1 00:00:02,566 --> 00:00:04,026 (MAN PANTING) 2 00:00:04,151 --> 00:00:07,529 So now the plan is either find ourselves a new counselor, 3 00:00:07,654 --> 00:00:09,072 stick it out with the old one but go more often, 4 00:00:09,281 --> 00:00:12,909 or resign ourselves to the fact that she's never gonna be happy 5 00:00:13,035 --> 00:00:14,911 no matter what I do, so let's just take the money we're wasting 6 00:00:15,037 --> 00:00:17,331 and put it towards a membership at Lakeview. 7 00:00:17,748 --> 00:00:19,958 I'm guessing the last option has yet to be formally presented. 8 00:00:20,083 --> 00:00:21,043 Yeah. 9 00:00:21,168 --> 00:00:24,004 Jeez. What's with you? You usually run half speed to stay with me. 10 00:00:24,129 --> 00:00:26,131 Didn't get a lot of sleep last night. 11 00:00:26,256 --> 00:00:28,342 (BOTH PANTING) 12 00:00:28,634 --> 00:00:31,887 - How are things with Elyse? - Great. 13 00:00:32,471 --> 00:00:34,222 - Great? - Yeah. 14 00:00:36,433 --> 00:00:39,436 One-syllable answers. You're either out of breath, or you're lying to me. 15 00:00:39,561 --> 00:00:43,106 Yeah. We have our moments, but they usually work out. 16 00:00:43,231 --> 00:00:45,317 - Man, you got some water? - Yeah. 17 00:00:46,401 --> 00:00:48,695 So how do you work things out? 18 00:00:49,112 --> 00:00:51,782 I don't know. We talk, someone apologizes. 19 00:00:52,074 --> 00:00:55,327 - I shouldn't have drank last night. - Hey, you mean you apologize. 20 00:00:56,828 --> 00:00:59,206 - Yeah, I guess. - How often do you guys have sex? 21 00:00:59,956 --> 00:01:02,000 - Enough. - You do it this morning? 22 00:01:03,794 --> 00:01:05,420 You did. You did it this morning. 23 00:01:05,545 --> 00:01:08,840 Maybe that's why you can't stand up, huh? Come on. 24 00:01:10,050 --> 00:01:11,176 Elyse. 25 00:01:15,722 --> 00:01:19,142 Great. Honey, I'm dehydrated. 26 00:01:19,643 --> 00:01:22,229 Do we have anything with electrolytes? 27 00:01:24,147 --> 00:01:26,274 Sleeping Beauty, wake up. 28 00:01:28,193 --> 00:01:29,986 This is an emergency. 29 00:01:30,445 --> 00:01:31,655 The fridge is empty. 30 00:01:31,780 --> 00:01:32,781 (ELYSE GROANING) 31 00:01:32,906 --> 00:01:34,908 Come on. It's almost 4:00. 32 00:01:37,327 --> 00:01:39,121 Elyse. Sweetie. 33 00:01:41,039 --> 00:01:44,960 Call Jacques. Tell him I'm not feeling well. 34 00:01:45,669 --> 00:01:49,631 It's Saturday. You haven't been to work in three days. Remember? 35 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:51,675 Just let me sleep. 36 00:01:52,175 --> 00:01:55,137 Come on. You haven't been out of bed since Wednesday. 37 00:01:55,262 --> 00:01:58,557 - Leave me alone. - Come on. What's up? 38 00:01:58,682 --> 00:02:01,727 - No. Leave me alone. - Honey. 39 00:02:01,852 --> 00:02:03,103 I said leave me alone! 40 00:02:11,027 --> 00:02:12,028 (WHIMPERS) 41 00:02:13,238 --> 00:02:15,907 I think there's something wrong with me. 42 00:02:48,857 --> 00:02:51,860 She's been averaging 18 hours of sleep a day since her admission. 43 00:02:51,985 --> 00:02:55,155 Clinical depression. Incredibly contagious. 44 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,115 Every time I'm around one of them, I get blue. 45 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,742 It's not clinical depression. 46 00:02:58,867 --> 00:03:02,037 Great. Got it all figured out. You don't need me. 47 00:03:04,164 --> 00:03:05,707 Three ER doctors, two neurologists 48 00:03:05,832 --> 00:03:07,459 and a radiologist have all figured out what it's not. 49 00:03:07,584 --> 00:03:08,710 We need to figure out what it is. 50 00:03:08,835 --> 00:03:11,171 If any of those doctors were interested in my opinion, 51 00:03:11,296 --> 00:03:12,297 they would have asked for it. 52 00:03:12,422 --> 00:03:15,300 None of them are willing to subject themselves to you. 53 00:03:15,425 --> 00:03:16,968 No pain, no gain. 54 00:03:18,470 --> 00:03:20,430 The blood work shows no signs of inflammation, 55 00:03:20,555 --> 00:03:22,224 and no one can figure out what's actually the cause... 56 00:03:22,349 --> 00:03:23,183 (EXCLAIMS) 57 00:03:23,308 --> 00:03:24,226 What? 58 00:03:24,351 --> 00:03:27,437 Husband described her as being unusually irritable recently. 59 00:03:27,562 --> 00:03:28,772 And? 60 00:03:28,897 --> 00:03:32,108 I didn't realize it was possible for a woman to be unusually irritable. 61 00:03:32,234 --> 00:03:33,235 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) 62 00:03:36,446 --> 00:03:39,366 Nice try, but you're a misanthrope, not a misogynist. 63 00:03:39,491 --> 00:03:42,160 What's the first thing you ask a doctor who's referring a patient? 64 00:03:42,285 --> 00:03:44,788 Are you questioning my ability to take a history? 65 00:03:46,456 --> 00:03:47,457 What's the primary... 66 00:03:47,582 --> 00:03:50,335 - Not "what?" Why? - Diseases don't have motives. 67 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:52,337 No, but doctors do. 68 00:03:52,587 --> 00:03:55,340 Why this patient? What interests you? 69 00:03:56,216 --> 00:03:58,385 - Give me the chart. - Why? 70 00:04:00,136 --> 00:04:02,430 I find your interest interesting. 71 00:04:05,016 --> 00:04:08,103 HOUSE: She's irritable and sleeping 18 hours a day. 72 00:04:08,228 --> 00:04:09,688 What's interesting about that? 73 00:04:09,813 --> 00:04:13,149 Hypersomnia's usually accompanied by irritability in depressed patients. 74 00:04:13,275 --> 00:04:15,861 True, but not relevant. She's not depressed. 75 00:04:15,986 --> 00:04:18,363 Hello. She's sleeping 18 hours a day. 76 00:04:18,488 --> 00:04:21,116 Fever. Clinical depression does not cause fever. 77 00:04:21,241 --> 00:04:22,242 She could be sick and depressed. 78 00:04:22,367 --> 00:04:23,535 She's sick. 79 00:04:23,660 --> 00:04:25,537 (EXCLAIMS) Damn it. Why didn't I think of that? 80 00:04:25,662 --> 00:04:26,663 Yeah, that's what I meant. 81 00:04:26,788 --> 00:04:28,456 Elevated sed rate indicates inflammation. 82 00:04:28,582 --> 00:04:30,876 Hypersomnia and personality changes point toward the brain. 83 00:04:31,001 --> 00:04:34,337 Not the spleen? Thank goodness we hired a neurologist. 84 00:04:34,462 --> 00:04:37,007 Brain symptoms... Hmm. Could this be a brain problem? 85 00:04:37,132 --> 00:04:39,676 No other systemic signs of inflammation. Probably not vasculitis. 86 00:04:39,801 --> 00:04:42,012 What about parasites? Malaria, Chagas. 87 00:04:42,137 --> 00:04:44,347 But the patient's never been outside of the United States, 88 00:04:44,472 --> 00:04:45,473 especially the tropics. 89 00:04:45,599 --> 00:04:48,059 You mean she claims she's never been outside the U.S. 90 00:04:48,184 --> 00:04:49,102 Very good. CAMERON: Doesn't matter. 