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March301- 10-05-2007

CHAI: Okay, so now she has pain in her arm? MARCH: Yes. CHAI: Is it extending up her arm? Any chest pain? MARCH: No, and no. CHAI: Why are we treating her if her EEG is indicating no brain activity? MARCH: Because House won't rest until she's six feet under. And even then... ARIZONA: What has she been eating and drinking? Can someone search her home, car, office, for anything out of the ordinary that could cause these symptoms? What about medication? HOUSE: This is a perfect opportunity to use my Fellows-In-Training! (They leave.) 6/9: We found lots of soda pop and chicken in her fridge. Oh, and stuff to make salad. She likes salad. HOUSE: What does this have to do with anything? 13: Her car needs gas and she has a picture of a kitten in her office. 24: Forget picture of a kitten, she has a kitten. The same one in her office, might I add. 6/9: Oh, and I found a document on her kitchen table. She needs to have her fireplace looked at. Something about a huge hole suspected? People are supposed to go over tomorrow to take a look at it. MARCH: Okay. That's an awful lot of information, there.

arizonamyrie- 10-05-2007

So fireplace, cat, and salad fixings. Anyone else at her office ill? What about the grocery store she shops at? How's the cat doing?

ChaiKovsky- 10-05-2007

Gas fireplace, maybe? Huge hole seems significant. Doesn't explain any neurological disorder I know, much like the salad, but I suppose it's good to know. And March, I swear to G-d, you tell me that kitten is dead and I will defibrillate you! (I will just sit here and laugh at my own joke. If she has no brain activity, then she'd be dead and that case would be over.)

March301- 10-05-2007

ARIZONA: So, fireplace, cat, and salad fixings. Um, anyone else at her office ill? What about the grocery store she shops at? How's her cat doing? CHAI: If you tell me the cat's dead, I will defiblirate you! MASTER: I want to help! *takes out his laser screwdriver.* MARCH: *is worried* 24: Her cat's okay, except he keeps looking at the fireplace as if expecting something to jump out. MASTER: *is disappointed* 6/9: It's kind of creepy, actually. 13: He's not a cat lover. Anyway, no one else in her office is ill, or at the grocery store. So it's probably not anything in the office, or her food. CHAI: Could be something to do with a gas leak, although I'm not sure what that has to do with her symptoms. HOUSE: Then why even bring it up? CHAI: I'm just saying! Okay, so I'll sit here and laugh at my own joke. If her brain had really ceased function, she'd be dead and there'd be no need to carry on diagnosing her. MARCH: Except we work for House. Remember Esther? 13: Who's Esther?

arizonamyrie- 10-06-2007

Shit. Check her for Rabies. ETA - and if that's not it, mercury toxicity.

March301- 10-06-2007

Never mind, double post.

March301- 10-06-2007

ARIZONA: Shit. Check her for rabies. MARCH: *zips out* MARCH: *zips back* MARCH: Right in one. Apparently a bat flew into her house and when she went to pick it up she didn't notice she'd been bitten. So the pager's yours. And with that, I'm pretty much off to bed. MASTER: And now I really am taking over the hospital! Muhahaha! *laser screwdriver flashes.*

arizonamyrie- 10-06-2007

March, were you really up all night? Or are you that far off with the time zone?

March301- 10-06-2007

I'm in Japan. So it's morning for you lot; one in the morning for me.

ChaiKovsky- 10-06-2007

Great, she's dead. At least this time Wilson didn't get involved in the rabies case.

arizonamyrie- 10-06-2007

I'm actually here now, despite what the comp said before (my mom was on my comp). I'll get a case up soon. And Chai - there's always hope. I'm from the state with the only person to survive Rabies.

March301- 10-06-2007

See? There's always hope!

ChaiKovsky- 10-06-2007

Oh, people have survived. They just have severe brain damage. She's not going to be that lucky. By the time we finished testing her and scanning her, she was toast.

arizonamyrie- 10-06-2007

If it makes you feel better, rabies in the US is rare, and she wasn't really a real person. So, that should help. And technically, Foreman should have been toast as well as he was symptomatic by the time he got prophylaxis. I can't sleep, I'll post a case shortly tonight. ETA - Saw this page while researching. Am very happy to see "Performing Arts Medicine" as a category for once. And, I found a case, but as it's late, I'll post it after I get up. Good night everyone.

arizonamyrie- 10-07-2007

House: What now? arizona: Nothing, just a case. House: Exactly. And why are we here on a Sunday? Cuddy: Because, the "case" is a big donor. House/arizona: Great. Cuddy: 23 year old female. arizona: 23 year olds aren't usually old enough to have enough money to get you to get us in here on a Sunday. House: What she said. Cuddy: I can tell you've been teaching them well. 23 year old female presents with new-onset acne. House/arizona: UGH!!!!! Cuddy: All labs normal. No significant history, not even severe acne, but is allergic to penicillin and bee stings. House: I'm not even going to say it. arizona: How boring. Cuddy: Get to work.