While visiting tonsillectomy patient Benny in the hospital, Top Cat becomes smitten with a beautiful nurse, Miss LaRue, and feigns the disease ""blubberitis"" in order to stay in the hospital. Despite Top Cat's considerable charm, Nurse LaRue ends up going back to her hometown to marry a young doctor. After one look at her replacement, a militant substitute nurse, Top Cat undergoes a miraculous recovery and flees the premises.