At the hospital they took one look at how little Elizabeth was and admitted her right away. Callie found herself sitting in a little room with Elizabeth laying in a crib with Doctors and nurses holding her down to take blood to test and hooking her up to all kinds of wires. Her temperature was up to 102 now and they gave her something to take it down. They asked Callie more questions then she could keep track up. Her mind was racing when suddenly the room was empty and quiet.

"Hi baby girl" Callie whispered taking Elizabeth's tiny hand in hers. In the giant crib she looked so tiny. Elizabeth was awake but she didn't turn her head towards Callie like she always did when Callie talked to her.

Over the next few hours Callie fielded calls from everyone in her family never taking her eyes off Elizabeth. The baby slept on and off but when she was awake she was listless and Callie couldn't get her to eat. Her fever was still going up hours later despite their tries to bring it down. Callie sighed shifting in her seat where she had been sitting vigil since they were admitted that morning. Her temperature was up to 103 when Lena knocked on the door and came in followed closely by Stef.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Callie asked.

"We wanted to come check on you, any change?" Stef asked reaching over to run her thumb over Elizabeth's cheek.

"No, she's getting worse" Callie sighed as Lena sat on the arm of her chair putting her arm around her.

"She will be ok, they have everyone watching her" Lena said.

"She's so little" Callie sighed.

"She will be ok" Stef said stronger then Lena did.

"Baby have you had a break?" Lena asked.

"I don't need a break" Callie shook her head.

"Why don't you go grab some food, stretch your legs. Momma and I will stay right here with her" Stef said.

"No, I'm not leaving" Callie said firmly.

"Ok, then how about I go get you some food? What do you feel like?" Lena asked standing up.

"I'm fine"

"Callie" Lena said giving her a look.

"Soup, something light" Callie said.

"Ok" Lena nodded leaving the room. Callie reached into the crib running her hand over Elizabeth's soft hair covering her head.

"You stopped answering phone calls" Stef said taking Lena's seat next to Callie.

"You guys were calling to much, nothing is happening" Callie said.

"Has she eaten much?"

"No, no she hasn't eaten and they might have to put a feeding tube in her. I don't know what happen, she was fine this morning. I don't know what I did" Callie said and suddenly she felt herself starting to break down.

"Oh love this isn't your fault! Babies get sick, kids get sick no matter what we do. You all had a trip to the hospital remember. Jesus had many… but even B broke his arm, you had your appendix out, Mariana got stitches in her foot, Jude got phenomena. Kids get sick, thats what children's hospitals are for. Nothing you did could cause this. Your a good mom. and she's going to be ok" Stef said.

"How do you know?" Callie asked.

"Because…she's just like you" Stef told her.

Lena came back and Callie played with the soup she had brought her taking a few bites. Elizabeth woke up again letting out a few weak cried.

"Hi baby, your not feeling well huh" Lena whispered running her hand over Elizabeth's head. The past week Elizabeth had started recognizing faces and Lena was someone who always brought a tiny, still trying to form smile to her face when she talked to her. But now Elizabeth's eyes were glazed over and she seemed to hardly be awake. Callie watched Lena with worried eyes as Elizabeth didn't react to her at all. A nurse came in checking the numbers on the monitor and taking her temperature again.

"Is it up?" Callie asked.

"I'm going to send the doctor in to give you an update" The nurse said leaving the room quickly.

"Thats not a good sign" Callie sighed.

"Let's not worry until there's something to worry about" Lena said.

"You don't think this is something to worry about! look at her she's never awake for more then 10 minutes" Callie cried pointing to the baby who was asleep again with Lena rubbing her arm.

"Hi, I'm sorry am I interrupting?" A blond doctor asked coming in.

"No, no come in" Callie said standing up as Stef and Lena took a step back.

"I'm doctor Robbins I'll be taking care of your daughter. It looks like Elizabeth's temp is still going up despite the fever reducers which is causing me a bit of worry. She's at 103.4 which is not dangerous yet but if it keeps going up we may get there. We ran tests but we can't find a reason for a fever we are starting her on a round of antibiotics and we will keep trying to bring her fever down"

"So you don't know why she is so sick?" Callie asked.

"Fevers are common in children and babies, there is not always a known reason for them. Unfortunately she is so young it could be because of something as minor as a cold she is fighting off. Fevers themselves are not a cause for worry, however one not responding to medication might be. We are going to keep pushing them tonight and reassess in the morning. I will have nurses monitoring her through the night and if she gets above 104 I will make sure I am paged back in to discuss some more intense ways to deal with it."

"What can we do until then? I mean she's not eating or waking up much..?"

"She is being kept hydrated by her IV so I don't think we need to worry about her nursing quiet yet. It doesn't hurt to try when she is awake, but I don't want you to stress over it yet. Let's see how she does over night before we start jumping into anything more major yet." Doctor Robbins said. She was kind and reassuring with a nice smile.

"So we'll just see how tonight goes?" Stef asked.

"These are my mom" Callie said suddenly realizing she forgot to explain who they were.

"Great to meet you, I know this is all scary and a lot to take in but we have Elizabeth, she is well taken care of. As her mom you need to relax a little bit because she can pick up on your emotions and you being stressed will make her more stressed. So how about we bring the worry down a little bit and I promise you if there is reason to worry more I will let you know and you can worry then. For now let's just see how she does tonight"

"Ok, thank you" Callie nodded.

"Try and get some rest, I will be back early tomorrow morning" Doctor Robbins said giving Callie a smile and leaving the room.

