Chase was turning back and forward slightly in his swivel chair trying to work out what the hell Fox had meant by 'HE'S DEAD' in her text message. It had shocked the shit out of him, to the point he actually paged through to the ICU to double check Rob hadn't crashed again. He had managed to get a bit of sleep on the sofa in his office and his ( Read more... )

Chase sat down stiffly in the chair beside Peter's bed, hunching over and hugging his arms around his middle. He still felt sick, and his head was killing him. The injection seemed to have eased the puking, but did nothing for the nausea. His eyeballs felt like they were hanging out of their sockets and the lights were light razors blades in his ( Read more... )

Chase splashed a large handful of water on his face in the mens staff bathroom, resting his elbows against the sink with a rough exhalation. He had just spent the last fifteen minutes throwing his guts up. It had nothing to do with the epidemic, though, and more to do with the stress born of it. His head was still pounding, feeling like someone was ( Read more... )

Chase had paged House earlier when Rob had suffered a pulmonary embolism and crashed twice. The only thing House was able to do was watch as they pushed a vial of tPA and wheeled him to the OR to prep him for surgery. He had spent an hour in his office, cane twirling between his fingers as he stared blankly at the white board. They had missed ( Read more... )

Chase waited long enough for Rob to be settled back into his room on the life support before he went to find Fox. He was still in his scrubs, the mask pulled down around his throat again. He pulled off the surgical cap as he walked up the corridor and found Fox sitting on a bench around the corner from Rob's room. He pushed his hand through his ( Read more... )

Rob had suffered a pulmonary embolism which cut the blood supply to his lungs and stopped his breathing. But that was just the start. Chase couldn’t quite believe how rapidly Rob deteriorated once they took him off that medication. The time frame was spot on, but Chase didn’t think even House expected Rob to crash like he did. PE was the most ( Read more... )

For a few selfish moments, Peter strongly disliked Rob for being unconscious before the surgery. The man had effectively left Peter feeling even more useless, and isolated. A nurse sharing a room with a patient was suddenly a terrible idea. Even if Peter was a patient, too. His urge to help had been strong, and again, he'd nearly hurt himself ( Read more... )

Four new symptoms. Four new patients. Four less hours without a diagnosis ( Read more... )

Chase was sure that if he smoked, he would be on a pack a day by now. Drinking was out of the question. He wasn't going to do anything stupid to fry his brain cells. It was the morning after the chaos before now and he had managed to get a few hours sleep at the resort while his 2IC kept an eye on things. There was no major changes in condition ( Read more... )

Rob's disease had two new symptoms ( Read more... )