After months of questions \u2014 and terrifying fainting spells \u2014 Hen finally has a diagnosis. Now she just has to tell her kids.\n<\/p>\n
9-1-1 <\/a>concluded its mid-season finale<\/a> with Hen (Aisha Hinds<\/a>) seeking answers about why she was lethargic, dealing with shaky hands, and even passed out at home for hours.\n<\/p>\n Despite many tests, she still didn’t have answers \u2014 until last week, after passing out during a call, when she was diagnosed with dermatomyositis.\n<\/p>\n Now, Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive preview clip from tonight’s episode of Hen revealing her disease to her son Denny (Declan Pratt) and daughter Mara (Askyler Bell).\n<\/p>\n “Is it as scary as it sounds?” Denny asks his mom in the clip.\n<\/p>\n “It’s an autoimmune disease,” Hen responds. “It causes this rash on my hands and it attacks muscles, so I’ll get tired more easily.” (According to the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center<\/a>, “Dermatomyositis is characterized by a rash that precedes or accompanies muscle weakness. The cause is unknown.”)\n<\/p>\n “Now, we wanna be upfront with you two,” adds Hen’s wife, Karen (Tracie Thoms<\/a>). “This can get serious…”\n<\/p>\n “But we’re not going to let it,” Hen’s mom, Toni (Marsha Warfield), chimes in.\n<\/p>\n That said, Hen lets her kids know that there is no cure. “But there’s treatments, and I’ve already started medications,” she continues.\n<\/p>\n “Now that’s the easy part,” adds Karen. “For the rest, we’re gonna need some help.”\n<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n