Inquiry: Day Seven, 3:15 p.m. - James Wilson 6

[zeppomarx]

Title: InquiryAuthor: zeppomarx
Characters: All the usual suspects, plus more.
Summary: When a panel is convened to review the facts of Gregory House’s life, his fellows (past and present), colleagues, patients and friends are called to testify.
Thanks: To Brigid45, for her infinite wisdom and advice.
Warnings, etc.: Possible character death.

Comments

[cuddyclothes]

Cuddy has done medical malpractice (operating without House’s informed consent on his leg after the infarction),

Stacy acted as House's medical proxy.

Cuddy: He change his mind?

Stacy: No. He’s asked to be put in a chemically induced coma so he can sleep through the worst part of the pain.

Cuddy: We can do that.

Stacy: What happens after he’s in the coma?

Cuddy: We’ll obviously monitor his condition closely, and if he can get through the next forty-eight hours without another cardiac incident -

Stacy: I meant, I’m his health-care proxy, I get to make medical decisions for him if he’s not able to.

Cuddy: You should talk to him about what he wants to do.

Stacy: I know what he wants, but if he’s out it’s my call, right? [Cuddy nods.]

Stacy: The middle ground you were talking about?

Cuddy: We go in, take out the dead muscle. There’s still some risk of reperfusion injury, but -

Stacy: Give me the forms you need signed.

Cuddy: You’re saving his life.

Health care proxys do have the power to make the calls on medical decisions, unless contradicted in writing (the patient's, that is). One question: why did House even have anything to do with these people? Why did he immolate himself for Wilson at the end? Was it pure masochism? I'm genuinely curious. The panel is making a case for something, what is their rationale? I guess I won't know until the end.

[visitkarte]

Cuddy knew she was acting against House's explicit will and therefore performed malpractice. A medical proxy is there to say what to do when the patient's will is unknown. They all knew they acted against House's explicit will.

Yes, House has a "masochistic streak", actually more a battered-child-syndrome. More here: http://zeppomarx.livejournal.com/42941.html?thread=613053#t613053

[cuddyclothes]

I agree that House has battered-child syndrome (and that many disagree about this).But I would ask again: why did he "die" so that he could be with Wilson for the last five months of Wilson's life?

[visitkarte]

Because he almost died anyway. He wanted to kill himself over the whole disaster short before the miracle happened. Do you really think he would have survived another jail time? And what should he fight and survive for? What did he have to look forward to?

He loves Wilson, why is this wrong? Love is never right or wrong, it just is.

[cuddyclothes]

He loves Wilson, why is this wrong? Love is never right or wrong, it just is.

I heartily agree.