Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy, I just own the kids!

This part of the story is called "Maycie's Word"

"Maycie, start your homework! You have that biography to finish! If you need help come get me!" "Yes Mom!"

"My name is Maycie Claire Shepherd, I'm 10 years old, and I am a miracle.

First off, I'm a miracle because no one ever thought my parents would make it, much less get married and have a baby.

They finally got married for real, and the post-it is framed in our house. My mom still yells "POST-IT" to my dad sometimes.. haha.
Secondly, I'm a miracle because I almost died when I was 5. I was born 100% healthy, the first child to my parents. My brother Ethan followed 2 years later, and our baby sister Annistyn just turned 3 in April.

Both of my parents are doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital. My dad is Chief of Surgery, and he's a neurosurgeon. My mom does a little bit of everything because she's a general surgeon. My mom and dad's coworkers are our family. My mom's sister Lexie and my dad's best friend Mark are married and they have 3 kids, Leah-Kate, Cooper, and Greyson. Let's see, don't forget about Alex and Izzie Karev and their twins Caitlin and Cameron, and new baby Aidan. My mom's best friend Cristina is married to Owen Hunt and they have a son Rhylan, and daughter Emmalyn. They live right down the road from us. Oh and Callie Torres and Arizona Robins adopted a baby girl, Ava, to go with their son Landon. So.. all these kids and all doctor parents and they STILL freak out when we get sick. It's ridiculous. But I guess it's because of me..."

"I was 5 when I got sick. I had been having headaches off and on for a few days, and had thrown up a few times. My mom thought I just had a stomach flu because one had been going around my kindergarten class. She left me at home with our babysitter, Haylie and went to work. Within the course of 6 hours my fever shot up, I couldn't move my neck, I couldn't stay awake and when I had 2 seizures back to back Haylie called 911. My mom and dad were both at work, and she was home alone with me and my baby brother. I got to the hospital and Dr. Arizona Robins was waiting on me. After a spinal tap [which by the way hurts a LOT] and some lab work she told my parents that I had bacterial meningitis and that I had went into a coma after my seizures because my brain had swelled. She said they would be putting me on extremely strong antibiotics and would watch my brain closely. If it continued to swell, or the swelling didn't go down, they would have to go in and put a shunt in to drain the fluid. Also, they couldn't seem to get my fever to go down past 102. I stayed in a coma for three days while the infection raged, against the antibiotics will.

Soon, it became clear that little Maycie Shepherd was fighting for her life. While I was fighting for my life, my parents were just well, fighting. After being in a coma for 5 days, I was taken into surgery to relieve the pressure on my brain from the seizures. They had to do this after I had one more seizures ..I don't remember much after that...

I woke up and remember seeing my mom and dad smiling at me. After that I really don't remember much until I went home, and I had a bald spot in my head where they had shaved it for surgery. I remember crying over my hair even back then, haha. I stayed on oral antibiotics for another week and after that was given a clean bill of health. I have a little bit of hearing loss in my left ear from the antibiotics, but other than that I'm peachy. They ruled that the seizures were caused by the meningitis and that I didn't have epilepsy."

"My parents didn't always have such an easy relationship. I mean, nowadays they're plumb disgusting. I'm happy about that. Mom says that they learned through a trial and error lifestyle. My grandpa Thatch says that my mom is invincible. I believe that. My daddy is my hero. My Nana Carolyn told me recently that when my daddy was six he tried to cut my Aunt Nancy's hair. When asked what he was doing, he said "Looking for her brain." Maybe, just maybe, I'll be a doctor one day. Who knows."

Anyway, back to our story, it starts when I was five.

----Hello people--- that was just the start to this story. I decided to let Maycie narrate a little bit into the Shepherd family life. Enjoy the rest! R&R! :D