obsession

Alex is getting obsessed by this teenager's case. He hasn’t slept for hours. He locks himself in his small lab all day long, running test after test. I’m getting worried: he doesn't seem to be able to think of anything else lately. He keeps telling me that this discovery is going to be a revolution for our whole world but I feel helpless and I don’t know what I could do or say to calm him down and bring him back to reality. Other people need our care here. I understand that he can be excited and, in a way, so am I but this discovery has to be handled very carefully. It’s so revolutionary that I am sure it could be dangerous too, I believe its drawbacks could be devastating if not handled carefully.