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Chapter 8 : Inevitable

Callie suddenly stopped as she walked through the hallway. She closed her eyes and placed her hands on her temple, and rubs it gently.

Calm down, Calmate, Breathe, she's going to be fine

" Callie !"

She opened her eyes, it was Addison in dark blue scrubs. She walked towards her with a concerned look on her face.

" What's wrong ? "

" Its . . . Mady she had a febrile convulsion, and she's still unconscious."

Addison crossed her arms and her green eyes opened widely. She licked her lips lightly and looked toward the hospital's main entrance.

" Where's Mark and Lexie ?

" Derek paged them, they should be here by now."

" And who's treating her ?"

" Yang, they're running tests on her right now."

" Is it an infection ?"

" I . . . I don't know it could – Mark ! " Callie yelled as she ran up to them.

Mark and Lexie ran through the hospital's main entrance, with their hands tightly holding each other's. Addison looked from a distance, that their faces were filled with unspeakable worry. Lexie's eyes were watery and Mark's was raging with concern.

" Where is she ?" Mark said strongly.

" She's in that room, she had a - "

Mark and Lexie were already walking towards the room, their hands still holding the others tightly. They approached the room, looking through the wide window to see their daughter with IVs in her arms and a breathing tube down her throat. Her skin was pale and her eyes were closed.

" O my God, Mark . . . " Lexie whispered as she brought her hand to her mouth. Tears quickly streaming down her face. Her chest felt tight and the tears would not stop coming down her face. Sobs came lightly as she continued to stare at the infant inside the room.

Mark pulled her to his chest, and wrapped his arms around her in a tight embrace. She tried to refuse, but when she felt her head against his chest , crying was inevitable. Mark rested his chin and her head and looked silently in his daughter's room. He closed his eyes because it hurt to see her in that condition, and naturally he blamed himself.

" Lexie . . . "

Mark could already tell from the familiar voice it was Cristina. He didn't look at her, he just looked at Mady with Lexie sniffing in his arms. Lexie separated herself from Mark, and wiped her red eyes. Cristina led them inside the room and Mark took Lexie's hand as they stood beside Mady.

" Mady had an febrile convulsion, she had a seizure on the way to the hospital and had one when she arrived. Her temperature was 108 when she came. I put her on INN to keep her temperature down . . . I believe an infection in her body caused the convulsion, so we're giving her antibiotics and we have her on a breathing tube because her body still can't breathe on her own. I ran some tests on her and she . . . "

Lexie looked at her and gave her a nod to continue.

" She has gastroenteritis in her stomach and intestine. We're giving her more antibiotics and fluids. She's stable, but she still hasn't woken up yet, but Addison is working on treating the infection so she can wake up soon."

Mark and Lexie stayed silent as their eyes focused on the infant with a breathing tube down her throat, watching her chest rise and fall slowly.

" You intubated ? " Lexie said.

" Yes, she wasn't breathing when she got here."

Cristina looked at Lexie, waiting for a response. Her eyes were watery, and she looked up at Cristina and she nodded lightly. Cristina felt awkward while silence filled the room. She slowly walked out the room and said this,

" Lexie, Mark, I'm very sorry but she's going to be fine, I promise." and she closed the door.

Lexie ran towards the door, " Dr. Yang . . . Cristina, thank you . . . for taking care of my daughter."

Cristina simply nodded her head, and walked down the hallway.

Lexie walked back inside the room, Mark was sitting on the chair, his eyes looking at Mady. She ran her fingers through his hair, he didn't look up at her. She sat beside him and wrapped her arms around him and layed her head on his chest. She didn't wipe the faint tears falling down her face and her voice was shaky

. " I'm scared Mark . . . " she sniffed her nose quietly.

He stayed silent. Callie was sitting right outside the room her hands resting on her knees looking at the floor. Addison sat right next to her and squeezed her hand.

" This wasn't supposed to happen to her, to Mady." " It never is . . . but the infection can be treated, if we have enough time, before her body gives up.

Callie sighed deeply and her face was filled with worry. " I was wrong, I'm not wrong about a lot of things, but I was wrong."

Callie suddenly looked at Addison, who was staring at the floor as well.

" What are you talking about ? "

"When I told Mark he would have made a terrible father, and ever since Mady was born, he just he's changed."

Callie smiled. " He told me that, and when Lexie got pregnant he had that in the back of his mind, but I told him that you didn't mean it. "

Addison rubbed her temple. " He really has changed." she whispered.

" She's going to wake up soon right ? " Callie asked.

Addison stayed silent, as the door to Mady's room opened and Mark stepped out.

" Mark . . . "

He walked past the two ladies and walked towards the elevator and the doors closed slowly. The two ladies closed their eyes,he was a mess.

" I should go talk to Mark." Callie said as she got up from the floor.

" I should go check on Mady's lab results."

Meredith stayed silent as she saw Callie take the elevator. She closed her eyes and felt somebody sit next to her.

" You're not gonna check up on Mady ?" Cristina asked.

Meredith sighed.

"You should go in there, she's your niece."

" Which makes it even more hard, I don't know what to say to her, to Lexie."

" At times like this, it's better not to say anything at all."

She sighed in defeat and entered the room.

Lexie was silent as she saw Meredith enter the room.

"Lexie . . . " Lexie made no eye contact with her as she walked closer. Meredith took a seat next to Lexie.

" Do you think she's gonna wake up. . . " Lexie said silently.

Meredith fell silent as she looked at her sister. " I . . . I'm scared that I'm going to lose her . . . Meredith ."

Her head fell on Meredith's lap and her hands fell on her brown hair. Lexie's sobbing was quiet and she closed her eyes to feel Meredith's fingers softly rubbing her hair.

" You're not going to lose her, Lexie, she's going to wake up." she whispered.

" Mark . . . " Derek walked over to his friend, who was sitting down on the floor.

" Mark, she's going to be - "

" Derek, don't please not you, she's not fine . . . my daughter is not fine she has a breathing tube down her throat and she is still unconscious, she's not fine."

Derek took a seat beside him. Mark's blue steely eyes were moist and he looked at his hands. Derek stayed silent and placed his hand on Mark's shoulder. Mark looked at him for a moment and sighed deeply.

" She's not fine." he whispered.

" She's not." Derek replied. " but she'll get through this, you all will."

Mark closed his eyes and rested his head on the wall, as a small tear slowly fell down his face. Never before in his life as a doctor , had death scared the shit out of him until now.