It was four days since Chase was brought in, when Lisa Cuddy went to look for Greg House. She wasn't too surprised to see him in his office sitting at his desk. What was surprising was that he was sitting at his desk staring at a file.

She let herself in and waited a moment for House to recognize her. When he didn't she spoke. "Greg? Everything okay?"

"Oh, I didn't hear you. Yeah, everything is fine."

It was so not like House to answer like that, that Cuddy sat down curious as to what had him preoccupied. Glancing at the file on his desk as she sat down she wasn't surprised as to why he was preoccupied. It was the same reason that brought her to his office.

"How's Chase?" She asked.

"Not good. We think we know where the fever is coming from. He must have been cut on his lower leg. It was hidden because of the hypothermia we were so worried about. The cut is now infected. There's gangrene and everything."

"So what are the options?"

"He's too weak to fight the infection. We keep throwing antibiotics at him but he can't fight anything. Also the pain is too much for him. His heart rate is erratic. We've had to shock him twice already. Don't know how much more he can take."

"So what are you thinking?"

"The best bet would be to amputate the lower half of his leg. He'd keep the knee and about five or six inches below it. But we'd have to put him under for the surgery. I can't guarantee that he would wake up. We really don't know if there is any brain damage yet and his heart is really too weak."

"What do the others say?"

"Wilson is for it. Foreman says that he doesn't think there is any brain damage. When he's awake from the pain he seems to know everyone and where he is. He is worried about his heart. As we all are. Don't know if the pain is too much or the anesthesia will be."

"It's a tough call. Have you spoke to Cameron about it?"

"No, not yet." At this House hung his head.

"Scared?"

"How can I give advice that I didn't take myself? How can I recommend that we take his leg or part of his leg to save his life, when I refused the same option not too long ago?" House slammed his hands on his desk and stood up.

Anything that Cuddy was going to say was cut short by a knock on the glass door. Both doctors turned around to see the young couple holding an infant standing in the doorway. "Can we help you?" House asked.

"We're looking for a Dr. House." The man said

"That's me, what can I do for you?"

"We were told that you were the one who was in charge of Dr. Chase. We were curious if we could see him."

"I'm sorry, but he's not taking visitors at the time. May I ask why you want to see him?" Cuddy added in.

"Oh." The woman's face seemed to fall at the news. "He helped deliver our son. We wanted to thank him." She paused for a second. "Wait. Maybe you can help us. Do you know what Dr. Chase's first name is?"

"Robert." House supplied.

The young couple looked at each other and then down at the infant in their arms. "That won't do." The woman said.

"And that is?" House was curious.

"Robert Robertson? That's not fair to him."

"What about calling him Chase? Chase Robertson." Cuddy once again came to the rescue.

Both parents seemed to think it over for a bit. "Chase Robertson. Yes, that can work. When you see Dr. Chase tell him thank you for us. We'll try later to see if he is taking visitors. We really want to thank him ourselves. I'm sure if he wasn't there, both Chase and I would be dead." The woman smiled at both doctors and then headed out of the office with her husband.

"That's why you can give him the advice. There are more people out there that want him to live. His vote, at the moment, would be out weighed by the ones out there. He's a hero."

"Hero? Chase?"

"You haven't been the one that's been handling all the phone calls from the press and thankful people. There are cards and flowers pouring into the hospital for Chase. They are even saying a special prayer every night at the local church for him."

"So you want him to get better because of the PR?"

"No, I want him to get better because he is a good doctor, and he's young and has a woman who wants to marry him. Because he still has a lot to live for." Cuddy answered House's question.

House nodded. "I'll schedule the surgery for later today."

"And I'll tell Cameron. I also think that you should be looking for a new case."

"I'm a doctor and a half down."

"A half a doctor?"

"You think that I have Cameron's full attention?"

"You and your team need the distraction. Get a case, or you are all going to be doing extra clinic hours." She paused for a moment. "Let me know when the surgery is scheduled." And Cuddy left House's office.

Yes, she could have found out how Chase was doing by looking at his file. She could have found out when the surgery would be too, but she also knew House. Lisa Cuddy knew that House was a control freak and part of what he was having a hard time with was not being able to control what Chase was going through. By allowing him to feed her information it gave him something that he could control.

It was interesting for her to hear his thoughts on the idea of amputation. She would have to be ready to deal with Cameron and Chase himself when they both found out about it. Thinking of Cameron, she had better find her before Cameron heard about the surgery from someone else.