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

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Was it specifically stated anywhere that this would be liver donor surgery? That's really what I'm asking.

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Oh! No, it's never been stated outright. It's the conclusion a lot of folks have leapt to, from how jaundiced the PotW looks.

I've seen other speculation that it's a bone marrow transplant, or some other kind of experimental treatment that perhaps is more dangerous than either a liver or bone marrow procedure. If it's an experimental treatment, that might raise the chances of death and explain why House is all "No, dude, I dun wanna see you die."

ETA that that line is in the Global promo, not the promo U.S. viewers saw. I've been looking for the really detailed post I saw about it (the one that said Wilson looked tired and scared) and I can't find it now. :-(

ETA AGAIN that now, of course, I FIND IT. Hee. The detailed description of the Global promo is here (http://community.livejournal.com/house_spoiler/129337.html?thread=2161465#t2161465).

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Well, that -- and the US promo vid that's with it, which I hadn't seen -- is certainly interesting.

House outright saying, "NO, I am NOT okay!" is ... perhaps a first? And isn't that Wilson's camo hat he's wearing when he says it?

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Perhaps.

And yes. *g*