I was recently watching a House episode on television where a woman’s leg was trapped under a large concrete slab from a building that had collapsed.  Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie) had to crawl in a hole to reach this woman and proceeded to tend to her wounds, but more importantly he kept her company during this unbelievable difficult time.  The lady’s leg was trapped and it did not seem they were going to be able to free the leg, amputation was the only solution.  There was nothing she could do to change the past, the slab was already pinning her down; but before Dr. House amputated her leg she asked him, “How much will it hurt?”  (read the rest over here)