Gabrielle Melendez, known as Gabby, is the sister of Neil Melendez.
Biography[]
After Gabby suffered a brain injury following a fall from a tree, Neil spent all his time taking care of her, brushing her teeth, combing her hair and helping her eat until their financial situation left their parents unable to take care of her and she was put in a care home.
Season 1[]
While working as a doctor, Neil would mention Gabby at times while he was talking to loved ones of some of his patients and relate to them his experiences of taking care of her. The first time was when he was helping Gabriel, a boy from the Republic of the Congo who had come to the hospital Neil worked at, and talked of her with Gabriel's mother Georgieta when they were having hard time treating Gabriel while she made him remember that Neil didn't give up when he was taking take of Gabby. While he was helping treat Hunter Denoble (one of Neil's first patients) who was disabled but was offered a risky surgery that could've helped him walk again, Hunter's wife Cora who had taken care of him became upset at him possibly throwing his life away. However, Neil saw that Cora was afraid that Hunter would possibly not need her again and mentioned Gabby to get Cora to reconcile with Hunter (whose surgery failed but he survived).
Season 2[]
After Neil worked to help Mac, a disabled teenager whose mother Nicole was forced into sending him away, Gabby was visited in her care home by Neil who broke down when she asked if their parents were coming to take her back home but composed himself to be with her.