What's wrong with House's leg? Well...rather, what happened to his leg that makes him have the limp? And, if anyone just watched the episode that just came on, what's that nasty sore on his leg?
2006-07-25 14:06:03 · 4 answers · asked by Cute_Gyrl 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Wow. I just turned that off. Let's look it up.
EDIT: Here's what I found: He had an aneurism that clotted, leading to an infarction. Which basically means there was a blood clot in his thigh that blocked blood flow for three days before being correctly diagnosed. The delay in diagnosis lead to death of muscle tissue. His doctors recommended amputation, but House (being the ray of sunshine that he is) insisted that they simply remove the clot and restore blood flow. This option was dangerous because it would wash some pretty nasty stuff from the necrotic (ie dead) tissue back into his system—not to mention that it would be incredibly painful. The upside was that if it worked, he could regain full use of his leg. There were complications following the procedure and he was in extreme pain (like, maxed-out-on-pain-meds-and-still-screaming-like-a-girl pain), so he asked to be put into a chemically induced coma which would allow him to sleep through it. Once he was out, Stacy (his lover/health care proxy) okayed a middle ground procedure that would remove the dead muscle tissue, but allow him to keep the leg. House woke up minus some thigh muscle, plus a limp and chronic pain. It wasn't a "sore"---it's just the awful scarring left from the surgery.
2006-07-25 14:09:17 · answer #1 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The previous episodes did explain abt his leg. 2 save his life he had 2 amputate his leg but he refuses so the other choice is an op that cause his limp and constant pain. He broke up with his gf becos she made the decision 4 the op. Cant recall the sore.
2006-07-25 21:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by lynnbtohs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the muscle tissue died.
He thought he could recover naturally, and refused surgery. The pain was great -- and so he asked for an induced coma until the leg could heal.
While he was comatose, his wife had the power to make medical decisions for him, and she decided to make him have the surgery to remove the dead tissue. Dr. Cuddy was the attending physician.
Can you see why House has issues with Cuddy and his ex-wife?
2006-07-25 21:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he had cancer or something on his leg that they successfully removed but it messed up his leg muscle. or at least that's what i think. not sure. and i've seen that episode, and i'm not really sure i think it was a reaction from medication??
HOUSE IS THE BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION!!!!1
2006-07-25 21:10:20 · answer #4 · answered by thunderwear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