[s6e5] Brave Heart -

House realizes Donny (and his son) has an intracranial berry aneurysm in the brain stem. This "self-destruct button" was growing and occasionally sending faulty signals to the heart, mimicking sudden failure. Both Donny and his long-lost son undergo successful surgery to repair the aneurysms. Character Developments

After being discharged with a placebo, Donny collapses and is pronounced dead. However, he miraculously "wakes up" on the autopsy table. [S6E5] Brave Heart

The diagnostic team treats Donny, a reckless police detective convinced he is genetically "doomed" to die of sudden heart failure at age 40, just like his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Secondary Plots: House realizes Donny (and his son) has an

The team considers Wilson's disease and hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type 1. just like his father