No! No! No! I won't even entertain this thought

[dragonheart]

But now that someone (actually several someones) have planted it in my brain - I can't seem to let it go.

I have read more than one posting that folks are starting to suspect that this will be Ducky's last season.  That TPTB are setting him up for retirement or even medical leave.

My little brain doesn't want to accept it, but the longer I ponder it, the more I am starting to believe it.

Help, I need some sane arguments to balance the insanity in my brain.