Sorry, for the late update but my computer crashed and I wrote my other fic before it crashed and I was about to write it when it crashed.
So, there will be one more chapter that is going to be kind of like an epilogue.
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Mark looked down at his daughter. She had just been taken into surgery. He had been allowed to come in with her. She looked terrified.
"Daddy, I'm scared." Grace said looking up at him with her eyes wide.
"I know, it's going to be fine. I'll be right here and so will Auntie Arizona and Auntie Bailey."
This slightly comforted her, but not really. He got an idea of how to distract her.
"Peanut I forgot how the song that Georgia and Elizabeth taught you last week goes. Can you sing it for me?" He asked. He knew the song, but he knew that she loved the song. Elizabeth, Grace, Georgia, and Chris all went to preschool at the Methodist church. It was the best preschool in Seattle and they loved it.
Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong,
They are weak but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.
Her clear and innocent voice broke through the silence of the OR and she continued to sing even after the oxygen mask was over her face.
When she got to the second verse Arizona and Bailey joined in. The mix of the three voices filled the OR.
Jesus loves me! He who died, Jesus loves me! loves me still,
Heaven's gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.
When I'm very weak and ill;
From His shining throne on high,
Comes to watch me where I lie.
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.
Towards the end of this verse Grace started to get quieter and barely sung at all, but Bailey and Arizona continued.
Jesus loves me! He will stay,
Close beside me all the way;
He's prepared a home for me,
And some day His face I'll see.
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.
When they finished they smiled down at Grace and the surgery began.
………..
Mark walked out of the OR to where a crowd had gathered in the OR hallway. The last time he had seen something like this was several years ago during Izzie's surgery.
"How is she?" Lexie asked as she walked towards him. He smiled as he looked into the OR beside him. Elizabeth, Georgia, and Chris were curled up asleep on the couch.
"She's good. We should be able to see here in about an hour." He said smiling down at Lexie.
She smiled and hugged him.
………….
About an hour later they entered Grace's room.
"Daaaaaaaaaaadddddyyyyyy…. Grace is napping." Elizabeth said smartly from where she was being held in Mark's arms.
"Sweetheart, she's going to wake up soon." Lexie said sitting down beside Grace and pulling Elizabeth into her lap.
Mark started to speak, but Elizabeth looked at him and said, "SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" very loudly, but as she was saying this Grace woke up.
"Hi Peanut." Mark said, going to sit on the bed beside Grace. He placed her head on his chest and as they quietly talked with her, he and Lexie listened to her clear easy breathing.