In-Jokes: Everything that happened to Lisa in the OR happened to the Doctor in the Movie (with the exception that Lisa didn't go into cardiac arrest :p). Her binary vascular system is from the Doctor Who episode "Dalek" and all the mad scientist and Parkinson's business is in On the Side of Angels.
Chapter Six: In the OR
"When she was brought in, she was x-rayed. Everyone else thought it was a double exposure. I knew differently, though."
Pete handed Gary – who was sitting beside Lisa on her bed, holding her hand – an x-ray of Lisa's chest, where two hearts showed clearly on the negative.
"We removed the bullets, but the nurses thought her heartbeat was erratic and thought she was fibrillating. They wanted to bring in the cardiologist on call, but, luckily, I have some…pull with the RN, so I talked them out of it. Lucky, too, 'cause who knows what could've happened if the surgeons went poking around her binary vascular system."
Gary just stared, not really comprehending what he was hearing.
"Dude, wake up! I trained under Dr. Walter Von Braun. Remember him? The scientist whose career you trashed three years ago?"
Gary felt a trace of annoyance. He remembered this guy, now. Three years back, when he first met Lisa, Gary took a neurological inhibitor made by the German mad scientist Dr. Walter Von Braun from Pete in order to rescue Lisa from the aforementioned scientist. He'd ended up accidentally injecting himself with the drug, making him very sick and in need of medical care on Lisa's home planet. When all was said and done, Lisa gave Von Braun a taste of his own medicine, and persuaded him to retire and donate everything he had to Parkinson's disease.
"Again," said Pete, "I don't know whether to trash you, myself, or thank you. On the one hand, the Doc paid well. On the other, I never would've found Adele if I hadn't gotten a job here."
"Hmm," murmured Gary. "But will she be okay?" He pointed at Lisa, squeezing her hand tightly, trying to get a response.
"She's in a coma, and we don't know why. You don't want the people here working on her. They know nothing about what she is, and won't be able to help her. Me, however…I have a slight advantage. And I'm still friends with people from the Institute. I could call 'em in."
Gary felt as if he were on a see-saw, for while he felt that he wanted just about anything to bring Lisa back, he wasn't sure if he wanted to trust the people who were going to experiment on her.
As if sensing his inner turmoil, Pete said, "Okay, look, dude, I can see you love her. If it were Adele lying in that bed, I'd want her well, no matter what. I'm a doctor, and I won't do anything to jeopardize her health."
Gary chewed on it, then, finally, relented. "Okay."
End chapter six.