91 00:04:49,227 --> 00:04:51,396 Blood and CSF smears show no sign of parasites. 92 00:04:51,521 --> 00:04:52,522 Has to be a tumor then. 93 00:04:52,647 --> 00:04:54,816 A tumor sitting directly on top of the brain stem 94 00:04:54,941 --> 00:04:58,111 that three ER doctors, two neurologists and a radiologist missed? 95 00:04:58,236 --> 00:05:00,113 Partridge in a pear tree missed it too. 96 00:05:00,238 --> 00:05:02,073 Redo the blood work, and get a new MRI 97 00:05:02,198 --> 00:05:05,368 with 2mm cuts through the mesodiencephalic. 98 00:05:05,493 --> 00:05:07,078 And check for evil stepmothers. 99 00:05:07,203 --> 00:05:09,998 This much sleep usually indicates poison apples. 100 00:05:10,749 --> 00:05:13,293 Anything else besides the shortness of breath? 101 00:05:13,418 --> 00:05:14,377 Not really. 102 00:05:14,502 --> 00:05:16,463 It's actually just kind of a tightness. 103 00:05:16,588 --> 00:05:18,506 - You smoke? - No, never. 104 00:05:18,632 --> 00:05:21,217 - Exercise? - Eight hours a day. 105 00:05:22,260 --> 00:05:25,180 - I teach preschool. - Sounds fun. 106 00:05:27,223 --> 00:05:29,267 Any history of heart disease in your family? 107 00:05:29,392 --> 00:05:31,770 - Not that I know of. - Take a deep breath. 108 00:05:34,689 --> 00:05:36,816 Been under a lot of stress lately? 109 00:05:36,942 --> 00:05:38,610 No more than usual. 110 00:05:38,735 --> 00:05:40,820 You're probably just a little anemic. 111 00:05:40,946 --> 00:05:43,239 I'm gonna do an EKG just to make sure. 112 00:05:43,365 --> 00:05:44,199 Do I need to take this off? 113 00:05:44,324 --> 00:05:47,243 No. You can just pull that down in front. 114 00:05:51,998 --> 00:05:53,375 Good Lord. 115 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,672 - Are those real? - Do they look real? 116 00:05:59,005 --> 00:06:00,715 They look pretty damn good. 117 00:06:00,966 --> 00:06:03,009 They were a present for my husband's 40th. 118 00:06:03,134 --> 00:06:06,096 I figured he'd enjoy them more than a sweater. 119 00:06:06,304 --> 00:06:08,056 That's so sweet. 120 00:06:08,473 --> 00:06:10,183 But I'm afraid the cause of your problem 121 00:06:10,308 --> 00:06:12,143 could be staring us right in the face. 122 00:06:12,268 --> 00:06:14,521 Actually, I guess I'm the one doing the staring. 123 00:06:15,230 --> 00:06:17,941 Of course, I can't be sure. I'd like to consult a colleague. 124 00:06:18,066 --> 00:06:21,236 He's actually somewhat of an expert in these matters. 125 00:06:23,363 --> 00:06:25,740 Can I get a page on Dr. Wilson? 126 00:06:28,284 --> 00:06:30,036 - A tumor? - We don't know. 127 00:06:30,161 --> 00:06:31,663 We're checking just to be safe. 128 00:06:31,788 --> 00:06:32,831 Y'all already checked for that. 129 00:06:32,956 --> 00:06:34,749 The previous MRI had a broader view. 130 00:06:34,874 --> 00:06:38,670 Some tumors are almost impossible to see unless you know exactly where to look. 131 00:06:38,795 --> 00:06:40,130 That means it would be small, right? 132 00:06:40,255 --> 00:06:41,256 Yeah. 133 00:06:41,381 --> 00:06:43,758 Then you'd be able to operate, take it out? 134 00:06:43,883 --> 00:06:46,678 If it's a tumor, there are a variety of treatment options, 135 00:06:46,803 --> 00:06:49,139 but there are variables other than just size. 136 00:06:51,558 --> 00:06:55,562 - Don't worry. - Too late. 137 00:07:00,567 --> 00:07:02,777 CAMERON: Try to remain as still as possible. 138 00:07:02,902 --> 00:07:05,447 The less distortion there is, the more detail we'll be able to see. 139 00:07:05,572 --> 00:07:06,698 Okay- 140 00:07:17,417 --> 00:07:20,045 MAN ON PA: X-ray tech, report to Radiology Room 3. 141 00:07:21,588 --> 00:07:24,340 Well. That's what breasts look like. 142 00:07:24,758 --> 00:07:27,302 Is a lie a lie if everybody knows it's a lie? 143 00:07:27,427 --> 00:07:29,345 Well, if a tree pretends to fall in a forest... 144 00:07:29,471 --> 00:07:30,930 House, come on. They're breasts. 145 00:07:31,056 --> 00:07:33,308 They're a birthday present, not a philosophical treatise. 146 00:07:33,433 --> 00:07:36,436 Lie number one. She did not do that for her husband. 147 00:07:36,561 --> 00:07:37,562 She did that for herself. 148 00:07:37,687 --> 00:07:39,272 She thinks if she looks different, she'll be different. 149 00:07:39,397 --> 00:07:41,900 No. She thinks if she looks different, she'll be more attractive, 150 00:07:42,025 --> 00:07:45,111 - which I have to say... - Not to her husband. 151 00:07:45,236 --> 00:07:48,281 Cosmetic surgery is so everyone else will look at us differently. 152 00:07:48,823 --> 00:07:50,784 The same reason you're wearing that tie. 153 00:07:50,909 --> 00:07:53,286 Well, exactly. That was gonna be my next point. 154 00:07:53,411 --> 00:07:55,705 Last three months, same five ties. 155 00:07:55,830 --> 00:07:57,749 Thursday should be that paisley thing. 156 00:07:57,874 --> 00:08:00,168 - It's a gift from my wife. - No, it's not. 157 00:08:00,293 --> 00:08:02,545 Julie hates green. You bought that yourself. 158 00:08:02,670 --> 00:08:05,048 You want to look pretty at work. 159 00:08:06,049 --> 00:08:08,218 (MOCKINGLY) Wilson's got a girlfriend. 160 00:08:08,551 --> 00:08:10,678 Stop. Stop. I don't. 161 00:08:11,763 --> 00:08:14,849 It takes two department heads to treat shortness of breath? 162 00:08:15,391 --> 00:08:18,937 What, do the complications increase exponentially with cup size? 163 00:08:19,270 --> 00:08:24,192 I want an EKG and blood tests, including tox screen on Mrs... 164 00:08:24,317 --> 00:08:25,235 Exam Room 1. 165 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,321 You're ordering tests to cover your lechery. 166 00:08:28,446 --> 00:08:30,657 - Interesting. - Very tricky case. 167 00:08:32,867 --> 00:08:35,662 You love everybody. That's your pathology. 168 00:08:38,081 --> 00:08:41,751 There were no lesions and no mass effect that we could see. 169 00:08:42,710 --> 00:08:44,462 What does that mean? 170 00:08:45,004 --> 00:08:48,258 It means we're still not sure what's causing the neurological problems. 171 00:08:48,383 --> 00:08:51,010 I know some things are hard to cure, 172 00:08:51,469 --> 00:08:53,847 but what I just don't get is why it's taking so long 173 00:08:53,972 --> 00:08:55,306 to figure out what's wrong with her. 174 00:08:55,431 --> 00:08:57,058 I know you're scared. I would be too. 175 00:08:57,183 --> 00:09:00,061 - I don't feel good. - You feeling nauseous? 176 00:09:01,271 --> 00:09:03,314 Honey, are you all right? 177 00:09:06,151 --> 00:09:07,777 CAMERON: She's seizing! 178 00:09:09,362 --> 00:09:10,613 Get her on her side. 179 00:09:10,738 --> 00:09:11,739 I need some Ativan! 180 00:09:11,865 --> 00:09:12,699 NURSE: I'll get it. 181 00:09:14,075 --> 00:09:16,411 - What's happened? - She's having a seizure. 