109: DNR

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"DNR"

House Episode Number: 109

House Season: 1

Original Air Date: February 1, 2005

Writer: David Foster

Director: Fred Keller

Special Guest(s): Brandy Norwood (Herself), Harry J. Lennix (John Henry Giles), Chloe Webb (Cora), Clint Baker (Tommy), David Conrad (Marty Hamilton), Mike Starr (Willie), Richard Sinclair (Doctor), Courtney Henggeler (Server), Victor Raider-Wexler (Judge Winter), Rif Hutton (Morris), Michael Oberlander (Ross), Dennis Howard (Chaplain)

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House violates a "Do Not Resuscitate" order in order to save John Henry Giles, a wheelchair-bound trumpet player who has accepted a slow death and wants to meet House in for court for violating his wishes.

HOUSE EPISODE'S MEDICAL MYSTERY: PATIENT OF THE WEEK (POTW)

Location of incident:	A recording session he is asked to attend
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW:	John Henry Giles/Musician/?/Male
POTW symptom(s):	Pneumonia Collapses Crashes after treatment Paralyzed arm Stroke Inflammation of the lungs
Team mis-diagnoses:	Multifocal Motoneuropathy Wegener's
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches:	John Henry signs a Do Not Resuscitate order but when the IVIG almost kills him, House resuscitates him anyway but is served with a restraining order and criminal charges for battery as a result.
House's "Aha!" moment:
POTW final diagnosis:	Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
Other / clinic patient(s):	Diabetic patient (who didn't tell the nurses about his diabetes but which House diagnoses due to no hair on the hands and soles that are too tight) who wants Viagra which House tells him (as he hands him a prescription), "If you've got heart disease from ignoring the diabetes they'll kill you."

Best Episode Moments

House Quotes

Marty Hamilton: You enjoy working with Dr. House?
Dr. Foreman: Not the word I'd use . . .

House: Next time you want to make me feel all warm and fuzzy, leave me a message.

Dr. Cuddy: When I hired you, I knew you were insane. I will continue to try and stop you from doing insane things, but once they’re done… Trying to convince an insane person not to do insane things is, in itself, insane. So when I hired you I also set aside $50,000 a year for legal expenses. So far you’ve come in under budget.

Dr. Wilson: So your philosophy is, if they don't want treatment they get it shoved down their throat, but if it might cure their paralysis, Whoa, you'd better slow down.
House: Yeah, My old philosophy used to be Live and Let Live', but I'm taking this needlepoint class and they gave us these really big pillows.
Dr. Wilson: What's your philosophy on employee relations?
House: That's a very tiny pillow.

"Like I always say, there's no 'I' in team. There's a 'me,' though, if you jumble it up."

Foreman: "You assaulted that man!"
House: "Fine. I'll never do it again."
Foreman: "Yes you will."
House: "All the more reason this debate is pointless."

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John Henry Giles cannot breath while he is recording

House violates the patients DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)

Chase and Cameron remove the blood clot in John Henry Giles' brain