1 Mistakes Shouldn't Be Made Twice
Chapter 2
" Yeah." Stated House knowingly, looking at the angio on the wall in front of him, " this kids got a blood clot in her left leg, lower thigh. It looks like it's been there for a while too." He turned around to address Chase, "She still have a fever?"
"Yes"
"That's not a good sign, it generally means the dying muscle is sending poisons throughout the body. " House sighed.
"Someone should go talk to her, tell her all the possible options. I could - House interrupted Cameron with a dismissive wave of his hand. "I'll do it." His team looked at him in shock.
"Yeah I know!" He said sarcastically, " Doctor House seeing a patient ? It just cannot be!" He finished in a high pitched tone. Rubbing nervously at the back of his neck he sighed. " Look, all jokes aside...I'm only going to say this once, this case hits very close to home for me, and I might even pay special attention to this kid. Don't get on my case about my feelings," He shot a pointed glance at Cameron, who scoffed and rolled her eyes, " and I'll refrain from bashing you in the head with my cane. Soooo...any questions?" He didn't wait for an answer and headed towards Wilson's office. He'd talk to Kayla and her parents later. Right now he was in desperate need for some Wilson time.
House banged his cane loudly on the door that read " James Wilson, head of oncology," and waited, well, almost patiently for his friend to answer the door. Wilson ushered him in and sat down before asking, "What's up?" House took a deep breath.
"Look, Wilson I just needed to inform you that if I'm extra mean or more of a jerk this week, there's a good reason."
Wilson raised his eyebrows, "House you don't need a reason to be more of a jerk." Seeing House's expression he gave in, "Okay I see you need to talk and you don't want to admit it, so I'll humor you. Why are you going to be more mean and Jerk-ish than usual?" House wasn't sure where to begin, so he just started at the most logical point. " I have a new patient... Kayla , and her case...her case really hits way to close to home." he could tell Wilson was confused so he clarified, " She was brought to me after spending two days in orthopedics, because she complained of a fever, headaches and leg pain, and none of the doctors knew where the leg pain could be coming from. They checked everything except that because of her age, 15, they decided against doing an angio." Wilson had an idea where this was going, and he didn't like it. " So I did one, I just had this weird feeling...turns out those idiots let a clot slide by for almost two and a half days unnoticed! And now because of them her muscles in her left thigh are dying. And it's too late to do anything! And now I have to go in there and tell her the options she has, because I feel obligated. I'm actually on pretty much the same page as a patient for once, Wilson. Heck I-I CARE! And it scares the crap out of me." House finally finishes his heated rant. Wilson, in shock, and not really knowing what to say for once, gives him a look that says " I totally understand your point" and tells him gently, " Do what you think is right." House nods and leaves Wilson's office abruptly. Now it's of to Kayla's room. What fun.