182 00:09:16,536 --> 00:09:17,620 (GAGGING) 183 00:09:17,745 --> 00:09:19,330 She's aspirating. Suction. 184 00:09:26,754 --> 00:09:28,173 Come on, Elyse. 185 00:09:47,525 --> 00:09:49,194 WILSON: The MRI reveals nothing. 186 00:09:49,319 --> 00:09:50,612 FOREMAN: That we were able to detect. 187 00:09:50,737 --> 00:09:51,905 It's not a tumor. 188 00:09:52,030 --> 00:09:54,157 A small glioma could hide from contrast. 189 00:09:54,282 --> 00:09:55,283 We could do a PET scan. 190 00:09:55,408 --> 00:09:59,245 Yes. That's how a responsible doctor would waste his time in this situation. 191 00:09:59,370 --> 00:10:02,373 Suddenly tests and radiologists are incapable of error? 192 00:10:02,498 --> 00:10:04,959 A glioma not presenting on a contrast MRI 193 00:10:05,084 --> 00:10:07,337 would have to be smaller than a grain of sand, 194 00:10:07,462 --> 00:10:09,756 which does not a gravely ill person make. 195 00:10:09,881 --> 00:10:12,175 It could be just postictal disorientation. 196 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:13,593 We would have seen improvement by now. 197 00:10:13,718 --> 00:10:15,803 Late-stage Lyme disease can cause seizures. 198 00:10:15,929 --> 00:10:18,556 - Does the husband care about her? - He hasn't left her bedside. 199 00:10:18,681 --> 00:10:19,974 How annoying. 200 00:10:20,099 --> 00:10:22,101 It also means she doesn't have Lyme disease. 201 00:10:22,227 --> 00:10:23,770 What, love conquers all? 202 00:10:23,895 --> 00:10:25,980 Lyme disease initially presents with a rash. 203 00:10:26,105 --> 00:10:27,106 Mr. Clingy would have noticed. 204 00:10:27,232 --> 00:10:30,318 - We've looked at everything else. - Did you look at her breasts? 205 00:10:30,652 --> 00:10:32,070 (SCOFFS) Men. 206 00:10:32,779 --> 00:10:34,906 It could be paraneoplastic. 207 00:10:35,323 --> 00:10:37,784 She have any family history of breast cancer? 208 00:10:37,909 --> 00:10:39,744 Her mother died of it. 209 00:10:40,536 --> 00:10:44,624 The brain, but not the brain. Clever, huh? 210 00:10:51,923 --> 00:10:54,467 How can breast cancer cause problems in her brain? 211 00:10:55,134 --> 00:10:56,719 There are molecular similarities 212 00:10:56,844 --> 00:10:58,680 between brain cells and tumor cells. 213 00:10:58,805 --> 00:11:01,349 Paraneoplastic syndrome causes the body's own antibodies 214 00:11:01,474 --> 00:11:03,226 to get thrown off track. 215 00:11:03,351 --> 00:11:06,104 They end up attacking the brain instead of the tumor. 216 00:11:06,437 --> 00:11:08,898 So, if you do find a tumor, what do you do? 217 00:11:09,274 --> 00:11:11,943 We treat the underlying malignancy. 218 00:11:12,068 --> 00:11:13,111 Once there's no tumor to attack, 219 00:11:13,236 --> 00:11:15,530 there's nothing for the antibodies to get confused about. 220 00:11:15,655 --> 00:11:18,366 - If the tumor's treatable. - Exactly. 221 00:11:23,746 --> 00:11:24,580 ELYSE: Ow! 222 00:11:24,706 --> 00:11:26,791 CAMERON: I'm sorry. I know it's uncomfortable. 223 00:11:26,916 --> 00:11:30,169 The tighter we go, the better the image will be. 224 00:11:30,295 --> 00:11:31,629 (MACHINE WHIRRING) 225 00:11:33,965 --> 00:11:36,634 - At least it'll keep me awake. - Don't worry. It's almost over. 226 00:11:38,011 --> 00:11:40,555 I wish people would stop telling me not to worry. 227 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:41,681 (GROANS) 228 00:11:41,806 --> 00:11:43,099 I'm sorry. 229 00:11:45,810 --> 00:11:47,729 My mom was the same age. 230 00:11:58,323 --> 00:12:00,241 We've been trying to get pregnant for over a year. 231 00:12:00,366 --> 00:12:02,410 Guess we're lucky we didn't. 232 00:12:02,535 --> 00:12:04,996 A lot has changed since your mom died. 233 00:12:05,455 --> 00:12:06,789 Don't worry... 234 00:12:08,958 --> 00:12:10,084 Don't give up. 235 00:12:21,054 --> 00:12:22,597 HOUSE: No tumor? 236 00:12:22,722 --> 00:12:25,975 The MRI and the mammogram only showed a few benign calcifications. 237 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:28,227 It's most likely a small-cell tumor. 238 00:12:28,353 --> 00:12:30,438 It's no surprise we're having trouble finding it. 239 00:12:30,646 --> 00:12:32,940 We should do a PET scan. Start with her lungs, 240 00:12:33,066 --> 00:12:34,275 then maybe her bones. 241 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,069 Sometimes it presents with no tumor at all. 242 00:12:36,194 --> 00:12:39,030 How can a disease caused by a tumor present if there's no tumor? 243 00:12:39,238 --> 00:12:41,032 It happens. 12% of cases. 244 00:12:41,157 --> 00:12:43,201 And how do you treat it if there's no tumor? 245 00:12:43,326 --> 00:12:46,371 You don't. Those 12%, no treatment. 246 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,248 They were too busy looking for the tumor 247 00:12:49,374 --> 00:12:51,250 right till they put the patient in the ground. 248 00:12:51,751 --> 00:12:52,877 What choice do we have? 249 00:12:53,002 --> 00:12:56,005 Treat the symptoms. IV immunoglobulin. 250 00:12:56,130 --> 00:12:58,174 So we're just gonna ignore the tumor? 251 00:12:58,299 --> 00:13:00,176 Well, eventually it'll get bigger. 252 00:13:00,301 --> 00:13:02,095 Then it'll be really easy to find. 253 00:13:02,220 --> 00:13:04,263 One of you needs to check out where she works. 254 00:13:04,389 --> 00:13:06,516 - Why? - 'Cause the husband's not sick. 255 00:13:06,766 --> 00:13:07,767 CHASE: Meaning? 256 00:13:07,892 --> 00:13:11,813 If it's not paraneoplastic, and it is a reaction to some sort of toxin, 257 00:13:11,938 --> 00:13:14,774 it's obviously not coming from their home. 258 00:13:15,483 --> 00:13:17,151 Foreman, you do it. 259 00:13:20,696 --> 00:13:23,032 Why are you riding me? 260 00:13:23,157 --> 00:13:25,952 It's what I do. Has it got worse lately? 261 00:13:26,077 --> 00:13:28,704 - Yeah. Seems to me. - Really? 262 00:13:29,205 --> 00:13:31,040 Well, that rules out the race thing. 263 00:13:31,165 --> 00:13:34,127 'Cause you were just as black last week. 264 00:13:35,294 --> 00:13:36,504 FOREMAN: How long has Elyse worked here? 265 00:13:36,629 --> 00:13:38,840 Oh, three years. She's my best rotisseur. 266 00:13:38,965 --> 00:13:39,924 And what's that? 267 00:13:40,049 --> 00:13:43,302 The rotisseur prepares the roasted meats and gravies. 268 00:13:43,719 --> 00:13:45,012 How do you clean your grill? 269 00:13:45,138 --> 00:13:46,472 (SPEAKING IN FRENCH) 270 00:13:46,597 --> 00:13:49,267 - You say "elbow grease". - Do you use chemical cleaners? 271 00:13:49,392 --> 00:13:50,309 Non. Absolument. 272 00:13:50,435 --> 00:13:52,228 The chefs don't do the cleaning anyway. 273 00:13:52,353 --> 00:13:55,815 What about pesticides? You must spray for roaches and that sort of thing. 