Gus Carter

Gus Carter is a patient who was diagnosed with a thymoma.

History
Gus came into the ER after sixteen days having a cough and recurrent sinus infection. Due to his autism, he wouldn't let the doctors examined him, so Alex used his love of buildings and LEGOs to talk to him. Gus was able to use LEGOs to show Alex that he had significant pain in his chest. They ran a chest CT, which showed a thymoma, which Maggie noted is always malignant in children, but curable with surgery. However, before they could operate, he needed a blood transfusion as he was anemic. They got him blood, but he rejected it because it wasn't the right type. They re-typed his blood and showed AB, but with no Rh antigen, a very rare occurrence. Before he could have surgery, they needed to find blood donors who were an exact match to his blood so he wouldn't reject it. They identified only four potential donors, but Alex promised his parents they'd keep looking until they found the blood he needed. ("The Whole Package")

Notes and Trivia

 * Every Saturday, he and his parents get bagels and eat them outside the Smith building, but hadn't been since he got sick. ("The Whole Package")
 * He's very interested in buildings and architecture, especially the Smith building.