1 00:00:02,774 --> 00:00:04,735 Try not to be scared when you see him, okay? 2 00:00:04,860 --> 00:00:07,904 Mom, I've seen him sick. I'm not scared. 3 00:00:08,030 --> 00:00:09,031 This time's different. 4 00:00:09,156 --> 00:00:11,408 The doctors gave him an extra course of radiation and chemo... 5 00:00:11,533 --> 00:00:12,951 I know. 6 00:00:13,201 --> 00:00:16,663 And you understand how proud we are of you, right? 7 00:00:17,998 --> 00:00:19,416 Gloves, mask. 8 00:00:58,872 --> 00:01:02,084 Matty, you said you wanted to see your brother before the procedure. 9 00:01:03,669 --> 00:01:07,964 I know I look like an alien, but I promise not to eat your brain. 10 00:01:08,298 --> 00:01:09,883 (CHUCKLES) 11 00:01:10,842 --> 00:01:14,471 When this is done, will you be able to play out back with me? 12 00:01:15,055 --> 00:01:17,432 I'll rip anything you put near the strike zone. 13 00:01:18,183 --> 00:01:21,103 Let your brother rest up, while we take some of your marrow. 14 00:01:29,528 --> 00:01:31,655 You don't need to be in an isolation room, 15 00:01:31,780 --> 00:01:34,866 but I pulled some strings so you could be next door to your brother. 16 00:01:34,991 --> 00:01:36,493 How many games will I miss? 17 00:01:36,618 --> 00:01:38,161 Well, you only have to be here overnight, 18 00:01:38,286 --> 00:01:39,913 but you do have to take it easy for a little bit. 19 00:01:40,038 --> 00:01:41,164 - I already missed two. - Matty... 20 00:01:41,289 --> 00:01:42,916 I know. It's okay. 21 00:01:43,458 --> 00:01:44,918 It must have been a drag. 22 00:01:45,043 --> 00:01:46,962 We just had to make sure you weren't exposed to any bugs, 23 00:01:47,087 --> 00:01:49,548 because your healthy bone marrow is what's gonna cure 24 00:01:49,673 --> 00:01:51,216 your brother's leukemia. 25 00:02:51,067 --> 00:02:52,068 (GROWLS) 26 00:02:53,862 --> 00:02:55,030 Go on. 27 00:03:20,055 --> 00:03:21,932 (BARKING) 28 00:03:30,232 --> 00:03:33,109 CHASE: He sneezed. Maybe it's just an allergy. 29 00:03:33,235 --> 00:03:35,445 Not with an enlarged spleen and a fever. 30 00:03:35,570 --> 00:03:38,281 WILSON: He's got one of 10,000 possible infections, 31 00:03:38,406 --> 00:03:41,827 even if it's just the common cold, I do the transplant, he kills his brother. 32 00:03:41,952 --> 00:03:42,953 How long do we have? 33 00:03:43,078 --> 00:03:44,996 Radiation obliterated his immune system. 34 00:03:45,121 --> 00:03:49,501 Even in a clean room, he's got four, maybe five, days left. 35 00:03:49,626 --> 00:03:52,504 No way we can solve this that fast. You need to find another donor. 36 00:03:52,629 --> 00:03:53,713 They're African American. 37 00:03:53,839 --> 00:03:56,007 It makes it nearly impossible to find a full match. 38 00:03:56,132 --> 00:03:59,010 Tell me about it. I can't even find the one I've got working for me. 39 00:03:59,553 --> 00:04:01,096 Where is Foreman? 40 00:04:09,062 --> 00:04:12,899 Nothing like a dead patient to send you back to your choir boy roots. 41 00:04:14,025 --> 00:04:16,903 Hey, you're not gonna believe what happened. 42 00:04:17,028 --> 00:04:19,239 Wilson just killed a kid same way you did. 43 00:04:19,364 --> 00:04:20,532 He's not dead. 44 00:04:20,657 --> 00:04:24,870 Five days are gonna fly by. He didn't look both ways before he nuked. 45 00:04:25,704 --> 00:04:27,622 You done talking to your imaginary friend? 46 00:04:27,747 --> 00:04:29,708 Because I thought, maybe, you could do your job and just... 47 00:04:29,833 --> 00:04:32,794 Start the donor brother on broad-spectrum antibiotics. 48 00:04:32,919 --> 00:04:35,797 Great idea, if you're looking to save exactly one kid. 49 00:04:35,922 --> 00:04:39,259 Broad-spec will take at least a week to work. We need narrow-spec. 50 00:04:39,801 --> 00:04:40,635 How old is Hector? 51 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,345 Our patient's name is Matty. His brother's Nick. 52 00:04:42,470 --> 00:04:45,056 Hector's my dog. He's about 17? 53 00:04:45,181 --> 00:04:50,103 Seventeen? That's, like, a 119 in human years. Why is he still alive? 54 00:04:50,228 --> 00:04:53,523 Five days minus 20 seconds talking about Wilson's dog. 55 00:04:53,648 --> 00:04:56,651 We need to start testing. Stool samples for parasites, antibody tests... 56 00:04:56,776 --> 00:04:58,737 Blood panel was negative for all the usual suspects. 57 00:04:58,862 --> 00:05:00,906 That's because the infection is too small. 58 00:05:01,031 --> 00:05:03,867 We start testing now, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. 59 00:05:03,992 --> 00:05:06,745 We draw blood, odds are we're just gonna come up with hay. 60 00:05:06,870 --> 00:05:08,914 We need to grow more needles. 61 00:05:12,375 --> 00:05:15,545 Okay, that probably needs further explanation. 62 00:05:15,670 --> 00:05:17,297 We make the donor kid sicker. 63 00:05:17,422 --> 00:05:19,925 We freeze him, we soak him, break down his immune system. 64 00:05:20,050 --> 00:05:22,093 Suddenly we're looking at some needle that a camel 65 00:05:22,218 --> 00:05:23,219 can pass through the eye of. 66 00:05:23,345 --> 00:05:26,264 Making him sicker risks spreading the infection all throughout his body. 67 00:05:26,389 --> 00:05:28,058 True, but who cares? 68 00:05:28,183 --> 00:05:30,727 Once we know what the infection is, we'll know exactly how to treat it. 69 00:05:30,852 --> 00:05:32,437 As long as he isn't dead yet, we're cool. 70 00:05:32,562 --> 00:05:33,855 We should do what we normally do. 71 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:36,107 Go to the kid's house, check for sources of the infection. 72 00:05:36,232 --> 00:05:37,817 Waste of time. 73 00:05:37,943 --> 00:05:40,362 You think it's in the house. I know it's in the patient. 74 00:05:40,487 --> 00:05:42,822 Safer than intentionally making the kid sicker. 75 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,617 Fine, go. 76 00:05:52,499 --> 00:05:56,419 So exactly how sick are you gonna make Matty? 77 00:05:56,628 --> 00:05:58,046 He could get quite ill. 78 00:05:58,171 --> 00:06:00,298 It certainly won't be a pleasant experience for anyone, 79 00:06:00,423 --> 00:06:01,257 but it's our only... 80 00:06:01,383 --> 00:06:04,010 Ever get caught in the rain without an umbrella? 81 00:06:04,135 --> 00:06:06,221 That's all we're talking about here. Sign the form. 82 00:06:06,346 --> 00:06:09,933 It's a little more complicated than that. We'll also be doing leukapheresis. 