274 00:13:55,940 --> 00:13:58,818 No. My kitchen is clean. No roaches. 275 00:13:58,943 --> 00:14:01,279 (BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH) 276 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,532 I need to get back to work. 277 00:14:05,074 --> 00:14:07,285 So the fact that I'm here asking you these questions, 278 00:14:07,410 --> 00:14:09,245 it doesn't worry you? 279 00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:11,164 (LAUGHS) Look at me. I'm here 18 hours a day. 280 00:14:11,289 --> 00:14:13,040 That guy practically lives here. 281 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:14,625 He does live here. 282 00:14:14,750 --> 00:14:16,544 I use the same detergents for 15 years, 283 00:14:16,669 --> 00:14:18,379 and everyone is healthy as a horse. 284 00:14:18,504 --> 00:14:21,215 Whatever Elyse has, she didn't get here. 285 00:14:21,799 --> 00:14:23,718 Tell herl hope she feels better. 286 00:14:23,843 --> 00:14:26,095 And I had to get a new rotisseur. 287 00:14:35,897 --> 00:14:37,231 (MAN CHATTERING ON PA) 288 00:14:38,774 --> 00:14:39,859 Where's Ed? 289 00:14:40,276 --> 00:14:42,695 He went down to the gift shop to buy a shirt. 290 00:14:42,820 --> 00:14:44,822 I told him I'd stay up here just in case you woke up. 291 00:14:46,365 --> 00:14:48,868 You must have better things to do. 292 00:14:49,327 --> 00:14:51,162 I send my laundry out. 293 00:14:52,079 --> 00:14:54,165 - You're not married? - No. 294 00:14:54,707 --> 00:14:56,876 Waiting for the perfect guy? 295 00:14:57,710 --> 00:15:00,630 Let me guess. You've already found him. 296 00:15:04,675 --> 00:15:07,220 He threw my towels out the window. 297 00:15:07,345 --> 00:15:08,679 (CHUCKLES) 298 00:15:09,222 --> 00:15:10,890 That's how we met. 299 00:15:11,307 --> 00:15:16,354 Freshman year, Ed came to a party that my roommate and I threw. 300 00:15:17,104 --> 00:15:20,316 He spent most of the night on the bathroom floor. 301 00:15:21,776 --> 00:15:25,279 He figured I wouldn't notice the vomit on the towels 302 00:15:25,404 --> 00:15:27,240 if I didn't have any towels. 303 00:15:30,117 --> 00:15:32,286 I'm assuming he came back the next day to apologize? 304 00:15:32,411 --> 00:15:34,997 No way. I had to track him down. 305 00:15:36,874 --> 00:15:37,917 (SIGHS) 306 00:15:38,042 --> 00:15:41,754 Conflict resolution has never been one of Ed's strong points. 307 00:15:43,172 --> 00:15:47,343 - Nobody's perfect, right? - I guess. 308 00:15:48,219 --> 00:15:49,679 Oh, my neck hurts. 309 00:15:51,264 --> 00:15:54,350 You've been in this bed for a really long time. 310 00:15:56,894 --> 00:15:59,605 We're gonna do the same test we did last night, okay? 311 00:15:59,730 --> 00:16:03,150 - Do you know what day it is? - My arm itches. 312 00:16:03,276 --> 00:16:04,735 It's probably a mild skin irritation. 313 00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:07,196 I'll get you some hydrocortisone in a minute. 314 00:16:07,321 --> 00:16:10,157 - Do you know what day it is? - Tuesday. It really itches. 315 00:16:11,576 --> 00:16:14,328 How about I get you that cream right now? 316 00:16:22,712 --> 00:16:25,089 Oh, my God! Get them off! Get 'em off of me! 317 00:16:25,214 --> 00:16:26,299 Get 'em off me! Get 'em off me! 318 00:16:26,424 --> 00:16:29,010 - Elyse, calm down. - Get them off me! 319 00:16:29,135 --> 00:16:30,970 Elyse, calm down. Calm down. 320 00:16:31,095 --> 00:16:33,097 They're biting me! They're biting me! 321 00:16:33,222 --> 00:16:35,099 I'm gonna need some Haldol, five milligrams. 322 00:16:35,224 --> 00:16:36,225 Honey, what's wrong? 323 00:16:36,350 --> 00:16:37,560 Get 'em off! 324 00:16:40,521 --> 00:16:41,647 Get 'em off. Get 'em off. 325 00:16:41,772 --> 00:16:45,860 There's nothing there, Elyse. There's nothing there. 326 00:16:45,985 --> 00:16:46,986 0w! 327 00:16:50,323 --> 00:16:51,907 FOREMAN: We had to sedate her. 328 00:16:52,033 --> 00:16:55,328 You gave sedatives to a patient who's already sleeping 18 hours a day? 329 00:16:55,453 --> 00:16:57,955 It was better than letting her scratch all the skin off her arms. 330 00:16:58,080 --> 00:16:59,040 HOUSE: Where's Wilson? 331 00:16:59,165 --> 00:17:01,834 Creepy-crawlies are consistent with paraneoplastic syndrome. 332 00:17:01,959 --> 00:17:04,170 Onset immediately after IV IG isn't. 333 00:17:04,295 --> 00:17:06,130 There is a simple explanation. 334 00:17:06,255 --> 00:17:08,633 Maybe she really has bugs under her skin. 335 00:17:08,758 --> 00:17:09,592 Infection? 336 00:17:10,384 --> 00:17:13,721 That's whata worsening of symptoms after immunotherapy would suggest. 337 00:17:13,846 --> 00:17:16,349 Blood cultures and the timeline rule out most bacteria. 338 00:17:16,474 --> 00:17:19,185 Patient throws up on your shoes, do you clean up most of it? 339 00:17:19,310 --> 00:17:22,855 The symptoms rule out the rest. Serology rules out viruses. 340 00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:25,024 CSF smears rule out parasites. 341 00:17:25,149 --> 00:17:28,319 HOUSE: In the final stage of African trypanosomiasis, 342 00:17:28,444 --> 00:17:30,696 almost all the parasites are inside the brain. 343 00:17:30,821 --> 00:17:32,907 It's possible they wouldn't show on smears. 344 00:17:33,032 --> 00:17:36,243 But it's not possible for a patient who's never been to Africa 345 00:17:36,369 --> 00:17:37,828 to have African sleeping sickness. 346 00:17:37,953 --> 00:17:39,330 I'm just saying it fits the symptoms. 347 00:17:39,455 --> 00:17:40,831 She could've got it from a transfusion. 348 00:17:40,956 --> 00:17:43,125 Or I'm just saying she could've got it from a transfusion. 349 00:17:43,417 --> 00:17:45,336 Which she never had. 350 00:17:45,711 --> 00:17:47,588 Okay. WILSON: What about toxins? 351 00:17:47,713 --> 00:17:50,758 No, the kitchen she works in is cleaner than some hospitals. 352 00:17:50,883 --> 00:17:55,513 But they do serve rabbit. Rabbit fever fits her symptoms. 353 00:17:55,638 --> 00:17:58,891 Tularemia initially presents with a rash or ulcer near the infection site. 354 00:17:59,016 --> 00:18:00,726 Not if she inhaled it. 355 00:18:00,851 --> 00:18:04,230 Chopping the meat with the cleaver could easily aerosolize the bacteria. 356 00:18:04,355 --> 00:18:06,273 No. Then she'd have respiratory symptoms. 357 00:18:06,399 --> 00:18:08,317 Maybe she ignored it, figured she had a cold. 358 00:18:08,442 --> 00:18:09,360 We rejected Lyme disease 359 00:18:09,485 --> 00:18:11,112 because the couple would have noticed a rash, 360 00:18:11,237 --> 00:18:14,115 but a wet, hacking cough is just gonna slip right by? 361 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,118 It's either that or she missed her exit on the turnpike 362 00:18:17,243 --> 00:18:18,911 and wound up in Africa. 