Two
months later…so sorry i haven't updated sooner. very busy with exams :( only thing keeping me sane was Greys :)
Meredith lifted Natalie into the car and strapped her in.
'Derek, I'll see you at the hospital,'
'Mere, what time do you start?'
'Nine,'
'Love you, drive carefully,' Meredith threw her bag in the back.
'Now Miss Shepherd, are you looking forward to day care? Zoe and Ellie might be there,' Meredith turned the radio on and watched as Natalie started to wake up, the music making her happy. Meredith lifted her out, placing her down in her pram.
'I hope you didn't lift that pram out of the car?' Addison stood with her hand on Ellie's back, balancing her on her hip.
'Why?'
'Cause I will personally kick your ass,' Meredith strapped Natalie in and locked the car up. Natalie seemed to fall asleep as the music stopped keeping her awake.
'How are Ellie and Zoe?'
'Well Zoe is with Mark down in day care and I got a call from Derek to say that you were on your way and he was wondering if I would make sure you're ok,'
'I'm going to kill him,'
'Why would he want me to make sure you were ok?'
'I woke up during the night…dreaming about the accident,'
'Mere…'
'I know it's stupid but I can't get it out of my head. It's been nearly two years, I'm seven months pregnant and yet I still dream about the accident,'
'It's allowed,'
'I know I just…I don't want to think about it anymore,' Addison put Ellie down, still holding onto her hands. Addison had changed since having the twins. She had stopped wearing heels in work, she wasn't so fashion conscious. Meredith admired her for it. She was putting her kids first. Ellie stumbled forward into the day care room, Mark catching her before she fell.
'I hope you didn't lift the pram out the car yourself,'
'What are you two like? I'm fine. I can lift her pram out the car,'
'Meredith, just take things easy, growing our beautiful nephew in there,' Meredith put Natalie's pram over in the corner, Natalie still sleeping soundly.
'How's she sleeping at night?'
'Doesn't have as many nightmares now. Passed them onto me and Derek,'
'What do you mean?'
'He's the same. For the first five months of the pregnancy, that's all he would dream about. It's like he sorted it out in his head and I managed to unscramble it,' Addison rubbed the top of Meredith's back.
'It will pass, you'll see,' Meredith smiled and left them with Ellie and Zoe, heading up to the OR board. Sean Valentine was standing, checking over his surgeries.
'The very woman I'm looking for. I need you for a consult on a case, do you mind?' Meredith was taken aback by how nice he was.
'Yeah, give me five minutes. What room are they in?'
'5643, I'll get you up there,' Meredith scanned the board and headed up to the locker room.
'Hey, when did you get here?'
'About five minutes ago. How's Burke?'
'He's good. We need to talk though,'
'What have you done?'
'Not me. Izzie and George,'
'Christina your scaring me,'
'we have to hold a committee meeting, today,'
'Christina, spit it out,'
'George proposed to Izzie in Joes the other night,'
'oh and?'
'She ran and he went after her. Five minutes later she came back in her top inside out and a ring on her finger,'
'So they're engaged?'
'Yip,'
'Cool. How about you and Burke?'
'Don't give him ideas. Yeah it would be nice but I don't know,'
'You're frightened of the c word,'
'Shut up,'
'Commitment…you're frightened of commitment. Can you imagine yourself without Burke?'
'No,'
'Then there's your answer. You already are committed. I Have to go but page me when we're having the committee meeting. Page Derek too. Get Burke there as well. We need to talk,'
'Oh crap, what have you done?'
'You'll see,' Meredith lifted her pager and clipped it onto her scrub bottoms, leaving her lab coat behind.
'Dr Valentine, Where's the patients chart?'
'There you go,' Meredith took the chart and looked over the patients chart.
'Ok, Mr carter. Where has the pain in your head been?'
'It starts at the bottom of my neck and then works it's way up and over my head,'
'Ok. Have you suffered any dizziness or disorientation?'
'Once or twice,'
'Well after Dr valentine has finished his tests I'll send you down for a CT scan and an MRI to see what's going on ok?'
'Ok,' Meredith handed the chart back to Sean and headed along to the nurses station.
'Dr Shepherd, we've got a trauma coming in, they need a consult down in the pit,'
'Ok,' Meredith went down and waited for the trauma to come in.
'What have we got?'
'Female found down at the park, post trauma. Deep lacerations to right arm thighs and legs. Looks like a rape victim, deep bruising around her inner thighs. Severe burns to chest and back .BP 90 over 60, GCS is 4 ICPs stable but does have a large wound to the back of her head…and'
'And what?'
'Boot prints on her face and chest,'
'God almighty, ok get her set up on a ventilator. Page Burke and get an intern to stay with her. Get her down for a MRI and a full body scan stat,' Meredith checked the woman's eyes. Her right pupil was blown.
'Page me as soon as the results are in,' Meredith slipped out the room and went over to the other trauma that was being brought in.
'Stats?'
'Male, found outside with a deep wound to his leg and arms. That's all we know,'
'Get him into exam room four and get him hooked onto a monitor. Page Bailey and get her to do a follow up,' Meredith's pager went off, sending her up to the CT scans.