83 00:06:10,058 --> 00:06:11,518 We run Matty's blood through a machine 84 00:06:11,643 --> 00:06:12,894 that filters out his white blood cells. 85 00:06:13,019 --> 00:06:15,689 But without his white cells, how could he get better in time? 86 00:06:15,814 --> 00:06:18,733 We'll pump the white blood cells back as soon as we have a diagnosis. 87 00:06:18,858 --> 00:06:21,403 Then we should be able to cure the infection in time to do the transplant. 88 00:06:21,528 --> 00:06:22,737 But you can't guarantee? 89 00:06:22,862 --> 00:06:25,824 We're not GM. No recalls, no rebates. 90 00:06:25,949 --> 00:06:28,910 Anymore questions while your son's life slips away? 91 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:37,002 You really think we should do this? 92 00:06:37,377 --> 00:06:38,628 Yes. 93 00:06:38,837 --> 00:06:41,589 Sorry. Your patient, you tell them. 94 00:06:44,426 --> 00:06:47,554 This is your family. It needs to be your decision. 95 00:06:56,146 --> 00:06:58,940 All you had to do was say, "Yes, I do." 96 00:06:59,065 --> 00:07:01,359 God knows it's a phrase that you've used often enough in your life. 97 00:07:01,526 --> 00:07:04,487 It was a mistake every time. Give it a break. They said yes. 98 00:07:04,612 --> 00:07:07,073 That's not enough for you. You need them to feel good about saying yes. 99 00:07:07,198 --> 00:07:10,994 I treat patients for months, maybe years, not weeks, like you. 100 00:07:11,119 --> 00:07:12,078 I'm taller. 101 00:07:12,203 --> 00:07:13,830 If they don't trust me, I can't do my job. 102 00:07:13,955 --> 00:07:16,624 The only value of that trust is that you can manipulate them. 103 00:07:16,750 --> 00:07:18,084 You should write greeting cards. 104 00:07:18,209 --> 00:07:21,004 Giving the parents a chance to make a bad choice was a bad choice. 105 00:07:21,129 --> 00:07:22,380 At least it would have been their choice. 106 00:07:22,505 --> 00:07:25,633 One they'd regret at their son's funeral. 107 00:07:26,176 --> 00:07:28,303 Kitchen and bathrooms were immaculate. 108 00:07:28,428 --> 00:07:30,263 Whatever the kid's got, he didn't get here. 109 00:07:30,722 --> 00:07:34,726 No, whatever the kid got, he didn't get from the kitchen or the bathroom. 110 00:07:34,851 --> 00:07:36,227 Nobody cleans swing sets. 111 00:07:36,352 --> 00:07:40,023 Yeah, because their kid's 10 and hasn't used it since he was six. 112 00:07:40,273 --> 00:07:44,235 You obviously think your time could be better spent. Why'd you come along? 113 00:07:45,361 --> 00:07:46,905 You feel bad about what happened last week. 114 00:07:47,030 --> 00:07:48,198 I'm handling it. 115 00:07:48,323 --> 00:07:49,657 Think the family's gonna sue? 116 00:07:50,075 --> 00:07:52,160 She only had her grandparents, and they weren't close. 117 00:07:52,285 --> 00:07:54,662 Well, that's good. For you, I mean. 118 00:07:54,788 --> 00:07:57,248 A lawsuit makes it even harder to put behind you. 119 00:07:57,373 --> 00:07:59,375 You put yours behind you? 120 00:08:00,293 --> 00:08:01,503 Nope. 121 00:08:04,756 --> 00:08:06,966 When I woke up this morning I... 122 00:08:07,092 --> 00:08:09,469 I couldn't remember what she was wearing when I admitted her. 123 00:08:10,136 --> 00:08:10,970 Memories fade. 124 00:08:11,179 --> 00:08:14,015 I killed her a week ago and I can't remember what color top she was wearing. 125 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:17,811 I was grateful when I could wake up not thinking about her. 126 00:08:18,061 --> 00:08:18,895 I'm not like you. 127 00:08:19,020 --> 00:08:22,482 Your patient died because you were distracted over the death of your dad. 128 00:08:22,607 --> 00:08:24,442 I made a calculated decision. 129 00:08:26,027 --> 00:08:31,199 You acted like a human being. I acted like House. 130 00:08:42,794 --> 00:08:45,505 Could be Mucor or Strongyloides in this dirt. 131 00:08:45,630 --> 00:08:49,509 No pulmonary symptoms, setting well, breathing easily. 132 00:09:09,404 --> 00:09:11,114 Mom, I'm freezing. 133 00:09:15,285 --> 00:09:17,829 How long do I have to wait? 134 00:09:17,954 --> 00:09:20,498 Matty, we found an old water pump in your backyard. 135 00:09:20,623 --> 00:09:21,541 You ever drink from it? 136 00:09:21,666 --> 00:09:23,418 Yeah, it was gross. 137 00:09:23,543 --> 00:09:25,753 We gotta test for Mycobacteria, leptospirosis. 138 00:09:25,879 --> 00:09:27,046 When did you drink the water? 139 00:09:27,422 --> 00:09:28,631 Last summer? 140 00:09:30,550 --> 00:09:33,970 You sure? You haven't even taken a sip to cool off? 141 00:09:34,179 --> 00:09:35,763 It was really gross. 142 00:09:37,140 --> 00:09:39,350 My shoulder's bugging me. Does that matter? 143 00:09:39,809 --> 00:09:42,353 It could. Did you do anything to hurt it? 144 00:09:42,478 --> 00:09:46,065 Just threw the ball around the other day, for a couple hours. 145 00:09:46,191 --> 00:09:49,068 It's probably just a muscle ache. Let us know if it gets worse. 146 00:09:51,654 --> 00:09:56,868 So soreness and stuff, that's not 'cause I'm sick? 147 00:09:56,993 --> 00:09:58,536 Is something else bugging you? 148 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:03,333 Sort of. 149 00:10:06,461 --> 00:10:08,755 - He has acute scrotum. - Adorable. 150 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,216 Please, I thought you were dignified. 151 00:10:11,507 --> 00:10:14,427 Come on, how am I not supposed to make that joke? 152 00:10:14,552 --> 00:10:18,389 Best thing about big, honking gonads, well, one of the best things, 153 00:10:18,514 --> 00:10:20,975 is that there's only a few infections that could cause it. 154 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:22,393 Do urinalysis and cultures 155 00:10:22,518 --> 00:10:25,230 for E. coli, Klebsiella, TB, and Brucella. 156 00:10:25,355 --> 00:10:27,941 Blood tests for enteroviruses and adenoviruses. 157 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:31,569 Hopefully, the needles have grown as fast as his sack, and we can find it. 158 00:10:31,694 --> 00:10:33,488 Can Chase and Cameron cover that? 159 00:10:35,657 --> 00:10:36,824 Mind if I ask why? 160 00:10:37,367 --> 00:10:40,495 I want to recheck the National Marrow registry for an alternate donor. 161 00:10:41,537 --> 00:10:42,622 In case we're wrong? 162 00:10:42,914 --> 00:10:44,082 It's been known to happen. 