A Holiday in the Hospital

 

- Piano Steps - Mark Russell (show intro)

CASE 1

- Winners and Losers - Chris Blackwell [Audio Network] (West Palm Beach, Florida/Carmen and Alan love to travel)

- Happy Christmas - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (one December, Carman and Alan prepare for their annual over-the-top Christmas party)

- Ice Child 2 - Chris Egan, Trystan Francis [Audio Network] (Carmen goes in the bathroom with a pain in her forehead)

- Winter Woods - Oliver Ledbury [Audio Network] (two days later, Carmen and Alan go out holiday shopping)

- Spheres - David Goodall, Rob Parrett; Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Carmen feels a burning in her right eye)

- Hurricane - Denis Levaillant [Cezame Music Agency] (Carmen and Alan make the drive home)

- ? (Carmen feels a stabbing in her right eye, which causes her to almost crash)

- Genesis - Arnaud De Buchy [Cezame Music Agency] ("It was very terrifying.")

- Ominous Sonar - Tom Smail [Audio Network] (that night, Carmen examines her eye again, and believes a worm is in there)

- Rises and Swells - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] ("I didn't sleep most the night, I didn't sleep.")

- Sing Bowl Symphony - Gregg Lehrman, Neil Hallimen; Scary Orchestra Rise - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (the next morning, Alan takes Carmen to ophthalmologist Dr. Barry Schechter)

- Ouragan - Denis Levaillant [Cezame Music Agency] (Dr. Schechter doesn't see anything in Carmen's eye)

- ? (explanation of delusional parasitosis)

- Personal Data (a) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (Dr. Schechter tells Carmen to come back the following day)

- Rebels Uprising (a) - Baxter Poe, Matt Novack, Stan Hope (Dr. Schechter feels bad about sending her home)

- ? (Alan and Carmen go home)

- ? (in the middle of the night, something wakes Alan up)

- Battle of Asculum - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Alan witnesses Carmen trying to pull the worm out with tweezers)

- Jack the Ripper Rise (a) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope, Thomas Hirschmann ("I was really a complete mess myself at that point.")

- ? (the next morning, Alan rushes Carmen back to Dr. Schechter's office)

- Chased By Evil - Robert Bennett (Dr. Schechter sees the worm)

- Rises and Swells - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (overlaps with Chased By Evil)

- Chased By Evil - Robert Bennett ("Dr. Barry Schechter has found a parasitic worm in Carmen's eye.")

- ? (Dr. Schechter takes Carmen into surgery)

- Enduring - Olivier Renoir (Dr. Schechter performs the surgery)

- ? (Dr. Schechter removes the worm)

- Tense Strings Rise - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (results from the CDC come back)

- Doing the Deal - Mark Sayer-Wade (dirofilaria)

- The New Apocalypse - Charles Barnett [KPM Music] ("Dirofilaria worms can live for up to 10 years inside a human host.")

- ? (Carmen placed on ivermectin)

- ? (life cycle of the dirofilaria parasite)

- ? (Carmen likely got the parasite from mosquitos in her backyard)

- Las Mananitas - Guy Lukowski [Cezame Music Agency] (Carmen now wears glasses, and her parasitic infection forced her and Alan to cancel their Christmas party)

- Happy Christmas - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (they instead have Christmas with their oldest daughter and her kids)

- The Informer - Anthony Phillips (how to avoid the dirofilaria parasite)

CASE 2

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (case intro)

- Green Tuesday - Ronni Shaw (Claremont, New Hampshire/Lenny LeClair and Tim White work as a store manager and nursing assistant, respectively)

- Touch and Go - Ernie Halter [Teletunez] (the couple is close with Lenny's sister, Lynn Jungferman)

- ? (the weekend after Thanksgiving, Lenny is hard at work)

- Drone Toxic - Baxter Poe, Josh Mobley, Stan Hope; ? (Lenny feels a sharp pain in his abdomen)

- Barcelona Nights - Mike Garson (Lenny goes home early)

- Lost in Thought - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (Tim tells Lenny they should go to the emergency room, but Lenny doesn't want to)

- Urban Ambush (e) - Baxter Poe, Matt Novack, Stan Hope (Tim pleads for Lenny to go)

- Drone Toxic - Baxter Poe, Josh Mobley, Stan Hope (at the E.R., doctors run a C.T. scan on Lenny)

- Battle March (b) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (C.T. scan shows Lenny has a large abscess)

- Battle March (a) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope ("I was scared to death.")

- Head Rush - Neil Pollard, William Kingswood ("Lenny LeClair has been diagnosed with an abscess in his intestine."/explanation of diverticulitis)

- Flight - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (surgeon tells Tim and Lynn the surgery was a success)

- Drone the Beginning - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope, Thomas Hirschmann (briefly plays before next track)

- Christmas Eve 2 - Pierre-Andre Athane [Cezame Music Agency] (on Christmas, Lenny congregates with his family)

- ? (Lynn sees Lenny sitting by himself in the recliner)

- Tracking Fraud - Anthony Phillips (Lenny finds himself too drained)

- Panic Stricken - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Lenny becomes nauseous during dinner/Lenny and Tim leave early)

- Cardiac Arrest - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (on New Year's Day, Lenny rushes to the bathroom and vomits)

- Treacherous Waters - Jonas Baker (Tim calls Lenny's surgeon, who suggests antacids, but they fail to work)

- Trust No One - John DeFaria [Audio Network] (Lenny's condition prevents him from doing his duties as store manager)

- War Zone - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Lenny sees his stomach moving)

- Bereft - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] ("When someone you love is in that much pain, you feel pretty helpless."/Tim alerts Lynn)

- Broken and Abandoned - Donn Wilkerson (Lynn arrives, and she and Tim try to talk Lenny into going to the doctor)

- Nocturnal Percussion - Mark Sayer-Wade (Lynn takes Lenny to her personal physician)

- Muted Piano Slapper - Geoffrey Keezer [Audio Network]; Tense Strings Rise - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (back at home, the family receives a call from the hospital)

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (Lenny and Tim head back to the hospital)

- Gloom and Doom - Terry Devine-King, Andrew Barnabas, Paul Arnold [Audio Network] (Lenny rushed into emergency surgery)

- Hell on Earth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network]; Enflamed Opinion - Denis Levaillant [Cezame Music Agency] (Lenny rushed into the O.R.)

