AN: Another chapter for all of my awesome readers. I really want to thank you for sticking around and reading. The story will not end for a while; I have a lot more ideas so I hope you will continue to stick around!
Chapter 10
Callie's POV
The helicopter touches down where the ambulances usually drop off patents. Luckily it looks to be a slow morning. The second the door opens people run to help. I see Webber and Bailey along with a few other doctors running to help. I am not really focused on them though. My only priority right now is to get my wife to safety. She had been fighting to stay conscious ever sense she had woken up in the helicopter. Callie knew that the infection was already spreading and she wanted to catch it before it completely took over.
"Hey Babe, we are here. I am going to bring you in and do everything I can to make you feel better. Ready?" Arizona simply nods. Not wasting any time she scoops up Arizona into her arms and starts towards the door. "Ah!" Arizona moans out, her face contorting in pain. Callie stops short scared she is hurting her. "What's wrong? Do you want me to put you down?" "Nothing, keep going. I'm fine." Callie does as she is told. Once she is off of the ramp Richard runs up with a gurney.
He grabs Arizona from Callie and lays her down on it. "What's wrong?" He asks as they push Arizona though the hectic emergency room. "Her main injury is an open femur fracture." Richard turns to face Arizona as they ride out of the chaos in an elevator. "Can you hear me Arizona?" He shines a light in her eyes. Arizona nods. Richard turns into a room on the second floor. "I'm going to let Callie help you into your Johnny while I get some meds. Then we will get started on that leg of yours."
Richard leaves them in a private room where patents usually stay after a surgery because it is quiet and big enough to have visitors. There is a large bed with pink sheets in the middle of the room and a private bathroom. Callie grabs the Johnny laid out for her and walks back to Arizona. "If you would like I could clean you up a bit before you change." Their eyes meet. "Yes that would be great."
Callie pushes the gurney to the bathroom door but can't bring it in because it is too wide. "Ill grab some cloths, be right back." She walks around the bathroom collecting everything she will need. Callie returns with a bucket of warm water, some cloths and a pair of scissors. An alarmed look crosses Arizona's face. "Why do you have scissors?" "I thought we would cut the scrub pants rather then try to pull them off. But only if you feel comfortable."
She hopes to herself that she is not pushing Arizona to go to fast, she had gone threw an offal trauma not to long ago. "No that will make it a lot easier." Arizona says. Callie slowly cuts up the seam on Arizona's right pant leg then the left. When she pulls the top half away it reveals how bad her injury actually is. Besides the open wound there is a ring of red that lights up the usually pale skin of her thigh. Arizona sees Callie staring. "It bad. I know, I should have tried to clean it I just didn't have anything out -. Callie interrupts her. "Baby no, we will fix it here."
Callie helps Arizona slide her dirty scrub top over her head. She runs the cloth up and down Arizona's body it is no longer covered with dirt. Then she helps her into the pale hospital gown. Just as they are finishing up there is a knock on the door. "Come in." Arizona calls pulling down the dress over her injuries. Richard walks in pushing a cart. "Great you guys are done. I was think we should start with that leg. It will be painful but just think about how much better you will feel with it cleaned and bandaged. Arizona nods. Richard takes blood and starts an IV. "I gave her a lot of drugs so we will just wait until they kick in which should not be long. Callie do you think I could talk to you in the hall?" Callie looks from her wife to Richard. "Yah, sure."
They both file out of the room. "What's up?" Callie asks. "I'm worried about that leg. It is very badly broken and riddled with infections. I am nervous that if we don't take the leg the infection could kill her. Unless you think that we could save it?" "I think we should try as hard as possible and wait till there is no hope left before we amputate. "Of course, I will be back in about fifteen minutes. I am sure she will not be in any pain by ten. But I should warn you she may be a little woozy from narcotics."
Callie turns and enters the room again. "My wife! Oh how I have missed you! Come here, come here!" Arizona has a huge smile on her face and has her arms open wide for a hug. Callie can't help but smile while she hugs the overly cheerful blond.
"I missed you too!" "Come sit with me! I miss holding onto you." Callie scoots close to Arizona on the hospital bed, careful not to hurt her. "I see you have a bad cut on your forehead, would you like me to stitch that up?" Callie asks feeling like she should do more to help her wife then just sit next to her.
Arizona grabs both of Callie's hands making her turn to look. "We should adopt a dog Calliope. We could name it sunflower or daisy of tulip!" Callie laughs. "I love love love you Calliope! Do you know how lucky we are to have met each other?" But she doesn't allow the Latina time to answer. "The answer to that is super lucky!" Callie cannot contain her laughter while she watches the blond talk a million miles an hour. "I love you too and of course I know how lucky I was to have met you."
