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Chapter 2
"What, what please tell me, I can see something is wrong it's written all over your face" Said Sarah, who looked as if she was just about to burst into tears.
Izzie sighed, "We have found a tear in your womb and there is a lot of blood. We are going to have to operate as soon as possible and maybe even deliver the baby. We are going to have to run some tests first to make sure that everything is ok with the baby and then we are going to get you down to theatre as soon as possible" said Izzie, carefully, trying not to break the new too harshly.
"What does that mean? Will my baby be ok?" replied Sarah as the tears which had sprung to her eyes started rolling down her cheeks.
"I'm so sorry, I have to go check on another patient" interrupted Addison as her beeper went off.
"Well, we wont know until we get in there but there is a very good chance that your baby might have some problems but then there is also a good chance that there wont be any at all so, let's get some tests done and we'll send you down to theatre"
"Alright, thank you Izzie" answered Sarah as Izzie left the room to go organise those tests.
"Will it hurt" asked Sarah just before she went under anaesthetic
"No you will be asleep, now count back from 10" replied Izzie as she put the mask over Sarah's mouth.
"Ten, nine, eighhhhhht, sevvveeen, sii" said Sarah groggily before she was out.
"Scalpel" said Izzie, the nurse handed Izzie the scalpel and the quite dangerous operation began. The time passed slowly as Izzie opened up Sarah's abdomen and found the tear. She drained the blood and this is where the operation went down hill. The baby's heart rate was rapidly dropping.
"I'm going to need to deliver this baby now!" Said Izzie quickly "Hand me the clamp."
Sarah's eyes opened slowly to unknown surroundings, she looked around and smiled when she saw a familiar face and remembered she was in the hospital.
"How did it go" she asked in a slightly worried voice when she saw Izzie's expression.
"Well we had a few complications, when we got in there it seemed that your womb wasn't just torn in one place but had little tears all over the place, the baby's heart rate started to drop so we had to deliver the baby. It was a successful delivery but your son's lungs weren't fully developed so he is in intensive care right now and is stabilised but he will need to stay here until he can breathe without assistance. The unfortunate news is that your womb was beyond repair so we had to perform an emergency hysterectomy, we removed your womb. This means that you will not be able to get pregnant anymore. I'm so sorry" Izzie added as she saw Sarah's face contort into a frown before bursting into tears, Izzie watched her whole body shake. She comforted the girl as she cried her poor heart out. This patient was bringing up some very painful memories and questions, suddenly Izzie began to feel very sick, she jumped up and ran out of the room into the nearest staff bathroom.
Izzie sat on the toilet and cried, she cried for what seemed like hours as she remembered herself in that position, when she was sixteen she had got pregnant and had to give up the baby at birth. She thought to herself what would have happened if I would have been in this situation and not been able to get pregnant. She could not imagine her life without her two beautiful kids. Right now Izzie needed nothing more than to be with her children, she would go and find Mark and go get the kids, but, she couldn't leave, not yet anyway her second shift had only just begun. She needed her husband. She needed to go find Mark. Izzie got up and dried her eyes. She walked up to the bathroom sink and washed her face, she looked up into the mirror. Her eyes were as red as a ripe tomato but she didn't care she had to get out of that bathroom now. She wiped her face with the tea towel and walked out.
Izzie walked up to the nurse's desk.
"Page Dr Sloan to go to his office, now, Please" added Izzie as she saw the nurse gape at her harsh tone, Izzie was never usually like this. She was known for her compassion and likeableness around the hospital. Although Izzie wasn't like her usual self now, she had a very good reason to be acting like this. Izzie walked to her husband's office, going over in her head what she was going to tell Mark. She could not delay it any longer, she needed to tell Mark what was going on, it was very important, she just could not work out how he was going to react to this news, and she had to tell him there was no question about it. But it wasn't just one thing she had to tell him it was more than that. Maybe it wouldn't be appropriate to tell him both at the same time, it has always been difficult for Mark to process stuff and he would not know how to feel once he knew these bits of news. No. She had to tell him right now, he was her husband and the father of all three of her children, he had to know.
Mark looked up as his wife as she entered his office. Izzie who usually wore a shiny and happy smile on her face had entered with a very upset and tear-stained face.
"Izzie what is it? What happened?" said Mark, very worried.
"Mark!" Izzie ran into Mark's arm and put her head on his chest. He did not know what to say. Mark had never been one of those guys who knew what to say at the right time.
"Izzie tell me what is going on, I want to help, but I can't until you tell me what has happened. Did somebody do something to you, say something, was it Korrev? I told him to stay the hell away from you."
"No, no, it wasn't Alex. I need to tell you something Mark, but, you might want to sit down. There are two things I need to tell you. About one you will be ecstatic but about the other you might not be very pleased with me, this is why I don't know if I want to tell you. Please don't judge me on this, it was years ago."