363 00:18:19,245 --> 00:18:20,955 Okay, two lousy ideas. 364 00:18:21,372 --> 00:18:23,582 Unfortunately, they're better than all the other ideas. 365 00:18:23,958 --> 00:18:26,836 Tularemia. Bizarre. 366 00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:32,007 Very nice. That's why I ride you. 367 00:18:41,392 --> 00:18:43,519 Did he just turn on the TV? 368 00:18:43,978 --> 00:18:45,563 He needs to think. 369 00:18:46,731 --> 00:18:49,316 So this should tell us whether or not she's got rabbit fever? 370 00:18:49,442 --> 00:18:50,776 For a diagnosis of tularemia 371 00:18:50,901 --> 00:18:53,738 you need a fourfold increase in serum antibody levels. 372 00:18:53,863 --> 00:18:55,990 To measure an increase you need a before. All we have is an after. 373 00:18:56,115 --> 00:18:58,451 A single titer over 160 would be a big clue. 374 00:18:58,576 --> 00:18:59,994 "That's why I ride you." What does that mean? 375 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:01,829 Even when I have a good idea, it's because of him? 376 00:19:02,037 --> 00:19:04,540 Actually, I think he said your idea was a lousy idea. 377 00:19:04,665 --> 00:19:06,125 CAMERON: It has to be one of these two conditions. 378 00:19:06,333 --> 00:19:09,044 I say we take our best guess and just start treatment. Or treat both. 379 00:19:09,170 --> 00:19:11,672 The treatment for tularemia can cause aplastic anemia. 380 00:19:11,797 --> 00:19:13,007 How come he doesn't ride you guys? 381 00:19:13,132 --> 00:19:15,718 - Got a crush on you. - He just doesn't know how to show it. 382 00:19:15,843 --> 00:19:17,178 Get over it. He rides everybody. 383 00:19:17,303 --> 00:19:20,055 And the treatment for sleeping sickness kills one in 10 patients. 384 00:19:20,181 --> 00:19:21,682 So we start with the safer treatment. 385 00:19:22,016 --> 00:19:26,353 By "safer", you mean the one that's slightly less likely to kill her. 386 00:19:39,283 --> 00:19:41,952 Foreman got the gang testing for tularemia? 387 00:19:42,077 --> 00:19:45,164 Yep. Probably inconclusive, but worth doing. 388 00:19:46,081 --> 00:19:48,709 So, what's her name? When do I get to meet her? 389 00:19:48,834 --> 00:19:50,002 There's nobody. Give it up. 390 00:19:50,252 --> 00:19:52,296 Your lips say no. Your shoes say yes. 391 00:19:52,421 --> 00:19:55,341 Well, they're French. You can't trust a word they say. 392 00:19:55,466 --> 00:19:57,551 Solid, yet stylish. 393 00:19:57,927 --> 00:20:00,262 A professional woman would be impressed. 394 00:20:00,387 --> 00:20:03,265 I'm thinking accountant. Actuary, maybe. 395 00:20:03,682 --> 00:20:07,311 It's somebody in the hospital. Patient? 396 00:20:07,436 --> 00:20:10,439 No. Chemo's not sexy. Daughter of a patient? 397 00:20:10,815 --> 00:20:13,025 She would certainly have the neediness you need. 398 00:20:13,150 --> 00:20:14,944 I'm not gonna date a patient's daughter. 399 00:20:15,069 --> 00:20:16,445 Very ethical. 400 00:20:16,570 --> 00:20:19,156 Of course, most married men would say they don't date at all. 401 00:20:19,281 --> 00:20:20,825 There was no date. 402 00:20:21,909 --> 00:20:24,328 I had lunch with one of the nurses. 403 00:20:24,453 --> 00:20:25,955 It's her first time in an oncology unit. 404 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,040 She's having a tough time emotionally. 405 00:20:28,165 --> 00:20:30,125 - Perfect. - I wanted to be nice. 406 00:20:30,751 --> 00:20:32,586 That's all. I mean it. 407 00:20:32,962 --> 00:20:35,506 You always do. It's part of your charm. 408 00:20:36,090 --> 00:20:39,426 Hi, boys. Mrs. Campbell's test results. 409 00:20:39,552 --> 00:20:42,721 You remember her. The preschool teacher with the heart of silicone. 410 00:20:42,847 --> 00:20:45,808 - No. Doesn't ring a bell. - They came in yesterday. 411 00:20:45,933 --> 00:20:47,518 I figured you guys would have been all over them. 412 00:20:47,643 --> 00:20:50,271 - I know how concerned you were. - She's all upset 413 00:20:50,396 --> 00:20:52,314 'cause we paid more attention to the other girl. 414 00:20:52,523 --> 00:20:54,900 You check out her ass. I've got the chest. 415 00:20:55,734 --> 00:20:58,320 The tests were normal. Of course, that's just my opinion. 416 00:20:58,445 --> 00:21:00,114 You might wanna call a couple of guys from maintenance 417 00:21:00,239 --> 00:21:01,615 in for a consult. 418 00:21:01,740 --> 00:21:04,410 You check her EKG results before she left the other day? 419 00:21:04,535 --> 00:21:06,453 - You ordered it. - You're the responsible one. 420 00:21:06,579 --> 00:21:08,122 What's wrong? They look normal to me. 421 00:21:08,247 --> 00:21:11,000 - Where is she? - Waiting downstairs. Why? 422 00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:12,877 I was right. 423 00:21:20,092 --> 00:21:22,845 Do I have to get rid of the implants? 424 00:21:23,137 --> 00:21:24,972 Surprisingly, no. 425 00:21:25,431 --> 00:21:28,142 But your EKG shows a slightly decreased heart rate. 426 00:21:28,267 --> 00:21:29,268 Is that a problem? 427 00:21:29,393 --> 00:21:31,520 You told me you hadn't changed your diet or exercise. 428 00:21:31,645 --> 00:21:34,231 - Were you lying? - Lying? 429 00:21:34,356 --> 00:21:36,442 Does your husband have high blood pressure? 430 00:21:36,567 --> 00:21:38,235 - My husband? - Yeah, you see, 431 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,154 if you're gonna repeat everything I say, 432 00:21:40,279 --> 00:21:43,115 this conversation's gonna take twice as long. 433 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,658 Yes. He was diagnosed six months ago. 434 00:21:44,783 --> 00:21:46,201 He do a lot of cooking at home? 435 00:21:46,327 --> 00:21:48,162 Not really, other than oatmeal in the morning. 436 00:21:48,287 --> 00:21:52,291 Did you happen to notice a slightly odd taste to the oatmeal lately? 437 00:21:52,416 --> 00:21:53,292 Wait. Are you saying that... 438 00:21:53,417 --> 00:21:54,960 That it looks like your husband stirred in 439 00:21:55,085 --> 00:21:56,337 some of his blood pressure medication 440 00:21:56,462 --> 00:21:57,630 along with the brown sugar. 441 00:21:57,755 --> 00:21:59,506 You think my husband's trying to poison me? 442 00:21:59,632 --> 00:22:01,675 No. Nothing like that. 443 00:22:02,927 --> 00:22:05,638 He just doesn't want to have sex with you. 444 00:22:05,763 --> 00:22:08,057 Decreased sex drive is one of the most common side effects 445 00:22:08,182 --> 00:22:09,642 of the beta-blockers he's been taking. 446 00:22:09,767 --> 00:22:13,437 I'm guessing he figured if you're both frigid, no harm, no foul. 447 00:22:13,604 --> 00:22:15,105 Should've gotten him the sweater. 