Spoiler & speculation for House next week

[deelaundry]

Speculation for ep 5-10 and after: I think Wilson is going to undergo Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) to save the POTW. "The donor's liver will regenerate approaching 100% function within 4–6 weeks and will almost reach full volumetric size with recapitulation of the normal structure soon thereafter," says Wikipedia, so the House team will use the six-week hiatus to be able to totally skip the "Wilson recovering" stage and the first ep in January will have him back to normal (or almost normal).

And for those concerned that RSL might use this to seek a permanent path back to full-time Broadway: "Death after LDLT has been reported at 0% (Japan), 0.3% (USA) and <1% (Europe), with risks likely to improve further as surgeons gain more experience in this procedure."

Your thoughts?

In unrelated news, who's going to buy Wilson the Mangroomer for Xmas?

Comments

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

From the sites I was looking at last night (in the U.S., this procedure seems to be mostly performed at teaching hospitals, go figure), it is definitely a major operation. The donor is on the table for about six hours, then in the ICU for twenty-four. The total hospital stay is about a week, and total recovery takes about a month.

So it's not a walk in the park. But we'll see how the show treats it. *g*

[bery26.livejournal.com]

Oooh that sounds more like it!

Thanks for letting me know :D