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I do not own Grey's Anatomy, but I do own all of the seasons on DVD.
As Arizona and Teddy were talking about more exciting things, Teddy glanced up and saw Cristina walking over to them with a somber look on her face.
"Callie is-"
One hour earlier
"Well, it's a beautiful day to save lives. Ten blade please" Derek said with confidence, while secretly hoping that nothing would go wrong in this particular surgery.
"What are you doing today Dr. Shepherd?" The Chief asked as he ran in, having just heard about Callie's setback.
"She has a massive subdural hematoma; I'm going to have to do a craniotomy to relieve the pressure on her brain. She has a good chance of being completely fine, but only time will tell."
"Her BP and heart rate are all over the place Dr. Shepherd. She's tachycardic, so is the baby, I don't know how much more stress his little body can take before something drastic happens."
"I know Dr. Fields, I'm trying to get this bleeding to stop-" Suddenly the room was sent into a mass panic when the machines started going crazy.
"Asystole, there's no sinus rhythm. What do you want us to do Dr. Shepherd?"
"Start the code clock; I need to get this bleeder. Yang, start compressions, Avery, get the paddles ready; just give me a minute."
"Right away Shepherd."
"Alright, go. I got the bleeder! Go!"
"Charge the paddles to 300, CLEAR!" Avery screamed, hoping that he wouldn't have to tell Arizona that Callie didn't make it.
"Sinus rhythm is back, we got her. Heartbeat is returning to normal." The anesthesiologist said.
"Good, everything looks all clear. I'm going to close her up."
"Cristina, can you go tell Arizona the good news?"
Present
"Callie is going to be fine." Cristina said with a heavy sigh.
"Oh thank God! Thank you so much Cristina!" Arizona said as she threw her arms around Cristina, who was more than happy to make an exception on her 'no hug' policy.
"How did the surgery go Yang?"
"It was touch and go for a while, Shepherd fixed the bleed, but we lost her for a few seconds. But we were able to get her back quickly." She explained while Arizona gasped.
"YANG, GET BACK IN HERE! SHE'S CODING AGAIN!" Avery screamed out, and Cristina was immediately sprinting to scrub back in while Teddy stopped a now hysterical Arizona from running after her.
"What happened?" She shouted to Shepherd as she ran back in the room.
"I don't know, we got her back but she's bradycardic. Nothing is wrong with her brain, I think something's wrong with her heart. Avery is doing a cardiac ultrasound, so get your gown and gloves on. You're in charge if something's wrong with her heart."
"Dr. Shepherd?"
"You heard me Yang, it's either you or Altman and she's too busy with Arizona. You saved my life once; I know that you are more than capable."
Cristina watched as Avery looked at each portion of her heart on the ultrasound machine.
"I need a ten blade, NOW! She threw a blood clot, it's in her heart. I'm going to have to open her up to remove it. Are you sure you don't want me to get Dr. Altman?"
"No, I KNOW that you can do this. So do it."
3 Minutes Later
"Ok, I almost have it. How's her sinus rhythm?"
"It's still dropping Dr. Yang."
"I got it, I got it." She said excitedly as she put the clot in a pan next to her, but was terrified when the heart monitor said asystole again.
"Internal paddles, charge to 20. CLEAR!"
"No change."
"Charge to 30, CLEAR!"
"Still no change, it's been a minute Dr. Yang."
"Push 10 of Epi, then charge the paddles to 30, CLEAR!" She screamed as Callie's lifeless body shook on the table as the shock went to her heart.
"We got her back, finally!" The anesthesiologist said while everyone in the gallery applauded, they didn't want to have to see Callie die on the table.
"Dr. Avery-close for Dr. Yang please. Incredible work Cristina, you can be the one to go tell Arizona that her girlfriend is alright for now and that we will be putting her into a medically induced coma so we can monitor her brain and heart function for the next few days. Good job everyone!"
"How is she Cristina? Please tell me that you didn't lose her, please!" Arizona begged as soon as she saw Cristina coming back to talk to her. She gasped as she saw some of her Calliope's blood on the side of her neck.
"She had a blood clot in her heart, so I had to go in and remove it. We lost her again for about 2 minutes, but she's a fighter. She made it through the surgery and Shepherd is putting her into a medically induced coma for a few days so she can have some more time to heal. Barring any more complications, she should be fine."
"What about the baby, Yang?" Sloan asked in a timid voice, which was a first for him.
"I'm not sure, I'll go grab Dr. Fields to come and talk to you."
Teddy left Arizona and Mark together to talk and walked back to the O.R. with Cristina to check on Callie.
"Great job today Cristina! Good to be back, isn't it?" She asked as she put on a mask to go check on Callie. She wanted to see her with her own eyes, just to make sure that she really was okay.
"It certainly is Dr. Altman, I'm just glad that Callie is okay. Excuse me, Dr. Fields? Mark and Arizona are wondering what's going on with the baby. I told them that you would go out and talk to them."
"Did the baby make it? Is he okay?" Arizona asked frantically, surprising everyone, including herself, as she finally showed some concern for him.
"I have no idea how he did it, but he seems to be fine. I'll be monitoring him for the next few days as well, but it's a miracle that he is even alive right now. You've got yourselves a miracle baby, because he should have died about an hour ago, but he's stubborn. I think that he'll make it, I was a little concerned at a few points in the surgery, but he bounced right back." She explained as Mark walked over and gave Arizona a huge hug.
"Oh, good! That's really good. I'm so glad that he's okay, that would've been awful if we lost him!" Mark cried out.
"Excuse me, Dr. Robbins and Dr. Sloan? Dr. Torres has been moved up to room 239 of the ICU. You can go sit with her for a while, and Dr. Shepherd will come in and update you soon."
Next chapter: How are Callie and baby Torres-Sloan doing after the surgery? How is everyone coping with her being in a coma? Her parents and sister will be arriving at the hospital soon!
Thanks again for reading/reviewing! Let me know what you thought about this chapter. I'll try to update soon, but no promises since the school week is starting again, but I'll try to have another chapter up before this Friday!
