Mistakes Shouldn't Be Made Twice

by marycasa13

House gets a patient that suffers from extreme leg pain, and because of another doctor's carelessness, the patient is diagnosed with a blood clot too late. Late enough to cause muscle death. My, my, doesn't this sound familiar..... rated T for safety

1. Chapter 1

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Mistakes Shouldn't Be Made Twice

"House, we have a case. " said Chase, walking into the conference room. House made a motion with his hand and Chase tossed him the file. He read through it once before acknowledging his team.

" 15 year old girl, Kayla Morrisett, comes into the clinic complaining of a mild fever, headaches, and pain in her leg. The doctor in the clinic was most concerned about the leg pain, which the patient described as sharp and sudden, so he sent her up to orthopedics to run some tests and check for any minor breaks. There were no broken bones, and no infections." House finished, and looked back toward his team. The board now read:

Fever

Headaches

Leg pain - Why?

"Since the other symptoms are minor and possibly irrelevant, lets focus on the leg pain. Foreman, any ideas?"

"It could be just muscle strain." Pointed out Foreman, giving the more obvious answer. House shook his head. " If it was an injury that could be healed with just plain rest the pain would've lessened within the two days she's been here. It's says here it's gotten worse. Plus, if it was just muscle strain or another minor injury the other doctors would have figured it out and we wouldn't have gotten this case." House paced in front of the white board while he talked. " I assume," He continued, "that the angio was clean, otherwise -

" They haven't done an angio." Interrupted Cameron, glancing at her file. House continued, ignoring her, " I'll page Wilson so we can rule out cancer..." He froze, realizing what Cameron said for the first time. He whipped around to look at her. "They didn't do an angio? Why not!" He demanded. "She's been here for two days, and they haven't done an angio?"

" They probably didn't think of it because of her age...it wouldn't be normal for someone that -

House cut her off, "Since when are the cases we get normal? Get me an angiogram stat!" Chase and Cameron ran off to obey their boss's orders, but Foreman hung back, realizing what his boss was suggesting. " You don't think she has a blood clot in her leg like you did do you?"

"I think," Said House grimly, "That if I'm right, and this girl does have a blood clot, she might already be well into the beginning stages of muscle death." His eyes softened at his next statement, "And nobody should have to live through that kind of pain." As he walked towards his office he turned around and said, "'Cause let me tell you, it's NOT pleasant." Nope, he thought to himself, not pleasant at all.