163 00:10:46,292 --> 00:10:47,585 Fine, go. 164 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,471 Negative for E. coli and TB. Why is House taking it easy on Foreman? 165 00:10:58,638 --> 00:10:59,597 He deserves a break. 166 00:10:59,722 --> 00:11:02,058 Yeah, House is all about giving breaks to people in need. 167 00:11:02,725 --> 00:11:04,560 No on Klebsiella. 168 00:11:06,813 --> 00:11:08,564 And it's Tuesday. 169 00:11:09,232 --> 00:11:12,527 It's got nothing to do with Foreman or House. It's just... 170 00:11:12,735 --> 00:11:17,031 It's the day I remind you I like you, and I want us to be together. 171 00:11:17,865 --> 00:11:20,034 Thank you, I'd forgotten. 172 00:11:23,037 --> 00:11:26,124 No on Brucella and both viral antibodies. 173 00:11:26,708 --> 00:11:27,917 You're really gonna do this every Tuesday? 174 00:11:28,042 --> 00:11:31,129 You take the day off, I'll pick it up on Wednesday. 175 00:11:33,423 --> 00:11:34,882 What if we're looking for the wrong thing? 176 00:11:35,008 --> 00:11:37,135 These are the only infections that cause swollen testicles. 177 00:11:37,260 --> 00:11:40,013 Why don't you just say it four times now and leave me alone for a month? 178 00:11:40,138 --> 00:11:41,639 Well, what if it's not an infection? 179 00:11:41,764 --> 00:11:43,975 His temperature's through the roof. There's mucous pouring out of him. 180 00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:45,143 I know he has an infection, 181 00:11:45,268 --> 00:11:47,603 but what if it didn't directly cause the scrotum issue? 182 00:11:47,895 --> 00:11:52,275 What if it just caused the thing that caused the scrotum issue? 183 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:54,152 CK-MB is elevated. 184 00:11:56,112 --> 00:11:57,864 Slightly. There's nothing wrong with... 185 00:11:58,072 --> 00:12:00,241 Indicates cardiac injury. 186 00:12:02,493 --> 00:12:03,745 We stuck him in that room, 187 00:12:03,870 --> 00:12:06,164 put his stupid, little runny-nose infection into hyperdrive. 188 00:12:06,289 --> 00:12:07,623 What if it went to his heart? 189 00:12:13,046 --> 00:12:15,048 CHASE: Pulmonary valve looks clean. 190 00:12:15,173 --> 00:12:18,885 Wait. Stop. Mitral valve, there's a growth. 191 00:12:20,928 --> 00:12:23,890 He'll need a month of antibiotics to clear that. 192 00:12:24,015 --> 00:12:26,184 His brother only has four days to live. 193 00:12:33,691 --> 00:12:36,235 The infection in Matty's mitral valve rules him out as a donor. 194 00:12:36,361 --> 00:12:37,236 This is perfect. 195 00:12:37,362 --> 00:12:38,905 We drove the infection into his heart. 196 00:12:39,322 --> 00:12:42,700 Okay, perfect is too strong of a word, but it's very, very good. 197 00:12:43,242 --> 00:12:45,203 Now we know where the infection is. 198 00:12:45,328 --> 00:12:47,789 All we've got to do is remove the valve, ID the infection, 199 00:12:47,914 --> 00:12:48,998 target and destroy it. 200 00:12:49,123 --> 00:12:49,957 Remove the valve? 201 00:12:50,083 --> 00:12:53,002 He'll be fine on antibiotics. He doesn't need open-heart surgery. 202 00:12:53,127 --> 00:12:56,172 He'll be heartbroken, on account of his dead brother. 203 00:12:56,297 --> 00:13:00,009 Either way he's got a dead brother. The infection isn't just in the valve. 204 00:13:00,134 --> 00:13:01,511 Even with targeted medication, 205 00:13:01,636 --> 00:13:03,304 there's no way we can clear his system in time. 206 00:13:03,429 --> 00:13:06,182 We don't have to. We have to clear his marrow. 207 00:13:06,307 --> 00:13:08,518 After the surgery, we harvest the marrow, 208 00:13:08,768 --> 00:13:11,979 marinate it in the targeted antibiotic, simmer and serve. 209 00:13:12,939 --> 00:13:15,024 - Could work. - It's insane. 210 00:13:15,316 --> 00:13:16,442 It is better than a dead brother. 211 00:13:16,567 --> 00:13:19,112 I'm running this by Cuddy. 212 00:13:19,237 --> 00:13:22,198 Fine. Go. In fact, let's all go. 213 00:13:25,868 --> 00:13:28,162 This surgery is dangerous and life-altering, 214 00:13:28,287 --> 00:13:30,123 and clearly not in the interest of our patient. 215 00:13:30,248 --> 00:13:31,749 It is, if he likes his brother. 216 00:13:31,874 --> 00:13:33,000 We have a conflict of interests. 217 00:13:33,126 --> 00:13:34,460 WILSON: The parents don't. 218 00:13:34,585 --> 00:13:35,420 FOREMAN: Of course they do. 219 00:13:35,545 --> 00:13:38,172 They already sacrificed Matty's health to benefit his brother once. 220 00:13:38,297 --> 00:13:39,924 They made his cold worse. 221 00:13:40,049 --> 00:13:42,260 We screwed up his heart valve by making his cold worse. 222 00:13:42,385 --> 00:13:43,803 Do you have anything to add to this debate? 223 00:13:43,928 --> 00:13:45,513 Wilson's right. Foreman's wrong. 224 00:13:45,638 --> 00:13:48,307 Your shirt is way too revealing for the office. 225 00:13:50,601 --> 00:13:51,853 What do you want me to do? 226 00:13:52,061 --> 00:13:55,106 We should call child services and have them appoint a guardian for Matty. 227 00:13:56,023 --> 00:13:56,983 No. 228 00:13:57,316 --> 00:14:00,445 Go explain the choices to the parents, and don't let House bully them. 229 00:14:03,656 --> 00:14:05,408 House. 230 00:14:05,950 --> 00:14:07,243 Did he really think I was gonna do that? 231 00:14:07,368 --> 00:14:08,202 I didn't. 232 00:14:08,327 --> 00:14:10,371 - Then, why did you let him... - I'm trying to cut him some slack. 233 00:14:10,705 --> 00:14:11,747 Nice of you. 234 00:14:12,999 --> 00:14:14,333 I think he's got the yips. 235 00:14:15,668 --> 00:14:19,922 Steve Blass, Scott Norwood, David Duval all got the yips. 236 00:14:20,339 --> 00:14:23,926 Great athletes, lost their confidence and immediately started sucking. 237 00:14:24,302 --> 00:14:27,221 And you're giving him time to work through it? 238 00:14:29,056 --> 00:14:31,392 Four days, and he's fired. 239 00:14:33,644 --> 00:14:35,897 You don't get better from the yips. 240 00:14:38,357 --> 00:14:40,276 Open-heart surgery? 241 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,363 If you want both kids to live, it's the only choice. 242 00:14:44,530 --> 00:14:46,032 Due to the valve replacement, 243 00:14:46,157 --> 00:14:48,993 Matty will have to be on blood thinners to prevent potential clots. 244 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:50,411 - For how long? - Forever. 