448 00:22:15,773 --> 00:22:17,942 - That's ridiculous. - Fine. 449 00:22:18,067 --> 00:22:19,735 But if you're still concerned about the shortness of breath, 450 00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:22,154 I'd start making your own breakfast. 451 00:22:22,279 --> 00:22:23,489 Wait. 452 00:22:25,157 --> 00:22:26,951 What should I do? 453 00:22:28,619 --> 00:22:32,831 If you care about your husband at all, I'd do the responsible thing. 454 00:22:32,957 --> 00:22:36,043 Buy yourself some condoms, go to a bar, find... 455 00:22:41,757 --> 00:22:43,050 Huh. 456 00:22:54,103 --> 00:22:55,980 Lab tests inconclusive? 457 00:22:56,397 --> 00:22:57,815 Not surprisingly. 458 00:22:57,940 --> 00:22:59,274 HOUSE: No. But too bad. 459 00:22:59,984 --> 00:23:03,362 - Luckily, I have the answer. - To what? 460 00:23:03,779 --> 00:23:06,740 Thanks for asking. To life itself. Sex. 461 00:23:06,865 --> 00:23:08,242 Anything that can be transmitted via the blood 462 00:23:08,367 --> 00:23:09,785 can be transmitted through sex. 463 00:23:09,910 --> 00:23:12,579 - Sleeping sickness from sex? - It's not without precedent. 464 00:23:12,705 --> 00:23:13,831 I'm pretty sure it is, 465 00:23:13,956 --> 00:23:15,374 unless you're talking about going to Africa 466 00:23:15,499 --> 00:23:17,126 and having sex with a tsetse fly. 467 00:23:17,251 --> 00:23:20,087 A Portuguese man was diagnosed three years ago 468 00:23:20,212 --> 00:23:21,547 with CNS-affected sleeping sickness. 469 00:23:21,672 --> 00:23:23,257 His only connection with Africa 470 00:23:23,382 --> 00:23:26,218 was through a girlfriend who'd served with the military in Angola. 471 00:23:26,343 --> 00:23:27,428 Boy. Where'd you find that? 472 00:23:27,553 --> 00:23:31,181 The Journal of the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical. 473 00:23:31,724 --> 00:23:33,517 - You don't read Portuguese? - You do? 474 00:23:33,642 --> 00:23:35,060 Pretty sure that's what it said. 475 00:23:35,185 --> 00:23:37,271 Either that or it was an ad for sunglasses. 476 00:23:37,563 --> 00:23:39,565 Her husband has never been to Africa either. 477 00:23:39,690 --> 00:23:42,943 (EXCLAIMS) Stymied again. Your logic is bulletproof. 478 00:23:43,068 --> 00:23:46,155 I think ignoring respiratory symptoms is more likely than cheating. 479 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:47,448 Because? 480 00:23:47,573 --> 00:23:49,616 They're completely devoted to each other. 481 00:23:50,409 --> 00:23:53,454 - Because? - They love each other. 482 00:23:53,912 --> 00:23:54,788 Or? 483 00:23:55,789 --> 00:23:58,208 They're overcompensating for guilt. 484 00:23:59,543 --> 00:24:00,794 Find out which it is. 485 00:24:00,919 --> 00:24:02,463 You want me to ask a man whose wife 486 00:24:02,588 --> 00:24:04,381 is about to die if he cheated on her? 487 00:24:04,506 --> 00:24:07,426 No, I want you to be polite and let her die. 488 00:24:07,801 --> 00:24:09,136 Actually, I don't want you to ask her anything. 489 00:24:09,261 --> 00:24:11,722 Foreman, take the husband. Chase, take the wife. 490 00:24:16,810 --> 00:24:18,353 (MAN CHATTERING ON PA) 491 00:24:21,565 --> 00:24:24,234 You don't trust me to do my job? 492 00:24:24,610 --> 00:24:27,362 We all formulate questions based on the answers we want to hear. 493 00:24:27,488 --> 00:24:30,616 And how exactly do you reformulate, "Have you screwed around?" 494 00:24:30,741 --> 00:24:31,950 Did you know she's been trying to get pregnant? 495 00:24:32,076 --> 00:24:33,619 - Yes. - After you got so freaked 496 00:24:33,744 --> 00:24:36,455 about the sick babies a while ago, I figured that was your thing. 497 00:24:36,580 --> 00:24:38,248 But you've never been prescribed folic acid, 498 00:24:38,373 --> 00:24:40,209 and you can't lose a baby if you've never been pregnant. 499 00:24:40,334 --> 00:24:43,295 - You pulled my medical records? - You coughed the other day. 500 00:24:43,420 --> 00:24:44,630 I was concerned. 501 00:24:44,755 --> 00:24:47,007 You were curious, like an eight-year-old boy 502 00:24:47,132 --> 00:24:51,428 with a puzzle that's just a little too grown-up for him to figure out. 503 00:24:51,553 --> 00:24:53,180 "Tomayto, tomahto." 504 00:24:55,015 --> 00:24:59,019 So it's either sleeping sickness or this rabbit thing? 505 00:24:59,311 --> 00:25:01,355 They're both fatal without treatment. 506 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,691 And unfortunately, the treatment for both is extremely dangerous. 507 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:07,778 - Are there tests you can do? - Not at this stage. 508 00:25:08,112 --> 00:25:10,989 But each condition has a unique history. 509 00:25:11,615 --> 00:25:15,369 We're hoping your answers to a few questions will help us. 510 00:25:15,494 --> 00:25:17,871 Sure. Whatever you need to know. 511 00:25:18,288 --> 00:25:21,583 Before the sleeping problems, did you have any trouble breathing? 512 00:25:21,708 --> 00:25:24,962 A cough that wouldn't go away, anything like that? 513 00:25:27,047 --> 00:25:28,090 No. 514 00:25:28,757 --> 00:25:29,842 Are you certain? 515 00:25:29,967 --> 00:25:30,926 Absolutely. 516 00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:32,928 I've never been away from her for more than a night. 517 00:25:33,053 --> 00:25:36,223 If she had breathing troubles I would've noticed. 518 00:25:37,724 --> 00:25:41,228 The other condition is significantly more likely 519 00:25:43,522 --> 00:25:45,566 if you've had an affair. 520 00:25:45,691 --> 00:25:50,112 - Have you ever had an affair? - Of course not. 521 00:25:50,654 --> 00:25:51,780 Are you sure? 522 00:25:51,905 --> 00:25:54,074 I think I'd remember cheating on my wife. 523 00:25:54,199 --> 00:25:55,367 You might be reluctant to admit it. 524 00:25:55,492 --> 00:25:56,493 No. 525 00:25:56,618 --> 00:25:58,412 I just want to be perfectly clear. 526 00:25:58,620 --> 00:26:02,457 If your wife has sleeping sickness, and we don't treat her, 527 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:04,543 she'll die. 528 00:26:04,668 --> 00:26:06,628 ELYSE: I would never do that to Ed. 529 00:26:08,547 --> 00:26:10,132 I love him. 530 00:26:10,257 --> 00:26:11,758 ED: Absolutely not. 531 00:26:12,718 --> 00:26:14,219 I love her. 532 00:26:27,941 --> 00:26:30,360 All right then. They say no cheating, 533 00:26:30,485 --> 00:26:32,321 we cross off sleeping sickness. 534 00:26:32,779 --> 00:26:34,156 Any new ideas? 535 00:26:36,325 --> 00:26:38,118 Okay. We go with Foreman's tularemia. 536 00:26:38,243 --> 00:26:39,703 Start her on IV chloramphenicol, 537 00:26:39,828 --> 00:26:42,206 25 milligrams per kilogram, four times a day. 538 00:26:42,331 --> 00:26:43,874 Good night. 