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[as_damaged]

[Voice Post]

So. A while ago, I did a biopsy on one of my coworkers that left him brain-damaged and turned out to be totally unnecessary.

Wait, I didn't mean to say that-- I was going to talk about the time I took a patient's crys--

[Muffled mumbling as she covers her mouth and manages to turn the device off. For now. Not that that's going to last.]

[ooc: SOB. My Dirty Little Secret. She's got plenty of stuff she's not proud of, and today that's all she's got to talk about. >D]

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[as_damaged]

Foreman. He was out for months, he kept confusing his left and right sides.

[dr_conscience]

Oh... well. But, he came back? He's alright?

[as_damaged]

Now, yes...

[dr_conscience]

Cameron... medicine by nature is a risky profession, and right now you're working in what's probably the most dangerous area of the field. Mistakes happen, especially on a procedure like a brain biopsy. Even if you do everything perfectly, this kind of thing can still happen.

As to whether it was necessary, well, I'm sure you wouldn't have done this without thinking it was the only option. Sometimes we need to make decisions in a fraction of a second, and they can't always be right. What matters is that he's alright in the long run - and it is certainly not your fault.

[as_damaged]

I know. It's not like I did it because I was angry at him for stealing my article, or for stabbing me with a tainted needle.

[dr_conscience]

He -- what?

[as_damaged]

We had a patient we couldn't diagnose, and Foreman got sick, too. House didn't want us going back to the patient's house, since we had no idea what had infected Foreman... He was in pain, he wasn't entirely himself-- it wasn't his fault-- so he stuck me with a needle I'd used on him. Since, if I got sick, I'd have to find out what was wrong with him to save myself.

there was no edit.

[dr_conscience]

That's... amazingly manipulative and unethical. I mean, not that I can really blame him, if the illness was affecting his personality, but -- well.

You know -- I really shouldn't be asking you about any of this right now. This is obviously a curse, and it's wrong of me to ask about all this under the circumstances. I was just concerned; I'm sorry.

[as_damaged]

It wasn't his fault. And, I mean, having given him brain damage, I really can't hold it against him. Even if he was a jerk. I mean, he's always kind of a jerk, but not like that.

[dr_conscience]

Well, he's Foreman. He's not exactly warm and fuzzy, but he's usually got a reasonable grasp of basic ethics. I don't think he could have done that if it wasn't influencing his personality in some way.