"Izzie, I won't judge I will just listen, please tell me what has got you upset, and start from the beginning"
"Ok, I have this patient, Sarah Herald; she is a 16 year old girl who was 38 weeks pregnant, during a ultrasound I found a tear in her womb, we operated immediately and when I opened her up I found not one, but multiple tears in her womb, I then had to deliver the baby and that all went ok but her womb was beyond repair so we had to perform a Hysterectomy. She can not get pregnant anymore.
I found this patient very hard to deal with because it brought up some painful memories and scars that I had put away for the sakes of our children. You see, when I was sixteen, I got pregnant and I could not take care of the baby. So I gave it up at birth.
Sarah made me think what I would I have done if I could not get pregnant, I can not even imagine life without our three beautiful children.
"Izzie I'm so sorry, have you ever tried to locate her see how she is doing or where she is? Oh my, Izzie did you just say three children? Are you pregnant again?"
"Yes Mark, I am. I am pregnant again, please just be happy I need you to be happy, I can't deal with it if you're not, so please Mark just tell me you want this baby!" answered Izzie her voice escalating thick with emotion.
"Izzie are you mad? Of course I'm happy, how could I not be? You and the kids are the best thing that has ever happened to me, do you not remember the mess I was before I came to Seattle and fell in love with you?"
"Oh Mark, I don't know what I would do without you" said Izzie as she walked into Mark's warm embrace. "But, I think I will need to track her down and find out what happened to my other daughter. I don't think I told you, but I named the baby after my mother, who died when I was 7. My mother's name was Ilana and I named my daughter Liana. In the mean time let's concentrate on this child" said Izzie calming down and rubbing her stomach.
The following day Izzie's shift didn't start until 7pm and went through the night until 3am, Mark wasn't very happy to have his wife back at that time of night but he didn't complain knowing very well that he would not be able to do anything about it anyway. First thing in the morning Izzie dropped Orchid at Levi's East preschool and Bindi at Ballerina Shoes, her dancing school and proceeded with her planned out day.
Izzie drove to Mercy West Hospital; this was the hospital at which she gave birth, to Liana, when she was sixteen. Izzie was hoping that the hospital would have some sort of record as to where her daughter was, or who had adopted her.
Izzie entered the hospital. She walked up to the nurse's desk and asked to have Dr Chris Clancy paged. She was asked to take a seat in the waiting room. Izzie was very nervous, she wasn't quite sure what she was going to say, but she knew she had to do something, so she sat and waited.
It did not take long for Dr Clancy to come; this meeting was going to be very nerve-racking for Izzie. She spoke with the Dr and tried to find some information on Liana.
"Hi, Dr Clancy, My name is Dr Isobel Stevens, on the 24th of April 1991; I gave birth to a little blonde haired girl, at this hospital and had to give her up for adoption. I was wondering if I could possibly have a look at the records of what happened to her. I'm trying to track her down, do you think you would be able to help me?"
"Please call me Chris, I insist, ah yes Isobel Stevens that does ring a certain bell. I do believe that you like to be called Izzie if I remember correct. Is that right?
"Yes, it is and please call me Izzie, again" answered Izzie with a large grin spreading across her face.
"Well I'm not really supposed to do this, but, let's go see what we can find about your daughter, follow me Izzie. What was her name?" added Chris as they approached a computer as he sat down to try find some information.
"Liana, Liana Stevens"
"Yes, here we go, Liana Stevens, given up at birth, Birth mother Isobel Stevens, Adoptive parents Meita and Patrick Greenery. We have an address listed here but if they have moved since the adoption, we wouldn't be able to help you this is as much information as we can give. I hope you find your daughter. Just ask one of the nurse's and she will print you out a copy of this information, good luck" he added this last bit as his beeper went off and he walked away.
Izzie sat in her car reading over the paper that the nurse had printed for her. Liana lived within 10 minutes drive from Mercy West, Izzie put aside all her fears and all her worries, and did think about what she was going to say. She switched on the car and drove until she arrived at 1483 Alaskan Way, Waterfront. Izzie got out of the car and approached the door. It was a light green and purple door, the top section with red and yellow coloured glass. Izzie knocked politely and waited.
An average size girl, with light blonde hair and a mirror image face of Izzie stood in the door way leaning against the post and chewing gum, quite loudly.
"Hey there how can I help you?" asked the girl
"Are you Liana Stevens?" replied Izzie
"Yes, I am who are you, would you like to see Meita?"
Izzie heart jumped, she knew it wasn't quite right, but she was very pleased that Meita couldn't replace her as her mother.
Izzie had no intention of taking Liana from her family, she just wanted to get to know her daughter, maybe even introduce her to her half sisters.
"Yes, please, I don't want to intrude but I would like to talk to both you and your adoptive parents."
"Well, yes alright, I'll just go fetch them, wait how did you know that I was adopted?"
"All in good time Liana"
"I don't mean to seem rude but I don't really know you so would you mind waiting out here on the porch, I was told never to invite strangers inside"
"Not at all" said Izzie chuckling.
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