539 00:26:56,762 --> 00:26:58,472 Where's Ed? 540 00:26:58,597 --> 00:26:59,806 CAMERON: Right next to you. 541 00:27:00,807 --> 00:27:03,143 Well, you're two down, two to go. 542 00:27:04,978 --> 00:27:08,899 - Two days? - No. Doses. 543 00:27:09,024 --> 00:27:11,235 You have about 20 more days of this fun. 544 00:27:12,361 --> 00:27:13,445 What time is it? 545 00:27:13,904 --> 00:27:16,990 About 4:00 a.m. I pulled the short straw. 546 00:27:21,036 --> 00:27:22,788 Flow rate looks good. 547 00:27:27,626 --> 00:27:29,336 No rash or flushing. 548 00:27:30,629 --> 00:27:31,964 What time is it? 549 00:27:34,716 --> 00:27:36,051 4:00 a.m. 550 00:27:36,885 --> 00:27:39,471 Do you not remember just asking? 551 00:27:41,765 --> 00:27:43,100 Lull 552 00:27:44,184 --> 00:27:45,394 Elyse? 553 00:27:48,146 --> 00:27:50,399 Elyse? Elyse? 554 00:27:51,024 --> 00:27:51,858 Elyse. 555 00:27:53,026 --> 00:27:54,945 - What are you doing? - I'm trying to wake her. 556 00:27:55,070 --> 00:27:56,989 - She fall asleep again? - In the middle of a sentence. 557 00:27:57,114 --> 00:27:58,740 Elyse. Elyse. 558 00:27:58,865 --> 00:27:59,992 MAN: What's happening? 559 00:28:00,117 --> 00:28:01,785 Patient's not responding. 560 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,204 Pulse is fine. Airway's open. 561 00:28:04,329 --> 00:28:06,248 Check her blood pressure. 562 00:28:08,583 --> 00:28:10,168 Pupils are reactive. 563 00:28:10,294 --> 00:28:12,546 Elyse, wake up. You gotta wake up. 564 00:28:13,755 --> 00:28:15,048 What does that mean? What are you doing? 565 00:28:15,173 --> 00:28:19,261 She's unresponsive to pain. Come on, Elyse. 566 00:28:20,137 --> 00:28:22,931 - Is she dying? - I don't know. 567 00:28:33,525 --> 00:28:35,068 She's in a coma. 568 00:28:43,327 --> 00:28:46,288 There's only one way a tularemia patient goes into a coma 569 00:28:46,413 --> 00:28:48,123 while on IV chloramphenicol. 570 00:28:48,248 --> 00:28:49,833 The patient doesn't have tularemia. 571 00:28:49,958 --> 00:28:51,460 And then there was one. 572 00:28:51,585 --> 00:28:53,503 Patient comes in 'cause she's sleeping too much. 573 00:28:53,628 --> 00:28:56,590 It takes 10 doctors and a coma to diagnose sleeping sickness. 574 00:28:56,715 --> 00:28:57,883 And then there was none. 575 00:28:58,091 --> 00:29:01,136 We still have the problem of explaining how a white chick from Jersey 576 00:29:01,261 --> 00:29:04,306 who's never traveled south of DC has African sleeping sickness. 577 00:29:04,431 --> 00:29:06,808 The obvious explanation. 578 00:29:06,933 --> 00:29:08,226 I made it clear. 579 00:29:08,352 --> 00:29:09,811 If this guy's lying about sleeping around, 580 00:29:09,936 --> 00:29:12,272 he knows he's murdering his wife. 581 00:29:12,397 --> 00:29:14,274 Does seem unlikely. 582 00:29:14,858 --> 00:29:16,401 Go away. 583 00:29:20,155 --> 00:29:21,239 (BEEPING) 584 00:29:34,419 --> 00:29:36,338 ED: What are you doing? 585 00:29:37,172 --> 00:29:42,010 Checking for lymphadenopathy. And waiting for you. 586 00:29:42,135 --> 00:29:45,472 - Who are you? - I'm Dr. House. 587 00:29:45,639 --> 00:29:48,642 Your wife has human African trypanosomiasis. 588 00:29:50,477 --> 00:29:51,520 Sleeping sickness. 589 00:29:51,645 --> 00:29:56,566 You mean it's not tularemia, a virus, tumor or cancer? 590 00:29:56,691 --> 00:29:57,692 No. 591 00:30:00,570 --> 00:30:02,572 I've never had an affair. 592 00:30:03,865 --> 00:30:07,244 - I believe you. - And I trust Elyse. 593 00:30:09,413 --> 00:30:12,666 The treatment for this disease is a drug 594 00:30:13,083 --> 00:30:16,002 that's fatal on its own 10% of the time. 595 00:30:17,087 --> 00:30:18,296 Which is why I need your written consent 596 00:30:18,422 --> 00:30:20,048 before I can legally prescribe it. 597 00:30:20,173 --> 00:30:22,467 Why would she lie if she knew it could kill her? 598 00:30:22,592 --> 00:30:25,971 I don't ask why patients lie. I just assume they all do. 599 00:30:26,596 --> 00:30:28,515 - But why? - To protect you, 600 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:32,269 because she didn't think it mattered, it just seemed easier, 601 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,313 because that's what people do. 602 00:30:38,108 --> 00:30:40,068 If you're absolutely certain that your wife 603 00:30:40,193 --> 00:30:41,903 has never had sex with anyone but you 604 00:30:42,028 --> 00:30:44,322 since you were married, then I'm wrong. 605 00:30:46,366 --> 00:30:50,287 But if you think there's a possibility that just one time 606 00:30:51,997 --> 00:30:53,665 she wasn't perfect, 607 00:30:54,624 --> 00:30:57,002 one weekend you're out of town, 608 00:30:58,128 --> 00:30:59,963 one fight where she ran to a friend, 609 00:31:00,088 --> 00:31:02,215 one stupid Christmas party, 610 00:31:05,051 --> 00:31:07,971 then you need to allow me to start treatment. 611 00:31:09,306 --> 00:31:11,266 Because if we don't, 612 00:31:11,766 --> 00:31:13,643 she's gonna be dead by tomorrow morning. 613 00:31:23,111 --> 00:31:25,238 You trust your wife that much? 614 00:31:28,033 --> 00:31:29,409 I don't know. 615 00:31:34,164 --> 00:31:36,208 I'm gonna start the treatment. 616 00:31:51,181 --> 00:31:54,226 - Glass syringes? - And special IV tubing. 617 00:31:55,352 --> 00:31:58,313 - Why do we need this stuff? - Because melarsoprol melts plastic. 618 00:31:58,438 --> 00:32:02,150 This stuffs basically arsenic mixed with antifreeze. 619 00:32:02,275 --> 00:32:04,027 What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, huh? 620 00:32:04,152 --> 00:32:07,072 Nietzsche wouldn't have been so glib if he'd been prescribed melarsoprol. 621 00:32:09,866 --> 00:32:11,993 "Can cause vomiting, abdominal pain, 622 00:32:12,118 --> 00:32:14,996 blood toxicity, neural damage, cardiac arrhythmia." 623 00:32:15,121 --> 00:32:17,415 They forgot to say it's gonna hurt like all hell. 624 00:32:17,791 --> 00:32:19,543 She's lucky she's in a coma. 625 00:32:37,227 --> 00:32:38,895 How long before we know if it's working? 626 00:32:39,020 --> 00:32:40,438 It's tough to say. 627 00:32:41,022 --> 00:32:44,234 It's a good sign that she hasn't gotten any worse. 628 00:32:46,820 --> 00:32:48,363 Does she even know I'm here? 629 00:32:49,489 --> 00:32:52,033 She knows you're always there for her. 630 00:32:54,035 --> 00:32:55,161 Yeah. 631 00:32:56,162 --> 00:32:57,831 If she gets better, 632 00:32:58,415 --> 00:33:00,542 it means she wasn't always there for me. 633 00:33:04,129 --> 00:33:06,298 It means she made a mistake. 634 00:33:08,133 --> 00:33:09,884 I can't help it. 635 00:33:10,427 --> 00:33:14,431 Part of me, a big part of me, can't handle that. 636 00:33:17,934 --> 00:33:19,144 It doesn't want her to get better. 637 00:33:29,362 --> 00:33:32,032 Does that make me a terrible person? 