Merry Little Christmas
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- This article is about an episode from the TV series House. There is also a song called "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
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| "Merry Little Christmas" | |
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| Episode no. | HOU-310 |
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| Airdate | December 12, 2006 |
| Writer(s) | Liz Friedman |
| Director(s) | Tony To |
| Guest star(s) | Meredith Eaton as Maddy Ralphman Kacie Borrowman as Abigail |
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"Merry Little Christmas" is the tenth episode of the third season of House and the fifty-sixth episode overall.
[edit] Plot
Dr. Wilson attempts to create a deal between Detective Tritter and Dr. House, but House stubbornly refuses, in large part because the deal involves House spending up to two months in rehabilitation, supplied only with low-strength pain medication. Eventually, Dr. Cuddy sides with Wilson and refuses House any Vicodin, causing him to detox, and removes him from his team's case: a 15-year-old girl suffering from a collapsed lung and anemia.
The patient, Abigail, and her mother, is considered to be suffering from cartilage-hair hypoplasia, a type of dwarfism. Abigail also presents with apparent liver cancer and diabetic ketoacidosis, among other things. She is eventually found to have a granuloma pressing against her pituitary gland, evidently causing her apparent "dwarfism" when in reality she has growth hormone complications. Abigail is suffering from an extremely rare disease known as Langerhans cell histiocytosis. These symptoms are addressed and Abigail is offered treatment, but she refuses on account of not wanting to "fade in to the background." House questions Abigail's mother on whether the uniqueness of being "a freak" is worth the hardship. The mother later convinces the daughter to go through with the full treatment.
[edit] Music
Opening Scenes: "Zat You, Santa Claus?" by Louis Armstrong
Closing Scenes: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Ella Fitzgerald
[edit] External links
- FOX.com-House official site
- Television Without Pity-House recaps
- House Episode Guide at epguides.com
- TVGuide's Page: Full list of House Episodes
- House M.D. Guide
- "House M.D." IMDB Profile
- Medical review of "Merry Little Christmas"
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