245 00:14:50,536 --> 00:14:52,914 He couldn't participate in contact sports, 246 00:14:53,039 --> 00:14:53,998 because of the risk of hemorrhage. 247 00:14:54,123 --> 00:14:56,918 What about the marrow registry? Maybe they'll find a match. 248 00:14:57,043 --> 00:14:59,003 Maybe they'll ride it here on a unicorn. 249 00:14:59,128 --> 00:15:01,214 I'm afraid finding a viable new donor 250 00:15:01,339 --> 00:15:04,634 isn't something we can realistically depend on. 251 00:15:08,346 --> 00:15:11,307 Either we cripple one son, or kill the other. 252 00:15:11,432 --> 00:15:16,521 He won't be able to play baseball. That doesn't make him a cripple. 253 00:15:19,190 --> 00:15:20,274 What should we do? 254 00:15:28,533 --> 00:15:32,662 You should protect your family as a whole. You should do the surgery. 255 00:15:35,498 --> 00:15:37,833 - That was awesome. - Shut up. 256 00:15:38,125 --> 00:15:39,752 I gotta start pretending to care. 257 00:15:39,877 --> 00:15:41,546 I did exactly what Cuddy told us not to do. 258 00:15:41,671 --> 00:15:43,839 No you didn't. You did exactly what she told me not to do. 259 00:15:43,965 --> 00:15:45,925 You're completely in the clear. 260 00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:47,927 Oh, you've got to be kidding me. 261 00:15:48,052 --> 00:15:50,263 You're actually upset. You just said what you believed. 262 00:15:50,388 --> 00:15:52,557 I also believe in patients making their own choices. 263 00:15:52,682 --> 00:15:55,017 Because it lessens your guilt if things go wrong. 264 00:15:55,142 --> 00:15:57,937 You're not protecting their choices. You're soothing your conscience. 265 00:15:58,062 --> 00:15:59,480 By that logic, a sociopath 266 00:15:59,605 --> 00:16:02,024 would make the best patient advocate in the world. 267 00:16:02,858 --> 00:16:04,151 Am I blushing? 268 00:16:11,701 --> 00:16:12,910 You ready? 269 00:16:13,578 --> 00:16:14,787 Yeah. 270 00:16:15,913 --> 00:16:17,331 Thanks. 271 00:16:17,665 --> 00:16:19,125 You'd do the same for me. 272 00:16:29,635 --> 00:16:31,554 Don't worry. You'll be fine. 273 00:16:31,679 --> 00:16:33,931 You think I'll be better in time to pitch in the playoffs? 274 00:16:35,057 --> 00:16:36,601 Maybe next season. 275 00:16:41,606 --> 00:16:43,357 We should have told him. 276 00:16:43,482 --> 00:16:46,485 He loves his brother, but if he understood what we were asking of him... 277 00:16:46,611 --> 00:16:49,155 He loves his brother more than he loves baseball. 278 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:50,823 You did the right thing. 279 00:16:51,657 --> 00:16:53,743 Putting any part of this decision on him... 280 00:16:54,118 --> 00:16:57,330 It's impossible for you guys to deal with this. 281 00:16:57,455 --> 00:16:59,040 How's a 10-year-old supposed to do it? 282 00:17:15,348 --> 00:17:17,058 Cannula in place. 283 00:17:19,852 --> 00:17:21,646 Sutures are holding. 284 00:17:26,817 --> 00:17:28,569 We're all set to go. 285 00:17:29,111 --> 00:17:31,072 Switch him over to bypass. 286 00:17:56,013 --> 00:17:58,140 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON TV) 287 00:17:59,058 --> 00:18:00,893 (PHONE RINGING) 288 00:18:09,443 --> 00:18:11,570 - Yeah? - I didn't do the surgery. 289 00:18:11,696 --> 00:18:13,864 You woke me up to tell me that you're lazy? 290 00:18:13,989 --> 00:18:16,075 We biopsied a piece before we started cutting. 291 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:17,743 I'm tired. Get to the point. 292 00:18:17,868 --> 00:18:19,078 We didn't replace the valve 293 00:18:19,203 --> 00:18:21,831 because the growth was fibrous tissue. it wasn't infectious. 294 00:18:22,206 --> 00:18:23,290 We've got to be wrong about... 295 00:18:23,416 --> 00:18:24,792 - Oh, God. - What? 296 00:18:24,917 --> 00:18:25,835 You know what's wrong with Matty? 297 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,796 I think Hector's committed suicide. 298 00:18:28,921 --> 00:18:29,755 What are you talking about? 299 00:18:30,131 --> 00:18:30,965 He took some pills. 300 00:18:31,090 --> 00:18:32,633 Is he alive? 301 00:18:32,758 --> 00:18:34,343 He ate half my stash. 302 00:18:35,302 --> 00:18:37,346 Of course he's... 303 00:18:37,471 --> 00:18:38,889 (GRUNTS) 304 00:18:43,978 --> 00:18:47,398 He's stoned. I'll be right in. 305 00:18:52,987 --> 00:18:55,030 We cut all the way into this kid's heart, 306 00:18:55,197 --> 00:18:58,784 and all we got was this lousy, non-infectious fibrous tissue. 307 00:18:58,909 --> 00:19:00,244 How did we miss this? 308 00:19:00,453 --> 00:19:03,372 Matty had a fever. He got sicker when we suppressed his immune system. 309 00:19:03,497 --> 00:19:04,957 That all points to infection. 310 00:19:05,082 --> 00:19:08,753 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not our fault. Fibrous tissue. 311 00:19:09,378 --> 00:19:12,673 Something is turning his healthy heart valve into gristle. 312 00:19:12,798 --> 00:19:17,511 Fibrous tissue, enlarged spleen, fever... Could mean autoimmune. 313 00:19:20,097 --> 00:19:22,516 Autoimmune diseases aren't passed along in bone marrow. 314 00:19:22,641 --> 00:19:24,977 He can still donate. We confirm, I do the surgery. 315 00:19:25,144 --> 00:19:28,522 Lupus and Behgefs are our best bet. Do an ANA and pathergy test. 316 00:19:28,647 --> 00:19:30,566 Or it could be infection. 317 00:19:31,108 --> 00:19:32,568 My memory's not what it used to be, 318 00:19:32,693 --> 00:19:35,154 but didn't we just rule that out eight seconds ago? 319 00:19:35,362 --> 00:19:37,031 Just because it's not what screwed up his valve, 320 00:19:37,156 --> 00:19:38,365 it doesn't mean it's not in his system. 321 00:19:38,491 --> 00:19:42,036 Uh-huh, and has the obvious advantage of making us right all along. 322 00:19:42,161 --> 00:19:44,288 Little disadvantage of making big brother dead. 323 00:19:44,413 --> 00:19:46,165 That's your argument? A better outcome? 324 00:19:46,290 --> 00:19:47,124 It fits. 325 00:19:47,249 --> 00:19:50,544 The family has one kid with leukemia and one with autoimmune. 326 00:19:50,669 --> 00:19:52,046 I wouldn't stand next to them in a rain storm. 327 00:19:52,171 --> 00:19:54,256 That's your argument? It sucks for them? 328 00:19:54,381 --> 00:19:56,467 It fits, and we can still help big brother. 329 00:19:56,592 --> 00:19:59,011 National Marrow Registry came up with four out of six donors. 