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And here is another chapter!
Chapter Thirty-Five: Baby, Now I Know How You Feel What I Don't Know Is How You Do It
I pulled up at the hospital and threw the diaper bag over my shoulder. I then unbuckled the car seat from the car and carried it inside. I went straight to the residents lounge and set the car seat down on the table. I quickly changed into my scrubs before I unbuckled the straps and lifted the baby out of her seat. She had fallen asleep on the car ride over, but she woke up as I lifted her out of her car seat and into my arms.
"We're going to have fun today," I told her while I pulled the sling Cassy had packed out of the diaper bag. I put it on my front and then awkwardly placed the baby into it. I slung the diaper bag back over my shoulder and hurriedly headed out to do my rounds.
"Karev! Are you on my service today?" I called to Alex as he grabbed some charts from the nurses' station.
He shook his head. "No way am I working with a baby."
I rolled my eyes and went to my first patient, Mrs. Andrews. "Oh Stevens, you're with me today?"
"Yeah I am. Who's the cute baby?" She smiled and bent down so she was eye level with Molly.
"She's Erica's sister's. Her name is Molly."
"I'm sure that baby is incredibly fascinating and everything, but could you please take a look at my knee so I can get out of her. I'm extremely sick of being stuck in a hospital bed." Mrs. Andrews complained.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Andrews, let's take a look at that knee." I tried to examine the knee, but Molly was in the way. I awkwardly bent around her, but it wasn't effective. "Stevens, can you hold her for a moment?"
"Yeah, of course." I took the sling off and handed the baby to Stevens.
"Thanks." I examined Mrs. Andrews's knee and then said, "Mrs. Andrews you're good to go. You're knee is healing nicely and you should take it easy for the next few days, but you can go home."
"Oh thank God." She smiled at me.
"Doctor Stevens, can you get Mrs. Andrews's discharge papers please."
"Of course." Izzy left the room, taking Molly with her.
I left Mrs. Andrew's room and continued on my rounds. I had gotten through all my post op patients and was about to start my pre op patients when Izzy caught up with me in the hallway, out of breath and sweating.
"Stevens? What's with you?" I asked.
"You… left her… with me." She panted, holding Molly out in front of her.
"Oh, I thought you would just watch her while I did my rounds." I explained.
"I'm a resident, not a babysitter. If you want her to be babysat, take her down to the nursery." She shoved the baby into my arms. "I'm going to go see if any doctors need my help. As a doctor."
I rolled my eyes at how overdramatic all the residents were and pulled the sling back over my front.
"Mr. Mathews," I smiled as I walked into my next patients room. "Are you ready for your surgery this afternoon?"
Just as he was about to answer, Molly began to shriek.
"Shh," I whispered, bouncing the infant gently up and down. She wouldn't settle down. "I'm sorry Mr. Mathews, I'll be right back."
I left the room and pulled a toy out of the diaper bag. I waved it in front of Molly's face, but she still wasn't paying any attention to me. "Come on sweetie, don't you want to play with your monkey toy? Come on, Auntie Callie has rounds to do." I tried to soothe her, but nothing was working.
I tried more toys, I tried her blanket, her soother, her books… nothing would calm her down. Finally, as I was searching for a stuffed animal, I pulled a bottle out of the diaper bag to get it out of the way. She saw the bottle and reached her tiny fingers for it.
"Oh is this what you want?" I asked her, knowing I wasn't going to get a response. "Ok, well let's go heat it up."
I went to the staff room to heat the bottle and then sat down on the couch to food the baby. She smiled as I placed the bottle in her mouth. Her eyes began to close and she looked so relaxed in my arms.
When the bottle was almost empty, the door was thrown open and Molly jumped.
"Torres!" Doctor Bailey shouted. "What are you doing? You were supposed to be doing rounds! Why are none of your pre op patients prepared for their surgeries?" She was so angry her face seemed to be turning red.
"Erica's sister is in town for Thanksgiving and she wanted to take her other kids to a movie this afternoon so I offered to watch the baby for her." I explained calmly, lifting the now empty bottle out of Molly's mouth and sitting her up on my lap.
