There's a Maggot in My Head

 

- Inner Space - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (episode intro)


CASE 1

- Bioluminescence - Drew Lardel, Brian Reidinger, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (Houston, Texas/Katy and Al Hayes have been together for 17 years)

- Blooming Daisies - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (February 2010 -- Katy and Al are the proud parents of 15-year-old Amber, and 5-year Jake, and Katy is nine months pregnant with their third child)

- Determined - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (in the early hours of February 10, Ariel Hayes is born)

- Red Dawn - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the next morning, while Al returns to his job teaching music, Katy spends time with Ariel when she begins to feel a pain in her lower abdomen)

- Break In at Headquarters - Gerrit Wunder [Audio Network] (Katy, however, isn't overly concerned about her pain)

- ? (but a few hours later, as she bathes Ariel, Katy's pain is still there)

- Morning of the Attack - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (Katy consults her midwife, who tells her her pain is because she had a big baby without any drugs/Katy takes an over-the-counter pain reliever)

- ? (a few hours later, Amber comes home and sees her mother looking tired)

- ? (Amber assumes it's just childbirth pain, and Katy stays in bed for the rest of the day, and for all of next day, tries to rest)

- Predators - Daniel Diaz [Cezame Music Agency] (by the evening however, Al notices Katy starting to swell, but Katy declines to see a doctor)

- Black Gold Blood! - Greco Casadesus [Cezame Music Agency] (but the next morning, while teaching a music lesson, Al is told by Katy's mother that Katy wants to go to the E.R.)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Katy's pain is more intense)

- ? (in the E.R., nurses discover Katy's blood pressure is dropping)

- Alchemist Pulse - Max Concors [APM Music] (Katy starts to flail around)

- Creeping Shadow 4 (Sting) - David O'Brien [Audio Network] ("Something's really wrong.")

- ? ("For close to a week, Katy Hayes has been in debilitating pain caused by a mysterious illness."/Katy placed into a medically induced coma)

- ? (Katy transfered to the intensive care unit, where her case is taken over by surgeon Dr. Samir Kreit/Katy is in septic shock)

- Hostile Rants - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Dr. Kreit examines Katy's abdomen)

- ? (Dr. Kreit and his team order a C.T. scan of Katy's belly, revealing severe damage to multiple organs and requiring an immediate and extensive operation)

- Unseen Menace - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Dr. Kreit discovers the infection Katy is battling)

- ? (Group A streptococcus)

- Levels of Violence - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond [Audio Network] ("Strep bacteria are normally found in the throat or on the skin, but sometimes they make it past the body's normal defenses and enter the bloodstream and other tissues where they're not normally found.")

- ? (for days after the surgery, Katy remains in critical condition in the I.C.U./Amber soon notices her mother's fingers and toes are turning black)

- Tense Strings Rise - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("This was just so crazy.")

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (doctors explain that during treatment, Katy's blood pressure dropped so severely that blood stopped flowing to her extremites, leading to purpura fulminans)

- ? ("She had a serious infection in the fingers and toes.")

- Vistas Unknown - Simon Lambros [Audio Network] (over the course of 2 months, doctors perform multiple life-saving operations on Katy)

- House for Sale - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Katy miraculously survives)

- ? (Katy discovers that to save her life, doctors had to amputate all her limbs)

- Trust No One - John DeFaria [Audio Network] (Group A streptococcus affects more than 10 million people a year in the U.S., most of them resulting in little more than a sore throat or a mild skin infection, but in rare cases can become invasive)

- Stealth - Alex Arcoleo [Audio Network] (doctors believe Katy got infected while pregnant, and spread after her delivery, when her body was weakened)

- Into Night 5 - Bruce Maginnis [Audio Network] ("For Katy, recovering from her ordeal has not been easy.")

- Thoughts - David Michael, Lee Pomeroy [Audio Network] (Katy is thankful her new baby, Ariel, is unaffected, and today, she has started a career as a painter)

- ? (how to reduce the chances of contracting the streptococcus bacteria)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Monsters like strep infiltrate our bloodstream before wreaking havoc on our bodies...but when it comes to skin-crawling parasites, they take a more direct approach.")


CASE 2

- ? (case intro)

- According to Plan - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Pasadena, California/Ray and Jennifer Rindone's pride and joy is their 8-year-old son, Andrew)

- ? (the family loves to travel)

- Not As It Seems - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one morning in July, Jennifer is helping Andrew get ready for summer camp, when she notices a scratch on his head)

- ? (later that day, Andrew is playing outside and Jennifer brings him some water)

- Hell on Earth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (briefly plays in between the previous and next track)

- No Threat Too Big (Synths Only) - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Jennifer sees the lymph nodes behind Andrew's ear poking out)

- ? (the next morning, Jennifer takes Andrew to his pediatrician, who gives him antibiotics)

- ? (over the course of a week, Jennifer monitors Andrew's progress, but the scratch still remains)

- Agoraphobic - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hawkins [Ah2 Music] (very briefly plays before commercial break)

- ? ("For the past week, 8-year-old Andrew Rindone has been fighting a mysterious infection.")

