The promos indicate quite an emotional episode tonight, something concerning two sick young’uns.
Ah, it’s a teenage boy with leukemia who needs help from his younger brother.
Good…more Wilson!
Also, the patient’s death from last time continues to haunt Foreman.
Holy fuck! Foreman gave his two weeks’ notice-- after saving the two boys’ lives.
Foreman isn’t going to leave. No way. Who would fill the gap, because just Chase and Cameron would really ruin the show. He’ll have something happen to him to convince him to stay.
I loved the Holmes reference with the pipe.
and:
“I didn’t mean it. Times infinity”
“Yes you did.”
Would the second marrow transplant really save him? He still has the bad 4 out of 6 marrow. Wouldn’t that continue to attack his body?
The 4 out of 6 referred to the donors: they were compatiable with a value of 4 on a six point scale. The brother was evidently 6 out of 6, so his marrow would work.
Four out of six donors recommend sugarless marrow for those people who use marrow.
I understand what 4 out of 6 meant. I also understand that the brother was an exact match. As far as I can see, that’s not relevant to my question.
The boy who received the donor marrow was suffering from graft vs host disease because it wasn’t an exact match. What’s that means is that the immune cells from the transplanted marrow were attacking the boy’s body because they saw it as foreign tissue. This was causing enormous pain and would have soon killed him.
The marrow from his brother would work as a replacement for his own marrow (which they had destroyed with radiation to eliminate the leukemia). But, he still has the other marrow (the “4 out of 6 marrow”). Wouldn’t that other marrow continue to attack him and eventually kill him, regardless of the presence of his brother’s marrow?
Not a doctor, but I would have to say yes, in any universe but House’s with Foreman’s redemption on the line.
I’d also think there would’ve been a couple of nurse around with all that screaming.
And that, of course, is the real explanation. It’s fiction. I just wish they would try to write in some explanation like “we’ll first give him a dose of xyz to kill off the bad marrow before giving him the good stuff”. I hate when writers just try to sneak major plot holes past their audience.
I love the show but really, these people would all have lost their medical licenses by now and maybe even be in prison for some of the crap they’ve pulled.
I mean, for God’s sake - “let’s use the dying brother for a petri dish to diagnose the other brother’s infection” - what universe would that be legal in even with the parent’s consent?
I’m also skeptical about the whole “you’re too sick to sedate” stuff. Modern medicine has decades of experience with sedation, nearly all of it with sick people!
Of course, like I said, I love the show and it wouldn’t be nearly so entertaining if they didn’t do it that way.
According to TV Guide, Foreman will still be around next season, but in a different capacity. Maybe as a hopsital admin? Though I don’t think he has the senority or clout for that. On the other hand, when has House ever made sense?
I was thinking the same thing. I thought, “Where are they, the hospital basement? Can’t anyone hear the kid screaming?”
I liked the conversation between House and Foreman at the end. Kinda brought the whole “Foreman as House Jr.” thing to a head.
I love House’s new cane.
Also loved all the House/Wilson interplay, natch.
And house trying to kill Wilson’s dog. He leaves his door open hoping that it will run away and get run over. The dog’s still there, but someone stole his stereo. 
I forgot about that! And I was confused…did House give the dog the limp, or did he already have it?
The dog had a limp? I didn’t notice that. Maybe it was while it was stoned on vicodin?
I think the dog was imitating House’s limp because he wuvs him so much.
Dammit, I missed the last few minutes…but I’m glad you folks are here to fill me in.
“Bitchinnnnnn…”
As Earl Hickey would say, “That’s karma for you.”
But how old did Wilson say the dog was? 17? And still chewing everything? I don’t buy that. Most dogs do grow out of chewing things by 2 years. My Lab grew out of it by a year and a half. And I’ve had dogs that only chewed once or twice as puppies. It’s rare for dogs to keep chewing at such an advanced age.
Maybe he has separation anxiety? I did think the same thing about the dog being awfully old to be chewing, but I have to admit that sometimes my dogs (cocker spaniel and lab/aussie shep mix, between 8 and 10 y.o.) still chew when they get bored, and if I don’t give them something positive to chew on, like rawhide, then they’ll take it out on things they shouldn’t (especially things in my purse if they can reach it). ETA: plus he looked like some kind of terrier–aren’t they notorious chewers?
I wondered if the bedroom door getting shut on the dog had something to do with his limp?
Well, I could buy the separation anxiety, but Hector was chewing with House asleep in the apartment. Unless the dog missed Wilson or his wife. I don’t really know. My dogs don’t have separation anxiety. They don’t trash the house, and neither one ever, ever, chews when I’m not home. One’s 2 and the other is 6. I’d bet if I set up a video camera, all it would catch would be my dogs napping. Also, the dog’s limp didn’t seem like an injury. It looked too exaggerated. It seemed like a trick House taught it, either for amusement, or to elicit sympathy from Wilson so he’d take it back. After the dog took a few steps on three paws, House threw it a treat, then it seemed to walk normally on the leash with Wilson. Then the dog seemed to look back at House over its shoulder and began to limp again, apparently hoping for another treat.