- Cyber Psycho - Steve Everitt (doctors discover Lenny is full of liquid feces)

- Iron Shells - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw; Rises and Swells - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (doctors discover the source of Lenny's problems)

- Snake Danger - Steve Everitt ("After 2½ hours of clearing out intestinal leakage across Lenny LeClair's body, doctors identify the true cause of his symptoms."/a surgical sponge was left behind in Lenny's colon from his previous surgery)

- Endless Dunes - Daniel Backes, Peter Moslener ("I wanted to get ahold of the surgeon that messed him up.")

- Minesweeping - Jean Yves Rigo ("Each year, as many as 6,000 patients have medical equipment left inside them after surgery.")

- Diamonds in the Rough - Claes Nystrom, Jonas Sorman (Lenny's intestinal leakage has poisoned his body, and for two weeks he fights for his life)

- Exotic Objects - Brian Reidinger, Ryan Leach, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (but then, finally, one morning, Lenny wakes up)

- ? (today, Lenny still has an ileostomy bag)

- ? ("But for Lenny's family, having him back is the best Christmas present of all.")

- Tense Convoy - Mark Sayer-Wade ("Hospitals in the U.S. employ a range of strategies to prevent surgical teams from leaving medical objects behind in a patient's body.")

CASE 3

- Swat - Steve Everitt (case intro)

- Dobro Duet - Rick DiFonzo, Scott Schreer (Mount Pleasant, Utah/Chairmane and Bill Atwell have ten adult children, among them is Michelle Williams)

- Saddle Up - Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy [Audio Network] (Charmaine also works for the U.S. Forest Service)

- March to Neverland - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (it's Thanksgiving, and Charmaine and Bill are surrounded by family)

- Selfish Gene - Paul Ressel [Audio Network] (Charmaine feels a pain in her lower abdomen)

- March to Neverland - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (Charmaine ignores the pain, and two hours later, she serves the meal)

- Ancestral Fear - Marc-Olivier Dupin [Cezame Music Agency] (Charmaine feels the pain again)

- Judas Kiss - Debbie Wiseman [Audio Network] (the family senses something is wrong)

- Trouble in the Biosphere - Xavier Jamaux (Michelle believes Charmaine did too much cooking by herself and wore herself out)

- Toxic Element - Arnaud Rozenblat, Daniel Finot [Cezame Music Agency] (Charmaine goes to the living room, where the pain becomes unbearable)

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase (Bill and Michelle take Charmaine to the hospital)

- Iron Shells - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw (X-ray reveals something troubling)

- Samurashi - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw ("Doctors have found the source of Charmaine Atwell's excruciating abdominal pain.")

- Hostile Rants - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Charmaine has a bowel obstruction)

- Journeying - Simon Lambros [Audio Network] (Charmaine taken into surgery)

- ? (doctors tell Bill and Michelle that Charmaine had a lot of scar tissue)

- Strung Highly - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network]; ? (surgery is a success, and doctors believe Charmaine will recover)

- Refrigeration (Alternate Version) - Hans Engstrom, John Banting; Hurricane - Denis Levaillant [Cezame Music Agency] (Charmaine starts coughing up bloody mucus while recovering in the hospital)

- Left Abandoned - Christian Telford, David Edwards (Charmaine goes home to prepare for Christmas, but still doesn't feel well)

- Minor Threat (a) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (Bill and Charmaine make an appointment at the medical center, where Dr. Charles Nuun is part of the team that reviews her case)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (X-ray reveals pneumonia)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (doctors perform a sputum test on Charmaine)

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot ("When you do a sputum test, the results are immediate.")

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni ("Doctors perform a sputum test on Charmaine Atwell.") 

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (sputum test reveals the culprit)

- The Last Standoff (d) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope, Thomas Hirschmann (strongyloides stercoralis)

- Valley of Tranquillity - Chris Egan, Trystan Francis [Audio Network] ("And it's not just one worm, but it's millions."/"In most cases, the body's capable of fighting off the strongyloides parasite.")

- Under Covered - Christopher Franke (Charmaine is taking immunosuppressive drugs for an unrelated condition, allowing the parasites to multiply unchecked, and severely diminishing her chance of survival)

- A Path Not Taken - Anthony Phillips (Charmaine remains in the I.C.U. for a month, as Christmas rolls around)

- Hurricane - Denis Levaillant [Cezame Music Agency] (Charmaine recalls seeing Jesus Christ telling her not to give up)

- ? (Charmaine miraculously turns around and eventually recovers)

- Ace Investigator - Ronni Shaw (strongyloides is found in soil contaminated with infected feces, and can enter the body through even the tiniest cracks in the skin)

- ? (Charmaine believes she got the parasite from working up at the canyon)

- Back in the Day - David Vanacore, Matt Koskenmaki [KPM Music] (a decade later, Charmaine's holiday spirit has long since returned)

- DNA Sample - Scott Marcussen (but despite Charmaine's recovery, the strongyloides parasites still reproduce inside her, so she's now on medication for the rest of her life/how to avoid the strongyloides parasite)