"You're a surgeon! You don't have time to be babysitting while you're at work!"
"I only have one surgery this afternoon and I figured I could take Molly with me on rounds, but she was hungry so I took a break. I'll get my rounds finished right away."
"And what are you going to do with the child when you are in surgery?"
"I was going to take her to the nursery for the couple hours I'm in surgery. Relax Miranda, I'll be fine."
"No! No you won't be fine! You should take the baby to the nursery now. You can't work with a baby strapped to you. Trust me on that one." She told me.
"No, I'm fine. Don't worry about me." I put Molly back in the sling and pulled the diaper bag back over my shoulder. "I'm going to go finish my rounds, I'll see you later."
I left the room and quickly went to finish up my rounds. They didn't take much longer, and now that Molly was fed, she was fine the entire time.
I met up with Addison in the cafeteria for lunch.
"Callie! You brought the baby with you to work?" She asked me as I sat down at the table with her.
"Yes, I'm watching Molly for the day." I smiled.
"Can I hold her?" Addison asked, holding out her arms for the smiling baby.
"Yeah sure." I handed her the baby. "I'm going to go make her some pablum, I'll be right back, ok?"
She nodded, playing peek-a-boo with Molly. I grinned as I left her and heated some milk n the microwave in the cafeteria. I mixed up some pablum in a baby sized bowl and then sat down next to Addison once more.
"Hold her while I feed her?" I asked.
"Sure. But did you bring a bib, she's going to make a mess."
"I don't think I did actually." I dug through the diaper bag looking for one. "But I have a change of clothes, so I can just change her once she's done eating."
I used the baby sized spoon to feed Molly. She did make a mess; getting pablum all over her face and her clothes. When she was finished, I took her into the bathroom to change her diaper, clean her up, and put her in new clothes.
I came back not much later and sat back down with Addison.
"I have to get back to work," Addison pouted. "Maybe I'll catch up with you later. Bye bye, Molly"
"Ok, I better get Molly down to the nursery. I have a surgery at one."
"I don't have another surgery until four, what time do you think you'll be done yours?" Addison asked.
"It should only take a couple hours at most." I told her.
"Do you want me to take the baby? I was just going to go get some research for my surgery next week done anyway, so I'm sure she won't be a problem."
"Thanks so much, Addie." I smiled and handed her the baby and the diaper bag. "There's toys, blankets, diapers, and everything else you should need in there. If she gets hungry, there is bottles and more pablum in there. And if you need me, you can page me. Oh, and here is Cassy's number, in case it's an emergency." I wrote the number down on a piece of paper and handed it to Addison. "You sure about this?"
"Yeah sure, don't worry about it Callie." She smiled at me. "We'll have fun! You go get to your surgery."
I did as she said. Luckily, my surgery actually only took an hour and a half, and the guy was perfectly fine afterwards. I went to find Addison as soon as I scrubbed out and changed out of my scrubs. I planned to pick up Molly and just take her home until later in the evening when I'd meet Cassy for dinner.
I went up to find Addison, but she wasn't in the library, the cafeteria, or the lounge. I paged her, but she didn't respond. I began to panic a little. I knew Molly was safe with Addison, Addison was a very trustworthy person whose entire life revolved around helping babies. But why wasn't she answer her page? Had something happened? Was Molly ok?
My cell phone rang at 2:03.
"Hello," I answered it.
"Callie, it's me, Addie."
"Addison, where are you? I've been looking for you everywhere!"
"Sorry, Molly started throwing up, and she had a bit of a fever too, so I took her upstairs for some tests."
"Is she ok?" I asked, a little worried.
"Well the throwing up was nothing, her food just didn't settle properly I guess, she seems to be fine now."
"Then what is it Addie?"
"Callie… I ran all sorts of tests… I just wanted to make sure I didn't… you know, brake the baby or anything."
"Addie, just spill, what's going on?"
"Callie… Molly has leukemia."
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