A long, boring, cranky, messy, trudging slog as caregiver just is not something that House would be well-suited to. It's natural that Wilson would prefer a shorter time than a longer one with uncertain outcome.
But I think that in Wilson's case House would stick around. Wilson is the exception to almost every rule House has, or so it seems. Besides, a nurse could be hired to come in part-time to help House out with the more mundane and messy stuff or as respite when he needed it. As long as Wilson's mind stayed intact, I doubt House would find him all that boring. I understand not wanting to waste away for no reason when all avenues of hope have been explored and exhausted. What I don't understand is giving up when you haven't even begun to exhaust your options. That's what it appears, at least to me, to be what Wilson is doing and I totally relate with House's frustration with that. Wilson has abandoned House (temporarily) in the past when things got rough but House hasn't abandoned Wilson (I don't consider his flight from justice to Fiji abandoning Wilson so much as avoiding the legal consequences of what he'd done. If he had tried to stay in contact with Wilson, he would have put Wilson in a bad position legally and ethically. Otherwise I think he probably would have--that, and he felt incredibly guilty for what he'd done to Wilson. We know that's the case because of his choice to face prison to punish himself rather than trying to fight the charges in court.).
But I think that in Wilson's case House would stick around. Wilson is the exception to almost every rule House has, or so it seems. Besides, a nurse could be hired to come in part-time to help House out with the more mundane and messy stuff or as respite when he needed it. As long as Wilson's mind stayed intact, I doubt House would find him all that boring. I understand not wanting to waste away for no reason when all avenues of hope have been explored and exhausted. What I don't understand is giving up when you haven't even begun to exhaust your options. That's what it appears, at least to me, to be what Wilson is doing and I totally relate with House's frustration with that. Wilson has abandoned House (temporarily) in the past when things got rough but House hasn't abandoned Wilson (I don't consider his flight from justice to Fiji abandoning Wilson so much as avoiding the legal consequences of what he'd done. If he had tried to stay in contact with Wilson, he would have put Wilson in a bad position legally and ethically. Otherwise I think he probably would have--that, and he felt incredibly guilty for what he'd done to Wilson. We know that's the case because of his choice to face prison to punish himself rather than trying to fight the charges in court.).
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