Show of hands: who thinks I'm not in my right mind?

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

{House is looking annoyed. Of course he does, Cuddy made him do clinic duty. Which, for the record, is so not fair. She can go pick up baby stuff before she even has a baby and House can't miss the completely pointless clinic duty? Life is unfair. But he's laying on a hospital bed with an issue of Entertainment Weekly and some popcorn. It's so easy to avoid clinic duty with the coma patients.}

You think I would get three days before I get another case, but no. Male, 6 years old, presenting with flu-like symptoms. He came in with his mother, and I was about to dismiss it, but I noticed the kid had some burns on his wrist. They were an odd shape, so I looked at them a bit more closely, and it seems like the kind of burns after they bombed Hiroshima, if you've ever seen pictures.

We believe that he has a very rare condition, so we hospitalized him, and the CDC is on their way to see for themselves. I told Cuddy not to get them involved, but she said that it would be illegal to not report it. I could have handled it on my own.

Still, I've only heard of Radioactive Flu once. It's a very rare condition.

{He eats some popcorn, opening his magazine again} I'm just kidding, I had to deal with an overprotective mother and her stupid kid with the sniffles.

Oh, and for anyone that cares is knowing the ending to last week's gripping medical mystery, the lesbian that had the seizure had Sjögren's syndrome. Surprise.

Comments

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

I'd throw people like that off a cliff.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Well, it'd probably be quicker, you wouldn't have to listen to them whine for so long.

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

I like the way you think.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You seem a thoroughly intelligent person too.

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

Hey now, flattery will get you everywhere.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

It's worked well enough for me over the years.

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

And it will probably continue to. Well, until you flattery turns you into a whore. Then it's not quite as appealing.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

I doubt that I'll ever turn into one, it doesn't sound like my sort of job.

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

That's what they all say.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Who are 'they'?

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

Uh, women?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Not all women are whores, unless your world has severe problems.