"It's late, you guys should get home" Callie said glancing at her watch seeing it was almost 8:00pm.

"Your Jude is watching your sister" Stef said.

"But don't you guys have work tomorrow?"

"Are you trying to get rid of us?" Lena asked.

"I just…I don't want you to feel like you have to be here" Callie sighed

"We want to be here for you girls" Stef said.

"Mom doesn't work tomorrow, she just had 8 days straight so she's off for 4 days, do you want her to stay with you?" Lena asked. Callie glanced up at her, she wanted to say no. She wanted to say no so bad and be able to handle this on her own and not make her mom stay in the hospital tonight. But Callie couldn't bring herself to say no, or shake her head so she just looked up at Lena and felt her momma searching her face.

"Ok" Lena nodded running her fingers through Callie's hair.

"Lucky for you, I didn't actually plan on leaving" Stef said pulling out a bag Callie hadn't seen her walk in with.

Lena went home soon after and Stef and Callie settled in for what Callie knew would be a long night. The TV was on low in the background being the only thing that marked time through the night. Elizabeth would wake up and Callie would try to get her to eat or be more alert but she had no energy to do more then lay in her arms. Callie sat with her on the couch in the room all night while Elizabeth slept on and off in her arms. Stef kept her company getting Callie food and water running a cool cloth over Elizabeth's neck trying to cool her down, calling nurses and doing everything Callie couldn't when she was holding the baby. It was early in the morning when Callie finally forced Stef to sit down and she started dozing in the recliner. Callie was laying back on the couch and Elizabeth was asleep on her chest. Callie could feel the heat coming off her little body and her back was hot to the touch.

The sun was coming up when Callie put Elizabeth back in her crib and Stef woke up at the noise.

"Did you get any sleep?" Stef asked sitting up.

"No" Callie shook her head.

"Any change in her?"

"No" Callie said again.

"Ok, why don't you go splash some water on your face clear your head I will sit with her" Stef said. Callie glanced back at Elizabeth and hesitated.

"The bathroom is right across the hall you will be back in 2 minutes it's ok" Stef assured her. Callie nodded.

When she came back Doctor Robbins was looking over Elizabeth.

"How is she?" Callie asked.

"She's still at 103.3, which is good. It's not going up she may be starting to respond to the medication. I know its frustrating but we just need to continue to wait this out. As long as it's not going up we are looking good. I'll be back soon to check on her again. So we can take the to worry down a bit more now, she's responding to the medicine"

"Ok, thank you" Callie said breathing a little sigh of relief. Doctor Robbins had left the room as Mariana came in.

"Hey, I wanted to come check on her before work" Mariana whispered.

"They think she might be getting better. At least she's not getting worse" Callie said as her sister pulled her into a tight hug and Callie felt herself soaking up some comfort. Mariana stayed for a while keeping Callie company while Stef went out to get breakfast. Callie picked at her food again taking a few bites before giving up. She tried to feed Elizabeth again but the baby still had no interest. Mariana left to go to work promising to come back later in the evening. Lena called and Stef talked to her for a while as the TV switched from the morning show to a talk show as the morning turned into afternoon. Stef tried to get Callie to go for a walk but Callie denied it and they were quiet for a while. Stef fell asleep on the couch and Callie felt her own eyes getting heavy. she fought to keep them awake as Elizabeth was checked on again. Her temp was down to 102 again and Callie felt herself relax a little more. Finally she put her head down on the side of Elizabeth's bed figuring if the baby so much as moved Callie would wake up.

Callie wasn't sure how much time had passed when she opened her eyes and found the bed empty. Callie raised her head seeing Stef across the room but instead of the baby being safety in her moms arms like Callie had thought Stef was still asleep herself. Callie sprang from her chair it made a loud noise as it scrapped across the floor.

"Hey hey! It's ok" A voice behind her whispered. Callie spun around to see Jesus sitting on the windowsill with Elizabeth curled up into his chest.

"What did you get here?" Callie whispered.

"About an hour ago, The nurses said you were both up all night I didn't want to wake you. then Elizabeth woke up and she looks so small in that bed" Jesus said. Callie skilled going over to her brother running her hand up and down the babies' back surprised to find she was cooler.

"They said her fever broke, she has a rash but that hot blond doctor said it was good. It's like the fever's way of leaving her body or something. She's pretty alert too" Jesus said lowering Elizabeth into Callie's arms.

"Hi little girl" Callie whispered as Elizabeth turned to look at Callie and Callie saw she finally recognized her face.

"They think she is in the clear. I didn't want to wake you though, she hasn't cried at all" Jesus said.

"Sh's 5 weeks old and you finally held her" Callie smiled at him.

"Yeah, well she looked so little, and I know if you were not dead tired you would have woken up when she did." Jesus shrugged it off.

"Your a good uncle" Callie whispered making him smile as Stef sat up stretching her back.

"Hey dude, when did you get here?" Stef asked.

"A while ago, he was taking care of her so we could sleep" Callie said winking at her brother.

"She looks like she's doing better" Stef said getting up to see Elizabeth as the baby turned her head to see her making them all smile

"Her fever broke" Jesus nodded.

"Hi darling, you look better" Stef whispered running her hand over her soft hair. Elizabeth looked at her and smiled a big toothless smile at Stef as Callie suddenly burst into tears over lack or sleep, relief, stress everything. Jesus slipped the baby from her arms into his own again as Stef gathered Callie into a hug.