Kaitlynn Emma Cassidy was laying unconscious in a hospital bed with a concussion, a broken arm, a fractured leg, and broken ribs. She had an IV in her arm, a breathing tube in her nose, a feeding tube in her mouth since the doctors were unsure of when she would regain consciousness.
Kaitlynn's been in the hospital for a week and in that time she's had two surgeries. The first surgery was done by Dr. Derek Shepherd to stop and fix the internal bleeding in her brain. The second surgery was done by Dr. Arizona Robbins and Dr. Calliope Torres to put in something between her broken ribs and her internal organs, especially her lungs so that her ribs don't puncture anything vital. Then Kaitlynn was take. To get a cast put on her arm and another one on her leg. She's been unconscious the whole time. She hadn't woken up once in that whole week.
Let's flashback a week ago to the event that landed her in the hospital with the injuries she has.
-One week ago-
Nine almost ten year old Kaitlynn is in her foster house. She is looking for food for dinner since she is hungry.
Her foster father, Brian walks into the kitchen and asks, "What are you doing, unwanted brat?"
"Looking for food. I'm hungry." Kaitlynn stated
Brian slapped Kailtlynn across the face, "I already fed you, you ungrateful child."
Kaitlynn grabbed her cheek with her hand, "I'm sorry, sir. It's just that you're supposed to feed me three times a day. Not once."
"You're so greedy. After all I do for you. I feed you. I buy your clothes. I let you stay in my house, and I don't get so much as a thank you." Brian explained angrily.
"Thank you, sir." Kaitlynn replied even though she didn't mean it.
Brian was so angry that he started beating Kaitlynn. Then he carried Kaitlynn to the living room and slammed her down on the couch. He laid her on her stomach and bent her arm back until it snapped.
All this while Kaitlynn was screaming and crying, "Please sir stop. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I don't need to eat. I'll live off my fat for a week."
Then Brian kneed her in the leg really hard.
The neighbors heard Kaitlynn's screams and cries so they called the police. Kaitlynn passed out sometime before the police showed up, but even after she passed out Brian kept on beating her.
When the police came they arrested Brian who yelled, "You can't arrest me. I didn't do anything wrong. I gave the brat what she deserved."
One of the doctors that came in the ambulance heard what the little girl's foster father said about what he did, and she felt sick. She wanted to punch him.
Then the doctors put an unconscious Kaitlynn on a stretcher, brought her into the ambulance and took her to the hospital.
-Present day-
Kaitlynn finally started to wake up. She started to freak out because she didn't know where she was or what had happened. She tried to get out of bed but she could barely sit up because of her broken ribs.
Arizona walked in the room because she was checking on her patients when she noticed that Kaitlynn was awake.
"Oh good. You're awake." Arizona said "I was hoping you could answer a few questions."
"Okay but first where's my daddy? Where am I? What happened to me?" Kaitlynn asked scared like a little kid
"You're at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. I'm Dr. Robbins. You were in an accident." Arizona replied "Could you tell me who your dad is?"
Kaitlynn shook her head, "No. Why isn't he here though? He wouldn't leave me. Where's my daddy? Did something happen to him?"
"I don't know" Arizona replied "Could you tell me what your name is though?"
Kaitlynn thought for a second, "No. I can't remember. I want my daddy."
Arizona looked shocked, "Okay just relax and stay calm." She paged Derek Shepherd, the head of neuroscience.
A few minutes later Derek walked into Kaitlynn's hospital room. He checked on Kaitlynn's vitals and then said,
"Dr. Robbins, take Kaitlynn for an CT and then do a neurological exam."
Arizona nodded, "Of course, Dr. Shepherd."
Then Arizona took Kaitlynn for a CT. After the results came in, Arizona was reading the scans and realized that Kaitlynn did in fact have a concussion.
Arizona then took Kaitlynn back to her room and started the neurological exam. First she checked Kaitlynn's vision which was fine.
"What's the last thing you remember?" Arizona asked
"Getting ice cream with my daddy." Kaitlynn replied "Where is he? Where's my daddy?"
"I'm sorry. I don't know where your dad is kiddo." Arizona stated sympathetically
Arizona took a breath, "okay I'm going to tel you three words and then ask you to tell me them a little later. The words are letter, book, church."
Kaitlynn nodded and quietly repeated the words to herself.
"Okay. How are you feeling?" Arizona asked
"Good. Just feeling a little bit of pain, but otherwise okay." Kaitlynn replied
"Where does it hurt?" Arizona asked concerned
"It's mostly just my ribs and my head feels like it's throbbing." Kaitlynn explained
Arizona nodded, "Okay. I'm sorry you're in pain, but we're already giving you as much pain meds as we can."
Kaitlynn nodded, "it's okay
"Alright can you tell me the three words I told you to remember?" Arizona asked
Kaitlynn shook her head and looked confused like her memory had been reset, "No. Where am I? Who are you? Where's my daddy? I want my daddy."
Arizona nodded and frowned slightly, "I'm Dr. Robbins. You're at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. You were hurt in an accident."
"Where's my daddy? I want my daddy." Kaitlynn stated scared like a little kid
"I'm sorry, kiddo. I don't know where your dad is." Arizona replied. She now knew for certain that Kaitlynn had a concussion as well as memory loss and being unable to remember new memories.