330 00:19:59,136 --> 00:20:01,597 Six out of six is two better than four out of six, right? 331 00:20:01,722 --> 00:20:03,390 I mean, I know two is so small, 332 00:20:03,516 --> 00:20:05,893 but since it means that he's gonna get Graft-Versus-Host Disease, 333 00:20:06,018 --> 00:20:09,563 the marrow will attack his body, and he'll die a painful death. 334 00:20:11,023 --> 00:20:13,150 Find out what autoimmune it is. 335 00:20:19,532 --> 00:20:23,077 Is this autoimmune better or worse than the new heart valve? 336 00:20:23,202 --> 00:20:25,037 It depends on which autoimmune it is. 337 00:20:25,162 --> 00:20:26,914 With early detection, most are manageable. 338 00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:28,290 How long will testing take? 339 00:20:28,415 --> 00:20:29,750 That's the other good thing about this. 340 00:20:29,875 --> 00:20:31,794 There's literally thousands of possible infections, 341 00:20:31,919 --> 00:20:33,838 but only a handful of autoimmune conditions. 342 00:20:33,963 --> 00:20:35,673 We'll have the answer in a few hours. 343 00:20:35,798 --> 00:20:36,882 NICK: Hey, Doctor? 344 00:20:40,177 --> 00:20:41,554 Is this bad? 345 00:20:50,187 --> 00:20:52,022 Wanna catch a movie? 346 00:20:52,147 --> 00:20:53,274 It's one in the morning. 347 00:20:53,399 --> 00:20:55,067 I know a place. 348 00:20:55,192 --> 00:20:58,028 Although, I wouldn't recommend wearing those shoes. 349 00:20:58,153 --> 00:21:01,615 How exactly does a dog unscrew a bottle of pills? 350 00:21:01,782 --> 00:21:02,825 Is that a riddle? 351 00:21:02,950 --> 00:21:04,326 It requires an opposable thumb. 352 00:21:04,451 --> 00:21:05,494 I must have left it off. 353 00:21:05,619 --> 00:21:06,662 On the floor? 354 00:21:06,787 --> 00:21:08,247 I think he hopped up onto the bathroom counter. 355 00:21:08,372 --> 00:21:09,748 He has arthritis. 356 00:21:13,752 --> 00:21:16,881 - Not me this time. - No! It's your damn dog. 357 00:21:18,048 --> 00:21:22,177 He chews everything. I was missing a file. Found paper in his stool. 358 00:21:22,303 --> 00:21:25,306 An original Sun Record 78 Elvis recording, gone. 359 00:21:25,431 --> 00:21:28,142 Who the hell chews vinyl? He's vindictive. 360 00:21:29,184 --> 00:21:32,396 He's had a good, long life. It's his time. 361 00:21:32,521 --> 00:21:33,814 Are you okay? 362 00:21:34,023 --> 00:21:36,984 I just tripped over Wilson's self-righteousness. 363 00:21:37,776 --> 00:21:39,361 What do you got? 364 00:21:39,778 --> 00:21:42,072 Matty's negative for everything. It's not autoimmune. 365 00:21:42,197 --> 00:21:43,532 So, we're back to infection. 366 00:21:43,657 --> 00:21:45,743 Nick's starting to deteriorate fast. 367 00:21:45,868 --> 00:21:47,036 He's got bruising all over his arms. 368 00:21:47,161 --> 00:21:48,370 His capillaries are leaking blood. 369 00:21:48,495 --> 00:21:50,039 If it happens in his brain, he's dead. 370 00:21:50,164 --> 00:21:52,708 We've got to go with the four-out-of-six donor. 371 00:21:52,875 --> 00:21:56,003 Did I mention my concerns about four being less than six? 372 00:21:56,545 --> 00:21:59,089 Wilson's first wife ignored a similar issue. 373 00:21:59,214 --> 00:22:01,467 Of course, that time, it was only fatal to their marriage. 374 00:22:01,592 --> 00:22:04,345 It's either that, or we start randomly testing Matty for infections. 375 00:22:04,470 --> 00:22:06,055 I know how you hate the word "random." 376 00:22:06,180 --> 00:22:09,892 Do it alphabetically. We're not doing that damn transplant. 377 00:22:11,060 --> 00:22:12,102 Where's Foreman? 378 00:22:12,227 --> 00:22:13,854 We've found a donor. 379 00:22:13,979 --> 00:22:17,816 It's not an ideal match, but four out of six still gives Nick a chance. 380 00:22:25,574 --> 00:22:28,869 A partial match transplant is extremely dangerous. 381 00:22:28,994 --> 00:22:29,912 Doctor Foreman explained... 382 00:22:30,037 --> 00:22:33,791 Did he also explain what sort of pain your son will experience 383 00:22:33,916 --> 00:22:36,627 - if he gets Graft-Versus-Host Disease? - Yes. 384 00:22:36,752 --> 00:22:39,088 Apparently, he didn't explain it vividly enough. 385 00:22:39,213 --> 00:22:40,172 Let me give it a whack... 386 00:22:40,422 --> 00:22:42,633 He also explained that if we did nothing, 387 00:22:42,758 --> 00:22:45,135 Nick could start bleeding into his brain. 388 00:22:45,260 --> 00:22:49,223 Matty is a perfect match. Just give us a little more time to figure out... 389 00:22:49,348 --> 00:22:50,391 How much time? 390 00:22:50,516 --> 00:22:52,267 Doctor House is the best diagnostician... 391 00:22:52,393 --> 00:22:54,103 How much time? 392 00:22:55,896 --> 00:22:56,814 I don't know. 393 00:22:57,231 --> 00:23:01,568 And Nick can start bleeding into his brain without any warning? 394 00:23:01,694 --> 00:23:04,571 Yes, but the chances of complications from a mismatch are... 395 00:23:04,697 --> 00:23:06,448 My boys have suffered enough. 396 00:23:07,116 --> 00:23:08,283 Get Matty better, 397 00:23:08,701 --> 00:23:12,746 and give Nick the transplant from the new donor. 398 00:23:18,711 --> 00:23:20,254 Foreman screwed us. 399 00:23:20,379 --> 00:23:22,715 No, you screwed us. 400 00:23:23,424 --> 00:23:25,968 What is the point in being able to control people 401 00:23:26,093 --> 00:23:27,928 if you won't actually do it? 402 00:23:28,053 --> 00:23:30,889 It's like training a dog and letting him go on your rug, 403 00:23:31,015 --> 00:23:31,849 which, by the way... 404 00:23:31,974 --> 00:23:33,767 Once Foreman got his mitts on them, well, there was no way... 405 00:23:33,892 --> 00:23:37,646 You don't explain chances and probabilities, you lie to them. 406 00:23:37,771 --> 00:23:40,607 You tell them Foreman's a moron, which isn't even much of a lie right now. 407 00:23:40,733 --> 00:23:41,567 You've got to talk to him. 408 00:23:41,692 --> 00:23:42,943 I've got no problem with what Foreman did. 409 00:23:43,068 --> 00:23:45,029 He undercut us, and he may have cost that kid his life. 410 00:23:45,154 --> 00:23:48,365 Foreman did what he thought was right. You, on the other hand, sucked out. 411 00:23:49,074 --> 00:23:49,908 When the decision really mattered, 412 00:23:50,034 --> 00:23:51,952 you didn't have the guts to tell them what to do. 413 00:23:52,411 --> 00:23:54,830 If that kid dies, it's because Foreman was wrong, 414 00:23:54,955 --> 00:23:56,290 and because you're a coward. 