Just then Richard walks through the door. "Hey chief!" "I'm not the chief anymore, that's Owen. I see that the pain killers kicked in though." Callie laughs. "Sure did!" "Is it ok if I start cleaning up you leg now?" He asks while pulling up a chair next to her bed. "Only if my Calliope can stay. We are in love you know. Is she not the most stunning woman you have ever seen?" Callie puts her hand over her face embarrassed but still laughing. "Yes she is a beauty and of course she can stay." Callie can see that Richard is also getting a kick out of the outrageous things that are coming out of Arizona's mouth.
He starts cleaning out the wound with different liquids and ointments and cloths while Callie keeps her wife entertained. "Baby are you hungry? I could get you a snack and something to drink?" "Yes, can I have a cupcake?" Callie takes a moment to worship this. She finds Arizona on pain drugs to be the most amusing thing she has ever seen. "Of course!" Callie walks to the phone to call the cafeteria to bring one up.
But by the time the cupcake gets there, not more then fifteen minutes later Arizona is out cold from the drugs. Callie decides to help Richard with her leg. After forty minutes of hard work all of the bugs, dirt and other foreign objects they can get are out. "I was thinking we should get some x rays while she is out." Callie says. "Yah, that's a good idea. I will call and have them ready for you." "Great." Richard leaves once again to go check on the rest of the crash victims.
Callie grabs her phone out of her pocket and calls April. "Hey, do you think you could be the resident on Arizona's case? I am the lead surgeon and it will probably make it easier if she has more familiar faces around her. Thank you so much. That would be a huge help, could you meet us at x ray? Great see you then." "Alright, here we go!" She says to an unconscious Arizona as she pushes her towards the door on her bed. She can't help but think about how peaceful she looks right now.
Once they arrive in X ray Callie wheels her into the first sweet. She finds April waiting for her. "We gave her some drugs so she is not in any pain. I thought it would be best if we x rayed now so she does not move. She was a little hard to control before she fell asleep." Callie pushes the bed as close to the table where they get the pictures as she can.
Then a man walks up to them. "Hello, my name is Pete and I will be assisting your X rays today. He shakes both of their hands. "I'm Dr. Torres and this is Dr. Kepner." "Nice to meet you two." They all walk over to Arizona. "Who do we have here?" "That's my wife Arizona. She has a broken femur we would like to get some pictures of." "Okie dokie, I know how busy you doctors are so I will get you in and out as soon as possible. I would love some help moving her to the table though." Pete pulls back the blankets covering Arizona and grabs the sheets she is laying on firmly with both hands. Callie and April do the same on their side and they slowly transfer the unconscious blond to the cold table. Pete hands Callie an apron for protection without her even having to ask, making her like him even more.
He takes about six pictures to make sure she will have enough. When Callie and April are leaving Callie turns back and yells to Pete over her shoulder. "Thanks Pete, I'm going to tell the chief how much of a help you were to us! We will also need more pictures in the future and we will make sure to always come to you."
When they finally have Arizona back up to her room she starts to wake up. "Aw, aw Calliope it hurts." She says a little louder then a whisper. "What? What hurts, I will make it better just tell me." She grabs Arizona's hand. "My leg, it stings really bad." She says a little louder. Callie cant bare to see her wife in pain. " Can you grab her some pain meds? Her first does is wearing off." April nods and runs out of the room.
It is past diner time when things start to settle down. Callie has changed Arizona's bandages a few times, started pumping antibiotics into her to ward off the infection and has gotten her pain meds stabilized to the point where she is not in a great deal of pain but can still have a conversation. Callie leans over Arizona suturing her forehead. She knows Mark should be the one to do this but she has not seen him all day. She decided to give him a little space. April walks in pushing a small bed on wheels. She carries blankets and pillows. "I thought you would want to stay here." "Yes thank you Kepner! You have been such a huge help to us," "Its not problem!" She leaves them to get settled.
A diner is dropped off for Arizona that she eats in less then two minutes. Once her stomach is full she starts to get sleepy. After her wife has been asleep for a while Callie pages April back. She meets her in the hallway. "Do you think you could stay with Arizona while I check on Mark? I have not seen him all day but I don't want Arizona to wake up and have nobody there." Of course. I will page you if she wakes up or needs anything." With that she takes off in search of her heart broken hearted best friend.
AN: Well there is another chapter for you! i hope you enjoyed it. I just had to put that part with Arizona on pain meds in because I needed her back to being happy even if it was just for a short time!