- ? (Jennifer takes Andrew back to his pediatrician, who puts him on a new round of antibiotics)

- ? (but a week into the new treatment, the bump has gotten bigger and is now leaking pus)

- ? (the following morning, Ray and Jennifer take Andrew to the E.R., where the doctor drains the wound and prescribes a third round of antibiotics)

- ? (wound starts to look better)

- Knee Deep - Cody Johnson [APM Music] (but a few days later, the swelling returns)

- Investigation Tension - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (explanation of lymphoma)

- Hanging On Str Brass - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (for the next 48 hours, Jennifer keeps a close eye on Andrew)

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (that afternoon, Andrew tells his mom it feels like something is crawling inside his head)

- Blood Curdle - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (as Ray investigates, something pops and out of the wound on Andrew's head)

- ? (Ray tries to pull out the organism, but is unable to)

- Against the Clock - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("8-year-old Andrew Rindone has just felt something crawling around inside his head."/Ray and Jennifer rush Andrew to Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where he is seen by Dr. Calvin Lowe)

- ? (Dr. Lowe examines Andrew's wound, and attempts to pull out the organism)

- ? (Dr. Lowe pulls it out)

- Listed Seveso - Jean-Philippe Dutheil [Cezame Music Agency] (plays upon the shot of the "BOTFLY LARVA" text)

- Cyber Intelligence - Nick Bardoni, Stephen Warr [APM Music] (Andrew had a botfly larva in his head/how botfly larva infects humans)

- Solar Vegetation - Doug Bossi, Evan Wise [KPM Music] (everyone is shocked)

- Cyber Intelligence - Nick Bardoni, Stephen Warr [APM Music] (when fly larva infect humans, it's called myosis)

- Unintended Visit - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (the family believes Andrew got infected during a trip to Costa Rica)

- Unicorn [#18] - Sacha Collisson, Owen Parker, Vance Westlake [APM Music] (after the larva is removed, Andrew improves almost immediately/today, Andrew has created a persona based off his experience called "Bot Man" which he dresses up as the following Halloween, and the experience has not put off the family from travel)

- Law of Evidence - Bob Bradley, Steve Dymond, Matt Sanchez [APM Music] (how to avoid become a host to a botfly larva)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("There are several parasites that enter our bodies via the bite of a mosquito...but there are others that find more ingenious ways to sneak past our defenses.")


CASE 3

- ? (case intro)

- New Dawn No Synth - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Pahoa, Hawaii/Smiley Burrows works as a caretaker of a small, private farm)

- Further Than Before - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Smiley and her partner Gerald have 10 children, six of whom live with them in their house/Smiley has an especially close bond with her oldest son, 25-year-old Phoenix Roewe)

- A Days Work - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Phoenix enjoys helping his mom with her farm)

- Edge of Night - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one March afternoon, Phoenix is in the mountains with his dogs hunting for wild pigs)

- ? (Phoenix starts to feel fatigued)

- Anxious - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (by the next morning, Phoenix feels like his old self, and goes to his job shifting canisters at a local propane shop)

- ? (Phoenix starts to develop joint aches and dizziness)

- Stalking - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (over the next few nights, Phoenix's pain worsens/Smiley immediately senses Phoenix isn't feeling well when he enters her house)

- ? (Smiley senses something is seriously wrong and advises Phoenix to go to the doctor, but Phoenix declines to)

- ? (for the next few days, Phoenix ignores Smiley's pleas to see a doctor)

- Tension - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (Phoenix sits out on his front porch to smoke a cigarette, but sees spit coming out of his mouth)

- ? (Phoenix notices his face is going limp)

- ? ("For the past two weeks, Phoenix Roewe has been battling extreme fatigue and severe pain."/Phoenix heads to a local clinic)

- ? (doctor diagnoses Phoenix with Bell's palsy)

- Blood Work - Andrew Skeet, Luke Gordon (Phoenix is uncertain about the diagnosis/doctor prescribes Phoenix steroids)

- Nevada Snakebite - Dan Skinner, Adam Skinner [Audio Network] (Phoenix returns home, where his mother notices he has paralysis in his face)

- ? (when Phoenix leaves, Smiley researches his symptoms)

- ? (the next morning, Smiley goes to Phoenix's house to tell him he needs a second opinion)

- ? (Smiley sees Phoenix struggling to move and in pain, and decides to take him to the E.R.)

- ? (at the E.R., doctors examine Phoenix, and suspect he has something neurological/Phoenix seen by Dr. William Gosnell)

- ? (spinal tap reveals Phoenix has meningitis)

- Tension - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (very briefly heard in between, and overlaps, the previous and next track)

- ? (test results reveal Phoenix has a high white blood cell count)

- The Rat Race - Christophe Boutin [APM Music]; Tension - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] ("For weeks, Phoenix Roewe has been suffering from strange bouts of muscle paralysis and pain, and now doctors have uncovered the reason why.")

- ? (rat lungworm)

- ? ("When the doctors diagnosed him with rat lungworm, it was scary.")

- ? ("Rat lungworm is a terrifying parasite because it can affect the brain, one of the most delicate organs in the body.")

- ? (doctors tell Phoenix that attempting to kill the parasite will result in massive inflammation of his brain that could kill him)

- ? (over the next few weeks, as the worms die off, they release toxins that leave Phoenix in immense pain)

- ? ("Just the fear of losing your own child...")

- Morning of the Attack - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (finally, a month after he was first hospalitized, the worms are dead, and Phoenix starts to improve)

- ? (life cycle of the rat lungworm)

- Determined - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (Phoenix believes he contracted the parasite from accidentally getting a mouthful of mud and slime from a garden hose while siphoning a tank to extract water from it)

- High Tide - Terry Devine-King, Adam Drake [Audio Network] (today, Phoenix still suffers minor nerve damage, but has otherwise made a full recovery/rat lungworm infections are thankfully rare, most infections occuring in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, but cases in Hawaii have been increasing)

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