'Where are we?'
'She's just getting it done now,' Meredith sat down on the seat, her hand resting on her bump.
'Book an OR. Throw out who you have to. Where's Burke?'
'Right here, what have we got?'
'Rape victim. He jumped up and down on her. I need to operate now,'
'I'll be joining you. He's crushed all her rips on her left side. Her left lung has partially collapsed. I'll get her down there,'
'I need to page Mark Slone. He Burned her back and chest as well. I'll go and get scrubbed in,' Meredith eased herself up and headed down to OR two. The woman was wheeled in, her body looking more and more beaten every time Meredith saw her.
'You paged?' Mark stood at the scrub room door.
'Rape victim. She's been badly burned with something. I need you to take a look,'
'Show me the way,' Meredith put a mask on, as did Mark and she instructed for the young woman to be touched.
'Meredith, get out of here. Just go. I'll page another neuro,'
'Mark?'
'Just go,'
'What the hell is going on?'
'He's burned her with acid. These are acid burns. We need to seal off this OR. You need to go,'
'Why?'
'Can't you smell it?'
'No,'
'Get out and page Derek,'
'Mark why am I to leave just to page him?'
'The acid that he's used is known as mycosis parodectrin. It's toxic and it rots human skin away very very easily,'
'Why the hell are we all in here then?'
'Meredith, go NOW,' Meredith left Mark in the room and went along to the nurse's station.
'Page Dr Shepherd and tell him he's needed in OR two,' Meredith ripped the mask off her face and threw her scrub cap down.
'What's wrong?' Alex was standing leaning back on a wall, signing a chart.
'Mark just threw me out of an OR because a patient had acid burns on her back,'
'What kind of acid?'
'Mycosis parodectrin,'
'And with good reason. You need to go and get checked out,'
'Why?'
'The chemicals are toxic to unborn children, that's why he threw you out,'
'I didn't even think,'
'How long were you in contact with the patient for?'
'An hour maximum,'
'Ok, go down and see Addison, tell her what…' Alex stopped talking when a code red started blaring from OR two.
'Alex go,' Alex ran into the OR, followed by three nurses with packing. Meredith stood, waiting for Alex to come out but she didn't expect what she saw. Mark came out, Burkes arm packed.
'SOMEBODY GET ME A GURNEY!' Meredith pulled one over with help from a nurse.
'What the hell happened in there?'
'The anaesthesia mixed with the chemicals. Her back and chest went on fire,'
'She make it?' Meredith was holding the packing onto Burkes arm.
'No, it was too much for her,'
'Damn. How did his arm catch?'
'He was cracking her chest when it happened. His coat caught and we weren't quick enough to get it off,'
'Get him in here,' Burke tried to sit up, But realised what had happened and sat back down again.
'Get me more packing. I need to make sure I can save most of the skin,'
'Muscle or nerve damage?' two nurses came in with four packs and started peeling the old packing off. Meredith's breath caught in her throat.
'Doubt it, but we need to be careful, just in case,' Meredith nodded.
'I'll page Christina,' Meredith paged Christina, just saying that she was needed for a consult.
'You got something good,'
'Christina, it's not a consult I need you for,'
'We'll what?'
'Don't freak or panic,' Meredith opened the door to Burkes room and true to Christina, she didn't show emotion just stood, staring at his arm.
'What happened?'
'A patient code reded and it caught onto his coat,' Christina took hold of his hand, and gently rubbed the back of it, while watching Mark cover his burns of his other arm. Meredith stepped back.
'Dr Shepherd? I heard something happened in OR 2,'
'Derek…it's Burke,' Derek pushed the door open and looked at Mark.
'Third degree burns to his left arm,' Derek nodded at Burke and Christina. Leaving the room he walked over to Mereidth.
'How did the patient code red?'
'Acid burns,'
'Mere, tell me you weren't near the acid,'
'Just for an hour,'
'What kind of acid was it?'
'mycosis parodectrin,'
'Go and see Addison,'
'I'm going,' Meredith headed for the elevator when she bumped into Addison.
'I was just coming to see you. I've to be checked out or Derek will kick my ass, as will Alex, Burke and Mark,'
'Why?'
'I came into contact with mycosis parodectrin for about an hour, if that,'
'Did you touch it with your bare hands?'
'No,'
'Ok, get in there and take your scrub top off,' Meredith climbed up on the bed and waited for Addison to come back.
'I didn't understand why Mark was throwing me out of the OR,'
'He had good reason to. If the acid has had any effect on the baby, then, there will be small pockets in the amniotic sack of air,' Meredith watched the screen, waiting for Addison's response.
'So?'
'There are no pockets but you need to get down to Maternity,'
'Why I thought everything was fine?'
'It is, but I want to be sure. Get you set up with a banana bag just for an hour,'
'Ok,'
'Just for an hour. I don't want anything to happen to him or you for that matter,'
'I haven't had the best pregnancy's have I?'
'Nope and I don't think any pregnancy you have will be easy, Cause like they're mommy, they like to make a fuss and scare the crap out of us,'
'I don't,'
'Whatever you say Meredith,'