415 00:24:30,115 --> 00:24:33,035 Oh, goodness, I've left my door open. 416 00:24:33,744 --> 00:24:40,292 My poor dog must have run away and been hit by a car or a truck or a train. 417 00:24:40,667 --> 00:24:42,336 Or an anvil. 418 00:24:47,007 --> 00:24:48,842 (HECTOR PANTING) 419 00:24:52,846 --> 00:24:55,224 Thank God, you're still here. 420 00:24:56,058 --> 00:24:57,643 He's still here! 421 00:25:01,688 --> 00:25:02,523 Where's my stereo? 422 00:25:22,251 --> 00:25:23,502 (HECTOR YELPS) 423 00:25:30,384 --> 00:25:32,261 How are you feeling? 424 00:25:32,386 --> 00:25:33,387 A little itchy. 425 00:25:35,430 --> 00:25:36,640 It's weird, huh? 426 00:25:37,182 --> 00:25:40,227 You still have no idea what's wrong with me, 427 00:25:40,352 --> 00:25:41,854 but those meds will make me better. 428 00:25:42,146 --> 00:25:46,441 We put you on a variety of medications that will fight all kinds of infections. 429 00:25:47,693 --> 00:25:51,780 Nick, you know exactly what's wrong with him, 430 00:25:51,905 --> 00:25:53,615 but maybe he's gonna die, anyway. 431 00:25:53,824 --> 00:25:55,200 Hopefully, the new marrow will... 432 00:25:55,367 --> 00:25:56,827 I can't go in there, can I? 433 00:26:01,790 --> 00:26:03,250 Your infection would kill him. 434 00:26:04,668 --> 00:26:09,715 So, I won't be able to be with him when he dies? 435 00:26:10,841 --> 00:26:13,886 You'll be able to be with him when he gets better. 436 00:26:17,514 --> 00:26:18,682 What's wrong? 437 00:26:18,807 --> 00:26:19,933 It really itches. 438 00:26:29,026 --> 00:26:30,360 Hello? 439 00:26:42,831 --> 00:26:44,791 Why am I meeting you here? 440 00:26:44,917 --> 00:26:48,045 You're paying for my new cane. It was your dog. 441 00:26:48,587 --> 00:26:51,381 So, that's it? You call me a coward, life goes on? 442 00:26:51,506 --> 00:26:53,842 Apparently. You showed up. 443 00:26:55,844 --> 00:26:57,012 Hey. 444 00:27:00,390 --> 00:27:01,892 I'm sorry. 445 00:27:07,105 --> 00:27:08,649 (BELL DINGING) 446 00:27:10,734 --> 00:27:12,527 You're pathetic. I didn't actually mean that. 447 00:27:12,694 --> 00:27:15,405 - Yes, you did. - No, I didn't to infinity. 448 00:27:15,530 --> 00:27:16,657 Yes, you did. 449 00:27:16,865 --> 00:27:18,617 - You're pathetic. - Yeah? 450 00:27:19,451 --> 00:27:20,619 When? 451 00:27:21,745 --> 00:27:23,747 What did the labs say? 452 00:27:29,795 --> 00:27:32,130 Why don't you buy your cane at a medical supply store 453 00:27:32,256 --> 00:27:33,382 like a normal cripple? 454 00:27:33,507 --> 00:27:35,008 Fewer bitching choices. 455 00:27:35,759 --> 00:27:38,303 Okay. What do you got in bitching? 456 00:27:38,637 --> 00:27:39,763 Right this way. 457 00:27:40,847 --> 00:27:41,682 That was Cameron. 458 00:27:41,807 --> 00:27:45,060 The kid that wasn't all that sick is now all that sick. 459 00:27:45,185 --> 00:27:47,145 - He's bleeding out of his ears. - Blood counts? 460 00:27:47,271 --> 00:27:48,563 Down. 461 00:27:48,689 --> 00:27:49,940 Schistocytes on the smear? 462 00:27:50,357 --> 00:27:53,902 His body's not making new blood cells. His bone marrow's crashing. 463 00:27:54,111 --> 00:27:55,529 This is one of our top sellers. 464 00:27:56,738 --> 00:27:59,533 It's a little too Marilyn Manson in a retirement home. 465 00:28:00,325 --> 00:28:02,035 The meds are suppressing his bone marrow. 466 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,288 Or the infection's doing it. 467 00:28:05,455 --> 00:28:06,498 Pretty cool. 468 00:28:06,623 --> 00:28:10,043 Genuine bull penis, stretched over a metal rod. 469 00:28:12,296 --> 00:28:14,381 Penis canes are murder. 470 00:28:15,507 --> 00:28:16,383 Right. 471 00:28:16,675 --> 00:28:18,176 Let me see the one on the end. 472 00:28:18,302 --> 00:28:19,177 You got it. 473 00:28:19,594 --> 00:28:20,971 We need to stop Matty's meds. 474 00:28:21,096 --> 00:28:24,182 If the marrow rebounds, it's the meds. If it doesn't, it's an infection. 475 00:28:24,308 --> 00:28:25,600 And if it's the infection? 476 00:28:25,726 --> 00:28:28,312 Maybe I was wrong about which kid's gonna die. 477 00:28:34,026 --> 00:28:36,111 Bitching. 478 00:28:56,631 --> 00:28:58,050 Flames? 479 00:28:58,633 --> 00:29:02,137 It makes it look like I'm going fast. Now, how's our dying kids? 480 00:29:02,429 --> 00:29:04,389 Nick's developed blisters all over his feet and legs. 481 00:29:04,514 --> 00:29:06,600 He's got grade four Graft-Versus-Host. 482 00:29:06,725 --> 00:29:08,393 Increase his dosage of methylprednisolone. 483 00:29:08,518 --> 00:29:10,312 Already did. It's not working. 484 00:29:11,438 --> 00:29:13,106 Feeling guilty? 485 00:29:14,107 --> 00:29:15,525 I did the right thing. 486 00:29:15,650 --> 00:29:17,027 Always a comfort. 487 00:29:17,861 --> 00:29:20,280 Okay, what's the other kid's status? 488 00:29:20,405 --> 00:29:21,323 We're done with Nick? 489 00:29:21,531 --> 00:29:22,824 God is done with Nick. 490 00:29:22,949 --> 00:29:24,659 We know what he has. We know how to treat it. 491 00:29:24,910 --> 00:29:28,038 We're doing it, it's not working. Life is for the living. 492 00:29:28,163 --> 00:29:30,082 Matty's been off his meds for a few hours, 493 00:29:30,207 --> 00:29:31,583 but his blood count's still tanking. 494 00:29:31,708 --> 00:29:33,877 Means the meds aren't to blame. It's the infection. 495 00:29:34,002 --> 00:29:37,964 If we don't get this under control, his blood will literally turn into water. 496 00:29:42,219 --> 00:29:44,137 Cultures still aren't growing anything. 497 00:29:44,304 --> 00:29:45,138 Why not? 498 00:29:45,263 --> 00:29:49,518 Because you did the right thing. Convinced the parents to treat the kid. 499 00:29:49,643 --> 00:29:51,561 All you did was yank the weed out of the ground. 500 00:29:51,686 --> 00:29:55,190 Its roots are still killing their beautiful lawn. We just can't see it. 501 00:29:55,315 --> 00:29:57,025 If we can't see it, we don't know what it is. 502 00:29:57,150 --> 00:29:58,902 If we don't know what it is, we can't kill it. 503 00:30:00,904 --> 00:30:03,740 So we got to wait for it to grow back again. 504 00:30:04,282 --> 00:30:06,576 Now, the soil is arid. 505 00:30:07,577 --> 00:30:10,831 So both he and his brother will be dead by the time... 506 00:30:16,878 --> 00:30:20,674 What if the dandelion was in fertile soil? 507 00:30:21,842 --> 00:30:24,594 What if we take the roots from Matty, and put them in Nick? 508 00:30:24,719 --> 00:30:27,013 Turn the kid into a petri dish, only better. 