"Addison this... this is a miracle. There is no other way to explain this" Naomi gasped completely confused as to how her best friend was sitting in the stirrups in front of her, pregnant. "You only had two eggs. This cannot be possible"
Addison wasn't meant to be pregnant, ever. She was baron with little to no fertility possibilities. Medical miracles like this just didn't happen, it wasn't possible.
"No this cannot be possible which is why I have to make sure nothing goes wrong with this pregnancy. I'm not going to make the same mistake I did last time and abort this baby. I need this to be my perfect miracle" Addison insisted as she took Naomi's hand gently. She needed to have this baby so she can restore some hope in her life. All she has wanted for so long was a baby and now she had that chance.
"Addison, I have to ask..."
"No I'm not going to tell the father. I know I should but I can't, I won't"
"Addison..." Naomi sighed softly
"Alex will never know" Addison snapped quickly before turning her face away from Naomi. Wishing she could just go back to Seattle and tell Alex, Addison knew she couldn't. He wasn't the father type especially when he was still in love with Ava or Rebecca or whatever name she preferred. Addison moved to LA for a fresh start and that's exactly what she was going to do. This pregnancy was a sign that everything was going to change for the better.
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"She's beautiful" Naomi smiled as she cut the umbilical cord of her best friend's baby girl. Wrapping the baby in a blanket and gently wiping the fluids from her tiny face, Naomi handed her to an emotional Addison.
"Hey baby girl, hey Anna" Addison sniffed and cradled her newborn daughter. Ignoring the crying, Addison could only look at her beautiful little girl and see how much little Anna looked like her father.
"Anna's a beautiful name"
"Anna Alexandra Montgomery Karev"
Naomi finally let Sam, Pete, Cooper, Violet and Dell into the room to congratulate Addison and fuss over the beautiful new addition to their Oceanside family. Addison never thought she would have to raise Anna alone not with so many people there to support her. Anna was going to have the best family any little girl could ask for.
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"Incoming!" a bright and vibrant nine year old Anna laughed loudly as she roller skated through the waiting room of the Oceanside Wellness Centre. She was known for terrorising the waiting room before and after school with her skates or her impromptu ballet recitals. Anna loved having her own personal playground while her Mom helped all the pregnant women of Los Angeles. Anna rounded the corner and crashed into the front desk of the Oceanside Wellness Centre like she had never seen it.
"Anna!" Dell gasped jumping at the thud of the nine year old hitting his desk. Every door in the centre opened to see Anna cradling her wrist.
"Ow" Anna chuckled softly.
"Anna!" Addison cried as she raced for her daughter and immediately scooped her up into her arms "Cooper help" Addison tended to be as overprotective as mothers came. Being a doctor, Addison was thorough when it came to Anna's many childhood illnesses and injuries but sometimes she worried too much. Addison carried her daughter into Cooper's office and set her down on the bed "You gotta be careful Annie"
"Addison, calm down" Cooper chuckled and assessed Anna's arm. It was broken but with some x-rays he'd be certain of the extent and how long to cast it. "It just looks like a break. We'll take her downstairs and run some tests just to make sure ok? Would you like something for the pain Annie?" he smiled and started writing up a chart for Anna before leaving heading toward the door
"Nope I'm good"
"Thank you Cooper" she smiled and leant down to her daughter's level "Anna honey what happened? Didn't you see the desk?"
"Was that what I hit?" Anna giggled jokingly. Her mother's face quickly twisted into an expression of anger and frustration.
"Anna!"
"I'm kidding. I just thought it was a little further away that's all"
"Are you having trouble seeing?"
"Don't go all doctor on me Mom please" Anna sighed lightly with a smile "I'm fine, the desk was just a little fuzzy"
"I'm allowed to go all doctor on you Anna. Will you at least do an eye test for me please?"
"Will you stop fussing over me if I do an eye test?" the nine year old smirked
"You're in no position to strike deals here but yes, I will leave you alone with your pretty pink cast that Uncle Cooper will put on if you do the eye test"
Addison asked Cooper to add the eye test and a head CT to the list before he carried Anna to the elevator and down to the radiology floor of their building. There was overprotective Addison taking charge yet again. There won't be anything to see on the CT but it never hurt to be safe.
"Ah Addison" Cooper sighed softly as he sat Anna down in her mother's office. The nine year old pulled out her iPod and sunk into her own little world of Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers and whichever other Disney artist she had on there. Cooper led Addison out into the hall and toward his office. Addison stopped him in the hallway fearing the worst.
"Cooper, what is it?" she asked anxiously noticing her daughter's test results in his hands. Without a word, Cooper simply pulled out Anna's CT scans and showed Addison. Her hand flew to her mouth as the tears started streaming down her face.
"Addison I'm so sorry"
"This explains why she didn't see the desk coming. She's nine and with a tumour this size pressing on her optic nerve, it's lucky she can see anything" Addison sighed softly as she switched back into doctor mode and assessed the brain scan. "I need to get her to Seattle. Derek is the only one that can fix this"
"Are you sure he can fix this?"
"He's the best Neurosurgeon and he will fix this. He will give my daughter back her sight"
"Addison..."
"Please Cooper, I need to take my little girl to Seattle" she pleaded and sniffed back her tears. She could not believe this was happening to her little girl but the only way to save her was to go to Seattle and have Derek help Anna.
"Ok Naomi and I will cover all your patients while you're gone" he nodded and handed Addison the rest of Anna's test results. She would need all the information to give to Derek when they got to Seattle.