Caroline Bloom

Caroline Bloom, a character in the Open Heart series, was a patient of Edenbrook Hospital that was treated by the Diagnostic Team. She becomes the reason her husband, Leland Bloom, purchases the hospital in an effort to fight and beat the disease that keeps them apart. She makes her official appearance in Book 2, Chapter 6.

Appearance
Caroline has brown eyes, brown hair which is pinned back in a low bun, and tan skin. She wears a cream-colored turtleneck under a gray tweed blazer.

Personality
Caroline appears softer, more understanding and receptive than her husband.

Book 2

 * Chapter 6: Buying Time
 * Chapter 18: Inevitable (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 19: One Last Case
 * Chapter 20: Picking Sides

Book 3

 * Chapter 4: Power Struggles (Mentioned)

Leland Bloom
Leland is her husband. Caroline tells you about Leland's symptoms when your team arrives at their home, but does nothing to dissuade him about his choices. In Chapter 18, Leland asks you and the diagnostics team for help since she is dying. When you and Ethan diagnose her illness, he refuses to allow that to be the end. Leland refuses to accept the fact that he never will be able to touch his wife again. He believes he will be able to beat the diseases which are keeping them apart. He tells you the check he offers you is to re-make Edenbrook, to push its boundaries and allow it to explore new frontiers. He has learned in business to never take no for an answer, and he promises that he will find a cure for Caroline and for all the other people like her. His only question to you is if Edenbrook is the place where it happens. He believes you truly know the hospital and its capabilities and if it can become the place he needs it to be.

Your Character
You, Ethan, Baz, and June first meet Leland and Caroline at their estate. After your team's success with Gwyneth Monroe, Leland wants your team to compete against the Mass Kenmore team to figure out what's wrong with him. Caroline answers your questions about his symptoms.

In Chapter 18, at your last day at Edenbrook, Leland comes to the old diagnostics team's office. He asks you and Ethan for help. He states that his wife is about to die and when Ethan suggests going to Mount Mercy, he tells you two that they cannot find the cause. You and Ethan agree to do one last case to help them. In Chapter 19, you discover Caroline has selective IgA (immunoglobin A) deficiency, which means she was born without the antibody that is responsible for fighting infections in the mouth, airway, and digestive tract. This exacerbates any mild infection. Further tests reveal she is severely allergic to IgA. Leland's Berger's disease caused a buildup of the antibody in his kidneys, and when he received his double kidney transplant, his immune system went into overdrive and created more antibody. It is now present in his sweat and saliva. Since there's no treatment for Berger's disease or SIgAD, this means Leland and Caroline can't touch each other, which devastates Leland.

Ethan Ramsey
In Chapter 19, Leland offers Ethan a job to be Caroline's private physician, which Ethan declines. Ethan states private practice is not in his future. In Chapter 20, Leland purchases Edenbrook to remake it. He wants it to be the premier research hospital in New England as he will not believe his wife and he will be separated by their conflicting diseases forever.

Baz Mirani
Leland offers Baz a job to be Caroline's private physician, which Baz declines. Baz hopes to be able to pursue research and practice medicine where ever he goes after Edenbrook closes.

Trivia

 * Caroline's character model resembles Ruby from America's Most Eligible: Wedding Edition.