509 00:30:27,139 --> 00:30:28,932 A petri dish can't tell you when it hurts. 510 00:30:29,057 --> 00:30:31,017 You want to give him his brother's infection? 511 00:30:31,143 --> 00:30:33,770 The very thing we've been trying to avoid since the brother sneezed? 512 00:30:33,895 --> 00:30:36,773 - Leukemia kid's got no defenses. - Which is why he'll die. 513 00:30:36,898 --> 00:30:39,818 But before he does, the infection will spread fast. 514 00:30:39,943 --> 00:30:43,155 Fast enough to tell us what it is, in time to save his brother. 515 00:30:48,910 --> 00:30:50,912 Do you see any other way? 516 00:30:53,415 --> 00:30:57,419 WILSON: The infection is decimating Matty's bone marrow. 517 00:30:57,544 --> 00:31:04,342 But if we give that marrow to Nick, his symptoms could let us diagnose Matty. 518 00:31:04,468 --> 00:31:06,761 - But, it'll kill Nick. - Yes. 519 00:31:07,512 --> 00:31:09,014 You're... 520 00:31:09,139 --> 00:31:11,516 You're saying we should kill one son to save the other? 521 00:31:11,641 --> 00:31:12,851 Nick is gonna die either way. 522 00:31:13,018 --> 00:31:15,061 You don't know that. I mean, he's in pain right now, but... 523 00:31:15,187 --> 00:31:17,898 Nick's Graft-Versus-Host is not responding to medication. 524 00:31:18,106 --> 00:31:19,941 That can change. 525 00:31:20,650 --> 00:31:23,361 Maybe he... He'll rally. 526 00:31:24,029 --> 00:31:26,239 Hey, my Nick is a fighter. 527 00:31:26,364 --> 00:31:28,116 Graft-Versus-Host isn't gonna go away 528 00:31:28,241 --> 00:31:30,952 because of Nick's sunny smile and positive outlook. 529 00:31:31,077 --> 00:31:34,289 Nick has survived three reoccurrences of his leukemia. 530 00:31:34,414 --> 00:31:36,625 He's being torn apart from the inside out. 531 00:31:36,917 --> 00:31:40,128 His pain's gonna get worse and worse, until he dies. 532 00:31:40,253 --> 00:31:42,172 You're just dragging it out. 533 00:31:42,964 --> 00:31:45,383 You have only one decision to make. 534 00:31:45,550 --> 00:31:47,886 You can leave here with one dead son, or two. 535 00:31:55,519 --> 00:31:56,520 Tell them. 536 00:32:00,857 --> 00:32:02,817 You should let us do this. 537 00:32:11,993 --> 00:32:13,119 No! 538 00:32:17,791 --> 00:32:20,126 We're not giving up on Nick. 539 00:32:22,379 --> 00:32:23,880 Not! 540 00:32:38,728 --> 00:32:42,399 The patient's parents apparently don't want to be parents anymore. 541 00:32:42,691 --> 00:32:46,403 You're a sneaky bastard. Any ideas how we get around this? 542 00:32:46,736 --> 00:32:48,405 - Court order? - It's hardly sneaky. 543 00:32:48,572 --> 00:32:49,948 We can still save Matty. 544 00:32:50,115 --> 00:32:52,826 Run more tests, find out what infection is destroying his marrow. 545 00:32:52,951 --> 00:32:56,204 Ten-thousand possible infections, at least 20 minutes per test. 546 00:32:56,329 --> 00:32:57,789 It'll take you approximately eight years. 547 00:32:57,914 --> 00:33:01,459 Actually, four months, assuming the last one I test is the right one, 548 00:33:01,585 --> 00:33:04,045 and, if it's the first, it will take me approximately 20 minutes. 549 00:33:04,170 --> 00:33:05,964 He's right. It's worth a shot. 550 00:33:06,089 --> 00:33:09,676 He's timid. Testing blindly is not gonna save this kid. 551 00:33:09,801 --> 00:33:12,053 But standing around here will. 552 00:33:31,531 --> 00:33:33,325 (NICK GROANING) 553 00:33:42,959 --> 00:33:44,711 Wow, he sure is hurting. 554 00:33:44,836 --> 00:33:47,505 The nurses say he maxed out on his pain meds. 555 00:33:47,964 --> 00:33:50,467 If I had a nickel for every time I heard that... 556 00:33:54,763 --> 00:33:56,264 Pharmacy's on the ground floor. 557 00:33:57,807 --> 00:34:00,101 I'm gonna go get you some more pain medication, okay? 558 00:34:00,226 --> 00:34:01,936 Thank you. 559 00:34:17,994 --> 00:34:19,788 It's not gonna help. 560 00:34:22,248 --> 00:34:23,708 You're dying. 561 00:34:23,833 --> 00:34:28,004 Nothing's gonna change that. These drugs will just make you go easier. 562 00:34:28,546 --> 00:34:29,798 I know. 563 00:34:31,132 --> 00:34:34,969 Fourteen years on the planet, most of them spent suffering. 564 00:34:36,721 --> 00:34:41,434 Dying before you even got to drive a car, 565 00:34:41,559 --> 00:34:44,396 take off a girl's bra, drink a beer. 566 00:34:46,314 --> 00:34:49,317 Believe me, there's plenty you haven't done. 567 00:34:49,776 --> 00:34:51,361 Really good stuff. 568 00:34:54,572 --> 00:34:57,617 Must make it hard to believe in God, 569 00:34:57,742 --> 00:35:01,996 or fairness, larger purpose. 570 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:08,670 But your life doesn't have to be meaningless. 571 00:35:08,795 --> 00:35:11,172 You can save your brother. 572 00:35:14,676 --> 00:35:15,844 How? 573 00:35:18,930 --> 00:35:20,390 FOREMAN: Negative for CMV. 574 00:35:20,515 --> 00:35:21,933 WILSON: Negative for amoebas. 575 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,018 House called you timid. 576 00:35:24,144 --> 00:35:25,854 He's called me a lot worse. 577 00:35:25,979 --> 00:35:29,023 To him, there is nothing worse. He's gonna fire you. 578 00:35:29,149 --> 00:35:31,025 Even if we run 100 tests, 579 00:35:31,151 --> 00:35:33,486 that only gives us a one percent chance of saving these kids. 580 00:35:33,611 --> 00:35:35,572 Better than zero. You don't care if you get fired? 581 00:35:35,697 --> 00:35:36,698 I don't know. 582 00:35:36,823 --> 00:35:39,743 There's got to be a way to better our odds from a 99-percent chance of death. 583 00:35:39,868 --> 00:35:40,910 You've got to know. 584 00:35:41,035 --> 00:35:43,329 It's not food-borne, because no one else in the family is sick. 585 00:35:43,455 --> 00:35:44,998 You either care about your job, or you don't. 586 00:35:45,123 --> 00:35:47,667 And Matty's the only one who drank from that water pump in the back yard, 587 00:35:47,792 --> 00:35:49,294 and we eliminated Pseudomonas and cholera. 588 00:35:49,419 --> 00:35:52,672 If you care, you fight to keep it. If you don't, you quit. 589 00:35:53,965 --> 00:35:56,050 I thought they lived in the suburbs. 590 00:35:56,801 --> 00:35:58,136 They do. Why? 591 00:35:58,261 --> 00:35:59,554 And they've got a water pump? 592 00:36:04,642 --> 00:36:06,269 NICK: Please, I... I want to do it. 593 00:36:06,436 --> 00:36:10,106 No, Nicky, it's not your decision. 