638 00:33:39,831 --> 00:33:41,249 Yes. 639 00:34:00,644 --> 00:34:01,978 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) 640 00:34:03,104 --> 00:34:06,149 So you're treating her for African sleeping sickness 641 00:34:06,274 --> 00:34:07,400 because you don't think it's possible 642 00:34:07,525 --> 00:34:09,277 for someone to be faithful in a relationship? 643 00:34:09,402 --> 00:34:11,446 - And you do? - Yes. 644 00:34:11,571 --> 00:34:12,864 And you need to tell me that. 645 00:34:12,989 --> 00:34:13,948 (CHUCKLES) 646 00:34:14,074 --> 00:34:15,700 Look. I am not having an affair. 647 00:34:15,825 --> 00:34:17,952 I had lunch with someone I work with. 648 00:34:18,078 --> 00:34:20,413 - At work. Once. - I believe you. 649 00:34:20,538 --> 00:34:23,166 What I don't believe is it'll be just once. 650 00:34:23,291 --> 00:34:25,377 - I love my wife. - You certainly love saying it. 651 00:34:25,502 --> 00:34:26,586 (CHUCKLES) 652 00:34:27,379 --> 00:34:29,172 I'm sorry. I know you love your wife. 653 00:34:29,297 --> 00:34:32,384 You loved all your wives. Probably still do. 654 00:34:32,509 --> 00:34:33,593 In fact, you probably love all 655 00:34:33,718 --> 00:34:35,261 the women you loved who weren't your wife. 656 00:34:35,387 --> 00:34:36,930 You can be a real jerk sometimes, you know that? 657 00:34:37,055 --> 00:34:38,348 Yeah. And you're the good guy. 658 00:34:38,473 --> 00:34:39,391 At least I try. 659 00:34:39,516 --> 00:34:41,601 As long as you're trying to be good, you can do whatever you want. 660 00:34:41,726 --> 00:34:43,144 And as long as you're not trying, 661 00:34:43,269 --> 00:34:44,521 you can say whatever you want. 662 00:34:44,646 --> 00:34:46,272 So, between us, we can do anything. 663 00:34:46,398 --> 00:34:48,066 We can rule the world. 664 00:34:48,191 --> 00:34:49,150 (SIGHS) 665 00:35:01,371 --> 00:35:05,750 Mixing up some margaritas? Mine's a double, senorita. 666 00:35:05,917 --> 00:35:08,086 - That's Portuguese, you know. - Spanish. 667 00:35:09,754 --> 00:35:10,964 Uh-oh. 668 00:35:13,133 --> 00:35:17,095 - What's goin' on? - I'm recalibrating the centrifuge. 669 00:35:17,929 --> 00:35:19,180 Turn around. 670 00:35:28,481 --> 00:35:32,944 It's a very sad thing, an uncalibrated centrifuge. 671 00:35:33,278 --> 00:35:36,489 - Makes me cry too. - I'm not crying. 672 00:35:37,657 --> 00:35:38,783 Okay- 673 00:35:52,964 --> 00:35:55,216 I told the husband he was a jerk. 674 00:35:57,177 --> 00:35:58,261 Why? 675 00:36:05,518 --> 00:36:07,353 When I was in college, 676 00:36:10,774 --> 00:36:14,152 I fell in love, and I got married. 677 00:36:17,906 --> 00:36:19,949 At that age, the chances of a marriage lasting... 678 00:36:20,074 --> 00:36:21,785 It lasted six months. 679 00:36:24,329 --> 00:36:27,332 Thyroid cancer metastasized to his brain. 680 00:36:27,457 --> 00:36:29,834 There was nothing they could do. 681 00:36:31,711 --> 00:36:33,213 I was 21, and... 682 00:36:35,215 --> 00:36:37,050 I watched my husband die. 683 00:36:41,513 --> 00:36:42,722 I'm sorry. 684 00:36:47,018 --> 00:36:48,853 But that's not the whole story. 685 00:36:51,022 --> 00:36:53,566 It's a symptom, not your illness. 686 00:36:54,108 --> 00:36:56,110 Thyroid cancer would have been diagnosed 687 00:36:56,236 --> 00:36:57,445 at least a year before his death. 688 00:36:57,570 --> 00:37:00,198 You knew he was dying when you married him. 689 00:37:00,990 --> 00:37:03,743 Possibly when you first met him. 690 00:37:06,371 --> 00:37:08,498 And you married him anyway. 691 00:37:11,125 --> 00:37:15,046 You can't be that good a person and well-adjusted. 692 00:37:16,130 --> 00:37:17,215 Why? 693 00:37:19,175 --> 00:37:21,970 'Cause you wind up crying over centrifuges. 694 00:37:25,056 --> 00:37:26,766 Or hating people? 695 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:28,351 (PAGER BEEPING) 696 00:37:35,733 --> 00:37:37,068 (PAGER BEEPING) 697 00:37:42,490 --> 00:37:44,450 CHASE: Her fever spiked at 104. 698 00:37:44,576 --> 00:37:46,077 Echo shows global hyperkinesis. 699 00:37:46,202 --> 00:37:48,246 - Blood pressure? - Barely 90 over 40. 700 00:37:48,371 --> 00:37:49,497 Did you give her dopamine? 701 00:37:49,622 --> 00:37:52,584 Started 270 micrograms per minute 10 minutes ago. 702 00:37:52,709 --> 00:37:54,168 Still no change. 703 00:37:56,796 --> 00:37:58,256 (HEART MONITOR BEEPING) 704 00:38:01,050 --> 00:38:02,594 Killing the parasites isn't gonna do much good 705 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:04,429 if we kill her heart at the same time. 706 00:38:04,554 --> 00:38:07,015 A heart can be replaced. A brain can't. 707 00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:09,100 Right now we're killing both. 708 00:38:09,809 --> 00:38:11,603 If she's gonna die, we should at least let her do it 709 00:38:11,728 --> 00:38:14,355 without that acid flowing through her veins. 710 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,232 What's happening? 711 00:38:18,151 --> 00:38:20,278 We would've expected your wife's condition 712 00:38:20,403 --> 00:38:22,614 to show some improvement by now. 713 00:38:23,156 --> 00:38:24,324 It hasn't. 714 00:38:24,824 --> 00:38:26,826 It's going the other way. 715 00:38:57,899 --> 00:38:59,442 Please don't die. 716 00:39:01,778 --> 00:39:03,404 Please don't die. 717 00:39:13,790 --> 00:39:15,291 (BEEPING RAPIDLY) 718 00:39:29,555 --> 00:39:30,765 She's awake. 719 00:40:11,764 --> 00:40:13,766 Hey. She's gonna be okay. 720 00:40:14,892 --> 00:40:16,769 Yeah. Sure. 721 00:40:46,257 --> 00:40:48,176 What are you gonna do? 722 00:40:48,301 --> 00:40:50,928 Were you always honest with her? 723 00:40:51,262 --> 00:40:53,139 Do you know how lucky you are? Your wife is alive. 724 00:40:53,264 --> 00:40:54,724 She loves you. 725 00:40:55,391 --> 00:40:57,060 What she did... 726 00:40:58,144 --> 00:41:01,022 You can't love a person and do that to them. 727 00:41:03,316 --> 00:41:04,942 She loves you. 728 00:41:26,297 --> 00:41:27,381 (sesame) 729 00:41:42,647 --> 00:41:45,525 I need to know who you had the affair with. 730 00:41:48,986 --> 00:41:52,281 He has to be notified so he can get treatment as well. 731 00:41:55,952 --> 00:41:57,787 Why did you lie to us? 732 00:41:58,412 --> 00:42:00,832 You knew your life was at stake. 733 00:42:07,296 --> 00:42:09,465 He's not coming back, is he? 734 00:42:14,637 --> 00:42:18,850 We all make mistakes, and we all pay a price. 735 00:42:25,481 --> 00:42:26,732 (SNIFFLING) 736 00:42:28,484 --> 00:42:30,027 I need that name. 737 00:42:43,749 --> 00:42:46,252 Hey, there. How you doin'? 738 00:42:46,836 --> 00:42:47,920 Fine. 739 00:42:50,298 --> 00:42:52,592 Do you know where your dad is? 740 00:43:01,017 --> 00:43:02,768 Can I help you?