Mark runs through the hallway and sees a group of doctors in Callie's room through the window at the door. He then sees Arizona standing outside of Callie's room starring at the window with tears in her eyes and makes his way over to her.
"Oh my god!" Mark says starting to panic. "What happened, is Callie okay?"
"She woke up." Arizona reassures the man as she places her hand on his arm. "She woke up." she repeats still trying to convince herself as well.
"Callie's awake." Mark says as he takes a relieved breath.
"Yeah." Arizona smiles as she looks back at the window.
Mark looks at where Arizona is looking and steps towards the room. "I want to see her."
But he's stopped by Arizona grabbing his arm. "They're all in there examining her, give them a second." she suggests.
Mark nods his head in agreement and runs his hand over his head. "What about Derek."
"Yeah, he was the first one." Arizona says."How's her-I mean does she have-" Mark rambles scared of what the answer might be.
"She's okay." Arizona jumps in.
"Really." Mark says relieved.
"She's alert and responsive. Derek says that it's looking good at this point." Arizona says before she pauses a second thinking about what happened after she woke up. "She even remembered me proposing to her." she smiles.
"She did." Mark says returning the small smile at the blonde next to him.
"Yeah, when she woke up she said yes." Arizona says with a small laugh.
"Of course she did." Mark says, before he too pauses thinking about something else. "Did you tell her about the baby." he asks.
"Yes." Arizona sighs as she looks back at the window, seeing the shadows of the various doctors through the blinds.
"Everything?" Mark asks.
Arizona looks over at him and then shakes her head no. "No, she started to panic….I didn't get a chance." she breaths.
"Did you tell her that it's a girl?" Mark asks.
Arizona bites her lip keeping her tears away, thinking about Callie's reaction when she told her it was a girl. "Yeah." she manages to get out.
Mark nods his head knowing exactly the reaction Arizona probably got when she told Callie…..a little girl.
"How is she?" Arizona then asks getting out of her own head.
"She's - no change." Mark says through a defeated sigh.
Arizona nods her head and looks back at the window, but she can feel Mark starring at her lost in his own thoughts.
"So that's - that's a good thing, right." Mark asks Arizona knowing she sees cases like this everyday.
"Right now." Arizona states calmly. "That's a good thing."
Mark lets out a relieved breath and nods his head. "Good, good."
Arizona starts to think about all that has happened again, getting lost in her own head not truly believing. "I just-I still can't believe that this is happening." Arizona laughs nervously.
"Callie's okay, and the baby is-" Mark says trying to reassure her. " We just need to concentrate on that right now." he adds.
"You're right." Arizona says.
Mark whips his head back to Arizona and lets out a chuckle. "I'm sorry."
"You're right, okay." Arizona says as she rolls her eyes. "You're right."
Mark lets out another chuckle but is soon brought back to his reality when Dr. Kepner comes walking over to them in a hurry. "Dr. Robbins, Dr. Sloan." she says.
"Yeah." Mark says.
"Dr. Stark needs to see you in the Neonatal ICU." April states.
Both Mark and Arizona look at her immediately fearing the worse.
"What's wrong?" Arizona asks.
"What happened! I was just up there, and there was no change with the baby!" Mark exclaims worried.
"He didn't say. Just that you both need to come right away." April tells the two scared parents.
Arizona and Mark immediately look at each other before rushing away. Arizona however stops and turns back to April. "Kepner will you-" Arizona begins to ask but Kepner jumps in.
"I'll stay with Torres." Kepner answers.
"Thank you." Arizona says quickly as she rushes after Mark who is holding the elevator open for her.
Mark and Arizona ride silently in the elevator up to the NICU and walk in to find Dr. Stark examining their baby through the incubator.
"What happened, is she okay?" Arizona asks worried as she and Mark walk closer to the incubator and begin to visually inspect the baby.
"We did an echocardiogram earlier." Dr. Stark says as he looks through the baby's chart.
"What did you find?" Arizona asks swallowing a huge lump in her throat.
"There's a hole in her heart that's causing some problems." Dr. Stark says as he removes his glasses from his face.
"What!" Mark exclaims.
"Oh god." Arizona sighs as she touches her forehead with her hand.
"A hole in her heart?" Mark then asks not understanding what that means.
"It's not uncommon in premature infants. The hole is actually a natural part of fetal development. But normally, it closes on its own right after birth." Arizona states going into doctor mode.
"But the baby's very small, and the hole is too big, and her heart is working too hard. It's pumping blood on its own before it is ready." Dr. Stark explains.
"Alright well fix it!" Mark snaps.
"Mark." Arizona says softly knowing him melting down isn't going to help anything.
"There's a very delicate procedure, and it's done thorascopically." Dr. Stark goes on to explain.
Mark shakes his head thinking about his little girl in surgery. "What will you have to do?" he asks.
"I'll insert a tube through tiny slits in the baby's chest. The repair work is done through that tube. Using a video screen to guide us, we clamp the hole shut. No open chest, but there are risks." Dr. Stark says as he puts his glasses back on too look at something in her chart.
"What kind of risks?" Mark asks.
"We need to deflate her left lung, so we can see her heart." Dr. Stark says as he looks from his chart to the baby in the incubator.
Arizona immediately shakes her head and start to sway nervously. "She's not strong enough to handle this type of procedure yet." she states.
"Without the procedure, you put both the heart and the lungs at risk." Dr. Stark says before taking off his glasses again and looking at both Arizona and Mark "This really is her only option at this point."
"Damn it." Mark sighs as he runs his hand through his hair.
Arizona looks at the baby ina daze before snapping out of her trance and zeroing on Stark. "I want to perform the surgery." Arizona states.
"Dr. Robbins-" Dr. Stark starts to protest but Arizona interrupts him.
"I am a pediatric surgeon-" Arizona starts.
"The best pediatric surgeon." Mark cuts in.
"And I will not stand by and do nothing." Arizona finishes as her and Mark give Dr. Stark their "don't mess with us" stares.
Dr. Stark seeing no point in arguing with the two lets out a breath and gives in. "You can be in the operating room…to observe." he adds.
"Fine." Arizona says taking what she can get. "But I want Karev to be the one to assist." she insists.
"Alright." Dr. Stark agrees not having a problem with it, knowing that even though he doesn't like the guy. He would be the best choice for this type of operation.
"When?" Mark asks.
"Now. We don't want blood to shunt from her aorta to her lungs." Dr. Stark says to Mark.
"What about infection." Mark asks as he crosses his arms.
"It's always a risk." Dr. Stark states.
"But it's a risk that we have to take." Arizona jumps in knowing that without this surgery the little girl would not make it through the next couple of days.
Mark and Arizona look at each other and just like the moment in the OR when they made eye contact speaking volumes through one look. "Alright, let's do it." he agrees.
"We'll start pre-op now." Dr. Stark says before he makes his way out of NICU.
Arizona and Mark watch the doctor leave before turning their attention back on the 1 pound 1 ounce baby girl.
"Okay." Arizona says quietly to herself as she places her hand down on the incubator.
"God." Mark sighs as he stretches out his neck with his hand. "What are we going to tell Callie?" he then asks.
Arizona looks up from the incubator and Mark speechless, not quite sure of what they should tell her.
