Wonderful work, Taru. :D This story is really coming along. :) I'm hooked--and sure House is, as well. LOL You're teasing us with lots of intriguing mini-mysteries and puzzles. For instance: what was House looking at on his computer that he blocked Wilson from seeing? Keep spinning this complex and rich tale... It just keeps getting better and better. :-)

Hugs,
Sanlin

Thankies! I like to keep people guessing! It's much fun! Glad that you like it!

*dies from curiosity*

You'd better write more soon! :P

I'll try to write more tonight, but I want to get the Damned If You Do transcript started, if not totally finished.

At first I was having trouble suspending disbelief over the autism/deafness thing. Although autism can be tough to distinguish from other developmental disorders, in this day and age, any doctor who mistook it for deafness would have to be grossly incompetent. But since Cameron, too, was able to rule out deafness immediately, I guess that was your point -- that Kelly's previous doctor was negligent. It's still a little hard to believe that none of her teachers or social workers picked up on the obvious, but depending on how the story develops, that could make the poor girl's situation more poignant. Perhaps that is part of House's interest in the girl: besides the mysteriously resistant fever, she's an example of institutional neglect. Maybe the fact that nobody else cares about her will incline him to care (just a little, when nobody is looking :-)

At first I was having trouble suspending disbelief over the autism/deafness thing. Although autism can be tough to distinguish from other developmental disorders, in this day and age, any doctor who mistook it for deafness would have to be grossly incompetent. But since Cameron, too, was able to rule out deafness immediately, I guess that was your point -- that Kelly's previous doctor was negligent. It's still a little hard to believe that none of her teachers or social workers picked up on the obvious, but depending on how the story develops, that could make the poor girl's situation more poignant. Perhaps that is part of House's interest in the girl: besides the mysteriously resistant fever, she's an example of institutional neglect. Maybe the fact that nobody else cares about her will incline him to care (just a little, when nobody is looking :-)

Yeah I don't want to give too much away, but I will tell you that a doctor never really examined her. I did some research on the DCFS in NJ and OMG I was horrified to see how poorly it was run. I know they are trying to fix it now, but GAH! I thought that it might be a little much with my whole plot, but I found out that it could very well happen the way that I thought out. Thanks for your comments!