*Disclaimer: I do not own any rights. This is simply a collection of my mental holidays with Grey's...
Forward: A few things to know before reading...
The car accident never happened, Sophia was born at full term with no issues. There was no proposal...yet :) and Teddy is not a surgeon at SGMW, she is in NYC but a long time friend of Arizona's.
Chapter 1: Crisis
At four months old Mark could not believe the noise coming out of the tiny baby he was trying to rock to sleep. Sophia had been sick with a crappy cold for a few days. Being on Daddy duty was a little exhausting today and it was only 7 am. She hadn't slept, she wasn't eating well, and the crying was getting worse. He was getting nervous and running out of ideas. Nothing was working, he held her in every position possible. Singing, binkies, bottles, nothing worked. Crying was making her coughing worse and in turn was making it hard for her to breath. He decided his best bet was to bring her in to the ER. On his way over he sent Callie a text giving her a heads up and hoping he would be able to avoid a tornado of emotion from her. Owen Hunt met Mark and started checking Sophia.
"How long has she been sick?" Owen asked in a concerned voice
"About three days, she hasn't had a fever, just a bad cough and stuffy nose. Ive tried everything."
"She has shallow breath sounds and I hear a little bit of wheezing, Does Callie know you're here?"
"Yeah, she's probably knocking people down in the hallway" Mark said with a bit of humor.
"Alright, I'll have someone page Robbins, Im gonna go ahead an order a chest x-ray"
"Thanks Dr. Hunt"
Just as Owen turned away Callie came around the corner. She was clearly upset.
"What the hell happened?, why didn't you call me sooner?"
"I texted you right after I decided to come over here, she wouldn't stop crying and it was a painful cry, I got a little nervous"
Callie ignored Mark as she picked Sophia up to cuddle her. She was still crying and it intensified when Callie lifted her off the gurney. She whispered in her ear as she rocked her hoping she would settle down.
"I tried everything Cal, it was getting worse"
"Can you page Arizona again?"
"Sure"
Arizona was in the middle of a surgery when her pager went off again.
"Dr. Kepner, can you check my pager and find out who that is, tell them Im in surgery"
April clicked the small button on the top of Arizona's pager to reveal the ER-911 on the small screen
"Its from the ER Dr. Robbins, 911"
"Ok, I'll be done in about 10 minutes, can you call down and let them know"
"Sure"
April called down to the ER as Arizona was intently finishing up her work on a 7 year old with a ruptured appendix.
When April hung up the phone she calmly explained to Dr. Robbins that it was Sophia in the ER, and that it wasn't anything serious, Mark brought her in just to have her checked. Arizona froze for a moment before regaining her composure to finish closing the 7 year old that needed her at that very moment.
"Go ahead, Ill finish up"
"Thank you Dr. Kepner"
Arizona scrubbed out and headed down to the ER. On the way she was preparing herself for what she might find. She was always nervous for 911 pages. She hated seeing kids in rough shape. This was different, this was her child, her family. As she got off the elevator she could hear Sophia's screams.
She met Owen in the hall, her heart melted at the sight of her little girl.
"Whats going?"
"She's had a rough few hours, Im taking her for chest X-Rays, I'll be back in a few, you should go check in with Dr. Torres, she's pretty upset"
"Thanks, Hunt"
Owen took off with Sophia and Arizona made her way into the ER where she found Mark and Callie.
"Where the hell have you been! Ive been paging you for a half hour Arizona"
"I was in surgery, Im sorry"
"Sorry isn't good enough right now, this is serious, you should have been down here"
"Ok, Im sorry, Im here now"
Arizona tried to find the words to comfort Callie. She knew it was an impossible to task. Callie was stubborn and strong minded.
"This is scary, I know, its ok to be scared"
"Im more than scared Arizona! Our daughter is getting chest x-rays!"
At that moment Arizona knew she should have just let her be. She sat with Callie for a while, just 'being there'. After too much silence she decided to see if she could find out how Sophia was making out.
"Ok, Im gonna go and see whats going on"
Callie simply replied with a cold "MmmHmm"
Arizona made her way through the hospital in search of some good news about her daughter.
"Dr. Robbins!"
Arizona spun around to find Alex Karev walking towards her.
"What's up? Is everything ok?"
"I was in with Sophia, her films are done, I thought maybe you would like to look them over with me?"
"Yes, of course"
Arizona carefully looked over Sophia's tiny chest films.
"Wow, her pleura is really inflamed" Alex said with concern
"Yeah, its pretty painful too, we can't really do much for her other than give her pain meds."
"Everything else looks ok, I'll set her up in a room so you guys can stay with her, she's got a nasty cold too so Dr. Stark wanted me to do a nebulizer treatment with her. It will help with her coughing"
"That would be great, thanks Dr. Karev"
"Welcome...how are you doing?"
Arizona hesitated before answering
"Im fine, Callie is just...were fine. Im gonna go let her know whats going on"
"Ok"
Arizona found her way back to the ER where Callie was still waiting. She explained everything but she was careful with her words. She wanted to make sure Callie understood that Sophia would be fine. Arizona lead Callie up to Sophia's room where Alex had already begun her treatment. She had a few patients to check on so she left Callie with Sophia for a good part of the afternoon, occasionally checking on them. As night came she made her way to Sophia's room. Callie was still there, clung to her bedside. She gently kissed Callie's head as she sat next to her.
"You should go home and get something to eat, maybe rest for a while too, its been a long day, my shifts over so I can stay with her."
"Im not leaving"
"Calliope..."
"No! Arizona, Im staying"
"Ok" She said tenderly "Ill stay with you then"
The two of them took turns playing with Sophia's tiny fingers and whispering how much they loved her. They didn't say much to each other which gave Arizona the impression that Callie was still really worked up. Just as she was going to suggest getting some food Dr. Bailey walked in to the room.
"Uhhh, you two are still here? Go home now."
"Callie wants to stay, shes-" Arizona stared to say in a quiet tone before she was cut off by Dr. Bailey
"No. Get up, NOW. Go home and shower, you're stinking up this Babies room and you're not helping her any. Go home, eat and get some rest, I'll let you come back in the morning"
Dr. Bailey was fierce and there was no arguing with her. Callie might have put up a fight three hours ago but she was too drained to object. Callie turned to Arizona, who gave her a look that said she was agreeing with Bailey.
Callie kissed Sophia on the head and surrendered
"Ok, lets go" she said with tears starting in her brown eyes
"She'll be fine" Arizona said with a smile trying to help Callie from losing her battle with the tears
Hand in hand the two of them headed down the hallway and out of the hospital to take comfort in the apartment they turned into home just a few months before Sophia's arrival.