leave from Firehouse 51 for the benefit of her and husband Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney)'s foster child Isaiah (Hero Hunter).
Once she was found drinking on the job, she was dismissed. That explains the character's departure, but why did the series' writers take things in such a direction? Well, according to showrunner Matt Olmstead, it was simply to shock audiences who might've just been getting used to Chili's presence.
After Matthew Casey notices a man collapse in the middle of the festivities, they head over to help and find the man with a flesh-eating infection on his legs; he keeps repeating the letters "BRT." The man is taken to Chicago Med where they identify the infection as necrotizing fasciitis.
The unborn child was a failed pregnancy between Gabriela Dawson and Matthew Casey. The child is conceived by accident in the episode I Am the Apocalypse, in which the two had sex "to relieve the stress of the day".
He'd done nothing wrong, so what was the justified cause? But with city-wide budget cuts being deemed as "just cause," Mouch was trapped inside a loop hole that he could see now way out of. Feeling hopeless, Mouch's union rep suggested he make an appeal with the civil services commission to make some headway.
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Even though Cruz was cleared in the crash, both drivers were negligent.
The twosome of Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) and Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) have had a bumpy Season 14 so far. First, the two found out in the opening scene of the season that Stella had suffered a miscarriage, after Season 13 ended with the news that they were surprisingly pregnant.
Why did Blake Gallo leave Chicago Fire? In an effort to move closer to the family with which he'd reunited in Season 11, Gallo left Firehouse 51 in the Season 12 premiere ("Barely Gone").
Personal life
In January 2022, it was reported that Eigenberg had been diagnosed with hearing loss and that it inspired his on-screen character's hearing loss on And Just Like That... and Chicago Fire.
“I realized I've been doing TV for a long time. I added it up, and I think this year [2022] is my 18th year of network television... I called [showrunner] Derek [Haas] and broke him the news, said I thought it was time to leave the show, and he agreed that we should at least get Casey to 200 episodes," Spencer said.
The character was initially introduced in Chicago Fire as a dirty cop who tries to cover up a crime by his son Justin and uses all means necessary to do so, including threatening Fire Lieutenant Matthew Casey, one of the protagonists of Chicago Fire.
Andy Darden (Corey Sorenson) was the first-ever Chicago Fire death: He was killed in the line of duty after he ignored his lieutenant's orders to fall back, having failed to establish ventilation during a massive house fire.
Catherine O'Leary (née Donegan; March 1827 – July 3, 1895) was an Irish immigrant living in Chicago, Illinois, who became famous when it was alleged that an accident involving her cow had started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Born Catherine Donegan, she and her husband, Patrick O'Leary, had three children.
But by the end of the finale, he not only revealed that he didn't want the job, he also stepped back from being an officer, leaving an open lieutenant position for Mouch (Christian Stolte). Eigenberg appreciated that “it doesn't look like [Herrmann] can pull off the whole chief thing,” he said.
Molly's is inspired by a real bar called Lotties Pub. Exterior scenes are shot at Lotties, while interior scenes are shot on a set inside a studio. The bar serves "Milinac" beer, which is named after the show's special effects co-ordinato, John Milinac.