#* im gonna expand upon this as I go but these are the Key Elements

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Master Post of my Lisa Cuddy’s timeline / portrayal for her main verse. More for my own reference and sanity, but good if you’re curious on more details and want to plot something!

February 18, 1968: Born to Arlene and Avraham Cuddy in Englewood, NJ.

April 1970: Younger sister, Julia, is born.

December 1980: Her father Avraham passes away in the hospital after an Addisonian crisis leads to hypotension and multiple organ failure.

Lisa decides to become a doctor after this, and later chooses endocrinology as her specialty.

1985: Lisa graduates high school, and is accepted into the University of Michigan for pre medicine in the fall. She moves out of her childhood home and lives on campus.

1987: Lisa meets Gregory House while he is working at the University bookstore and has been expelled from John’s Hopkins. The two end up seeing each other around campus often and going to a couple of the same parties. They eventually sleep together once for experimentations sake, but their relationship does not progress into romance, as Lisa is gay, and does not hold romantic feelings for him. He eventually leaves the University.

1989: Lisa graduates from University of Michigan in June. She is accepted into Icahn School Of Medicine at Mount Sinai (in New York) for her medical doctorate.

1990: Lisa begins at Icahn in the spring.

1994: Lisa graduates medical school second in her class in June, and begins her residency in Internal Medicine after passing her USMLE for the state of New Jersey (she decides to practice there after hearing that Princeton is expanding on their new Teaching Hospital, and that one of her old professors is on the Board there).

1997: Lisa begins her fellowship at Princeton Plainsboro in endocrinology. She also joins the Board, receiving endorsement from her previous Icahn professor in professional excellence and leadership.

In the summer, Gregory House winds up at PPtH with his girlfriend at the time, Stacy. After a series of previous doctors misdiagnose a muscle infarction in his leg, Lisa takes over the case, caring deeply for his wellbeing. Being fresh out of medical school and still in fellowship she is also an excellent doctor and thrives with innovative technique. She takes over the case. Together she and Stacy decide on the “middle ground” option for his leg, fearing he will die of the pain of muscle death. House leaves the hospital alive, but in chronic pain for the rest of his life.

1999: Lisa completes her fellowship and becomes Head Endocrinologist, albeit briefly— she is only one of two practicing in the area and in high demand.

In October, the current Dean retires and Lisa is offered the Chief of Medicine position after she successfully formulates a strategic budget plan that cuts administrative costs, utilizes a percentage of student tuitions and relies heavily on donations and presents it to the Board. Without her plan, a large amount of heads would have been cut. Lisa saves all jobs and does some re organization of heads. They are impressed with her reliable work ethic and cost effective strategies and when the current Dean retires, Lisa becomes the second youngest, first woman ever in the country to hold the position.

2000: As part of her plan to make the hospital more marketable and keen on innovative medicine, Lisa creates a diagnostics department for difficult cases and hires Gregory House as the head. She also offers enough budget to hire three reports. House accepts, as he is unable to find a job anywhere else, being too destructive and unethical.

2004-mid 2005: season 1 of the show. All events are canon for my portrayal of Lisa throughout, with the exception that she is a lesbian and only dates women.

2005: season 2. My portrayal of Lisa becomes canon divergent around episode 2x22 and 2x23. The remainder does not follow show canon, but uses elements loosely from it.

Lisa decides to undergo IVF in order to become pregnant in May. She chooses a donor and is set to begin fertility treatments when Dr. Allison Cameron overhears a phone conversation she is having with her sister about it.

Instead of Dr. House (as is in show canon) helping Lisa with the injections, she asks Allison Cameron, who accepts.

Lisa has three separate IVF implantations throughout the year and Allison continues to support and help her. The first two fail and never take. The third one succeeds and Lisa becomes pregnant in October of 2005. Unfortunately she miscarries at the beginning of December at 10 weeks.

Allison, being worried about her after she is missing from work for two days and has fallen out of touch, drives to her home. Lisa invites her inside and confesses to her what has happened. The two share a kiss, but Cameron does not stay.

2006: Lisa, having recovered and returning to work, falls out of touch with Allison for a few weeks, not knowing how to handle. She confesses to Wilson the kiss and she is encouraged to pursue her.

Allison approaches Lisa, expressing frustration at their sudden distance. Lisa responds by asking her out. The two begin dating.

2008: Allison and Lisa become engaged, and are married in September.

2010: Deciding to try again for a child, Lisa and Allison approach House and ask him to be a donor. He accepts, and Lisa undergoes IVF again. It is successful the first time this round.

Lisa gives birth to a son at the beginning of December. They name him Avraham, Avi for short, after Lisa’s father. She is 42.