594 00:36:10,982 --> 00:36:14,152 I'm dying. There's nothing that's gonna change that. 595 00:36:14,277 --> 00:36:20,200 Hey, hey, hey. Don't say that. Okay? You can't give up. 596 00:36:20,658 --> 00:36:22,702 It's time for me to go, Dad. 597 00:36:24,412 --> 00:36:26,206 You got to let me go. 598 00:36:29,167 --> 00:36:30,877 No. 599 00:36:33,546 --> 00:36:34,964 Please, son. 600 00:36:36,758 --> 00:36:41,763 I can't... I can't... I can't! 601 00:36:43,598 --> 00:36:48,186 Let me do it for Matty. Let me do it for you guys. 602 00:36:50,355 --> 00:36:52,357 So you won't be alone. 603 00:37:02,450 --> 00:37:05,620 - Are you sure? - No, but he is. 604 00:37:10,083 --> 00:37:11,292 Get Nick back to the clean room. 605 00:37:11,501 --> 00:37:13,044 The parents agreed to infect him. 606 00:37:13,169 --> 00:37:16,881 We figured out what's wrong with Matty, histoplasmosis. 607 00:37:17,006 --> 00:37:18,716 Well, what is that? I mean, why did it... 608 00:37:18,842 --> 00:37:20,885 Fungal infection. It grows in chicken feces. 609 00:37:21,010 --> 00:37:22,929 The dirt that Matty used to build his pitcher's mound 610 00:37:23,054 --> 00:37:24,681 must have sat under a chicken coop. 611 00:37:24,806 --> 00:37:27,517 Your whole neighborhood was built on top of farmland. 612 00:37:27,642 --> 00:37:29,602 We didn't test for it earlier, because we didn't... 613 00:37:29,811 --> 00:37:32,021 Can you fix him? 614 00:37:32,146 --> 00:37:35,191 Full course of amphotericin and he should be fine. 615 00:37:36,484 --> 00:37:39,821 And Nick? I mean, can you clean Matty's marrow? 616 00:37:40,113 --> 00:37:42,156 Just like you were talking about doing it, but do it fast, 617 00:37:43,241 --> 00:37:45,034 and get it into Nick. 618 00:37:46,578 --> 00:37:48,830 I'm sorry, the reason Matty is so sick 619 00:37:48,955 --> 00:37:52,208 is because the infection is attacking his marrow. 620 00:37:52,333 --> 00:37:57,130 He doesn't have enough left to safely take from him and give to his brother. 621 00:38:04,137 --> 00:38:07,390 I'm gonna get better now? That's it? 622 00:38:08,016 --> 00:38:09,309 That's it. 623 00:38:09,434 --> 00:38:10,852 And what about Nick? 624 00:38:17,317 --> 00:38:20,945 Your brother was willing to risk his life to save you. 625 00:38:21,070 --> 00:38:22,989 Are you willing to do that for him? 626 00:38:24,908 --> 00:38:28,036 I can't sedate you. You're too sick. 627 00:38:58,066 --> 00:39:00,318 (SCREAMING) 628 00:39:07,367 --> 00:39:12,622 Please, please stop. Please. Please. You're done, right? 629 00:39:12,747 --> 00:39:15,124 Sorry, I need a lot more. 630 00:39:16,042 --> 00:39:18,544 No, stop! Stop! 631 00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:31,391 How much heat are you taking from the parents? 632 00:39:31,516 --> 00:39:32,600 They're calming down. 633 00:39:32,725 --> 00:39:34,185 I think it has something to do with both their kids 634 00:39:34,310 --> 00:39:37,021 being alive, awake, and eating. 635 00:39:37,146 --> 00:39:39,023 The marrow transplant took. 636 00:39:40,525 --> 00:39:41,567 Welcome back, Foreman. 637 00:39:41,693 --> 00:39:42,819 You should talk to him. 638 00:39:42,944 --> 00:39:43,945 Tell him how proud I am? 639 00:39:44,153 --> 00:39:45,989 Hey, if you're ashamed of him, tell him that. 640 00:39:46,489 --> 00:39:48,700 Pride and shame only apply to people 641 00:39:48,825 --> 00:39:52,078 we have a vested interest in, not employees. 642 00:39:52,203 --> 00:39:54,288 How many hours a day do you have to spend with someone 643 00:39:54,414 --> 00:39:55,790 before they're basically family? 644 00:39:55,915 --> 00:39:57,083 Good point. 645 00:39:57,208 --> 00:39:58,710 But, first, I've got to tell Cameron and Chase 646 00:39:58,835 --> 00:40:00,294 that they're violating God's will. 647 00:40:00,420 --> 00:40:04,382 I'm just asking you to have an adult conversation to let him know... 648 00:40:04,507 --> 00:40:06,843 That he did a good job? He knows it. 649 00:40:07,427 --> 00:40:09,721 Adults don't need adult conversations, 650 00:40:09,846 --> 00:40:12,015 just like I don't need this conversation. 651 00:40:12,557 --> 00:40:13,975 Have you killed Hector yet? 652 00:40:14,225 --> 00:40:15,518 Obviously not. 653 00:40:16,936 --> 00:40:19,313 Oh. He's quiet. He's... 654 00:40:21,107 --> 00:40:23,234 Is that my stethoscope? 655 00:40:24,444 --> 00:40:25,778 Bad dog. 656 00:40:28,781 --> 00:40:30,074 Listen... 657 00:40:31,075 --> 00:40:34,912 Bonnie joined her homeowner's association and staged a coup. 658 00:40:35,038 --> 00:40:36,622 Pets are now allowed. 659 00:40:38,374 --> 00:40:39,375 Oh. 660 00:40:39,584 --> 00:40:40,918 If you want to keep him, 661 00:40:41,044 --> 00:40:43,629 she wants a new puppy anyway. She'll understand. 662 00:40:43,963 --> 00:40:45,840 Why would I want to keep him? 663 00:40:45,965 --> 00:40:47,592 You're sure? 664 00:40:50,762 --> 00:40:52,138 Come on, boy. 665 00:41:02,857 --> 00:41:04,942 Accidents happen. 666 00:41:08,071 --> 00:41:09,322 Candy? 667 00:41:11,908 --> 00:41:13,159 Good boy. 668 00:41:36,849 --> 00:41:38,267 Good boy. 669 00:41:57,245 --> 00:41:58,871 You did good. 670 00:42:01,082 --> 00:42:03,126 I did what you would have. 671 00:42:04,710 --> 00:42:07,046 Well, maybe I'm biased, but... 672 00:42:07,171 --> 00:42:08,339 I tortured the kid. 673 00:42:08,464 --> 00:42:10,716 Because you knew it was right. 674 00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:14,095 You knew you were saving his brother. 675 00:42:14,220 --> 00:42:15,596 I know. 676 00:42:16,889 --> 00:42:18,891 I don't like that I know. 677 00:42:19,892 --> 00:42:22,979 I hate that I can listen to a kid screaming in pain 678 00:42:23,104 --> 00:42:27,024 and not even take a moment to question whether I'm doing the right thing. 679 00:42:27,733 --> 00:42:30,862 I hate that in order to be like you, as a doctor, 680 00:42:30,987 --> 00:42:33,739 I have to be like you as a human being. 681 00:42:35,283 --> 00:42:37,618 I don't want to turn into you. 682 00:42:40,872 --> 00:42:42,081 You're not. 683 00:42:43,499 --> 00:42:47,128 You've been like me since you were eight years old. 684 00:42:51,299 --> 00:42:54,760 You'll save more people than I will. 685 00:42:55,219 --> 00:42:57,471 But I'll settle for killing less. 686 00:42:58,973 --> 00:43:01,475 Consider this my two weeks notice.