Excellent thought sasmom. Since House had the near death experience twice before, not sure why he would think the third time would be the charm on finding out if there's an afterlife. Being pain free on the other hand, he'd do just about anything to achieve that I think. Another thing I'm wondering about is - in the preview it shows #24 (I think that's her number) giving him CPR...I wonder if he told her to come to his office at a specific time, or does he just take the chance that someone's going to pass by his office and see him lying on the floor unconscious and revive him. Since he's been known to lie on his office floor (DNR, Distractions, SDL come to mind), people who work in the hospital and know his eccentricities would probably keep on walking thinking he's just asleep. Or is mildly (I guess knife in a socket is mild compared to radio in the bathtub or whatever!) electrocuting yourself something you would just wake up from without CPR?

I wonder if he told her to come to his office at a specific time, or does he just take the chance that someone's going to pass by his office and see him lying on the floor unconscious and revive him. Good point. I thought the spoilers said that it was an expirement and if that is the case it would make sense that House calls someone there to revive him.

Here's a CBC link to a real life patient with green blood back in June. The doctor says that the blood was more green-black like an avacado skin though, whereas in the promo the blood looked pea-green (and like paint :lol: ). Green blood can be found in some forms of life such as some marine worms. Sweet, the patient is a marine worm. People in wheelchairs can't stay away from H20 on this show. The surgery that the Canadian patient was in for (fasciotomy for acute compartment syndrome in the patient's leg) sounds like something that could be complicated by the fact that our POTW is in a wheelchair. And if it's the dog's fault, a la Three Stories. Maybe also an introduction for the Survivor gang/new viewers to House's infarction/chronic pain? Snipped from pubmed article, emphasis mine: The essential clinical feature of compartment syndrome in conscious patients is severe pain out of proportion to the injury, aggravated by passive muscle stretch. Sensory loss in the distribution of the nerves traversing the affected compartments may be a useful early sign. The diagnosis may be difficult in the presence of impaired consciousness, in children, and in patients with regional nerve blocks. Thematically it would tie in nicely with daffodils and LMC's ideas about the electrocution. Methemoglobinia (link goes to eMedicine) sounds like a good possibility too, and very much up House's alley: The classic presentation is cyanosis in the presence of a normal PaO2 with brown- or chocolate-colored blood that does not become red on exposure to oxygen. Additional symptoms such as shortness of breath, anxiety, palpitations, and confusion occur as the level of metHb increases. Levels above 1% are termed methemoglobinemia. Methemoglobinemia can be hereditary and acquired. Acquired methemoglobinemia is usually due to medications. Heredittary Methemoglobinemia is very rare. Maybe the blood stays green (instead of turning brown) because it's not exposed to (much) oxygen when it's being withdrawn with a syringe?

expirement If he really sticks a metal knife into a live electrical socket I guess he would just about expire, hence the expirement.... (sorry, I can't resist a pun.....:winkiss:) Or is mildly (I guess knife in a socket is mild compared to radio in the bathtub or whatever!) electrocuting yourself something you would just wake up from without CPR? My guess would be that if you were going to wake up from it on your own there would be no need for CPR and surely a doctor wouldn't do CPR if the patient was breathing and had a pulse? And if you weren't breathing or having a pulse, you would be very unlikely to wake up from it on your own....?

My guess would be that if you were going to wake up from it on your own there would be no need for CPR and surely a doctor wouldn't do CPR if the patient was breathing and had a pulse? And if you weren't breathing or having a pulse, you would be very unlikely to wake up from it on your own....? That would be my guess too sweetfern - so he would have to pre-arrange for someone to come to his office at a specific time. And he didn't ask Wilson because well, we all know if Wilson found him lying on the floor, he'd leave him there. :devil: Sorry I love Wilson, but I couldn't resist saying that!

But if he had preplanned it, why didn't he have a resussitation CPR device nearby. One of those mobile kits? My guess is that he did what he did on impulse. (what, our house, impulsive????) OK...Tag line for the promo on sunday: "A patient who wants to end his own life causes House to question his own."

DOB1234 came up with this idea for the Letterman jacket: Whew! I finally figured it out, I think. I was a bit worried about those promo shots of House wearing the letterman jacket, and then the plaid shirt. Are they turning House into Dr. Dweeb? But now I get it – Halloween. That must be it. He’s on his way to a Halloween party. Nifty idea no? But to answer someone's question. In both the 'frumpy clothes' shots (not my expression, but snigger snigger) House has no cane. Not to say this is any indication of how Hugh usually dresses because we have seen House sans cane in many situations and the promo shots are taken during rehearsals and in between takes.

Whew! I finally figured it out, I think. I was a bit worried about those promo shots of House wearing the letterman jacket, and then the plaid shirt. Are they turning House into Dr. Dweeb? But now I get it – Halloween. That must be it. He’s on his way to a Halloween party. Oy! Sorry I posted that in the Spoiler thread. Now you know why I don't bother applying for job notices that say 'must be detail oriented'. :roll:

Sorry, I'm not tracking on this one. Why would Foreman's popularity as a character dictate OE's future acting choices? Sorry too, OE made the connection between the two. Not me. That would be my guess too sweetfern - so he would have to pre-arrange for someone to come to his office at a specific time. And he didn't ask Wilson because well, we all know if Wilson found him lying on the floor, he'd leave him there. Sorry I love Wilson, but I couldn't resist saying that! I'm a Wilson lover too but I laughed too. Does anyone think House is STILL escalating. I thought S4 House would be de-escalating. The knife in the socket - no matter what the reason seems well . . WAY OVER the TOP. I wonder if that's part of the reason Cuddy hires Foreman. I think Chase would do a better job. Maybe she asked him and Chase turned her down.

WILSON WOULDN'T LEAVE HIM, he'd give him CPR! In "MLC", House was conscious.

I think the writers are afraid to show Wilson giving House CPR because they think we would break the Intertubes (they're not a dump truck!) when we all went to upload our screencaps, fanvids, icons, and slash all at the same time.

Hee... too true, Sans Serif, too true. You can't tell me that HL and RSL wouldn't turn CPR into something flaming hot as hell. I'm convinced that's why they don't have the characters touch more often. Those two actors are just too charismatic for their own good. If their lips actually touched (forget about the noble reason of life saving), televisions across the world would spontaneously combust. Nuff said. And...on a purely shallow note... I wouldn't mind losing my television that way. We need a new one anyway...

Sorry I love Wilson, but I couldn't resist saying that! I admit it, I laughed. :) I think the writers are afraid to show Wilson giving House CPR because they think we would break the Intertubes (they're not a dump truck!) when we all went to upload our screencaps, fanvids, icons, and slash all at the same time. Ah yes, it's all for the greater good. But if it can't be Wilson, this chick (her name and # escapes me) would honestly be my second choice. I've given this way too much thought. One more day and this will all be cleared up.