Hello to all! My apologies for being so late on this update. I've been pretty busy with school getting crazy and sports just killing me. I hope you enjoy!
When she was diagnosed with her heart problems Emma had never thought of it to be anything major. All she thought was that her heart just needed more work than the others and to her, that was okay. After Emma's first surgery she was all smiles and laughter. After the second her smile was still there but it was fading. When the third when rolled around the smiles were coming less and less. By the time Emma had her 4th repair on her heart she had realized that instead of her condition being something small, it had become a fight questionable worth fighting for. With the amount of meds, the scarring, countless days resting in the hospital while her parents were off saving the lives of other people in order to distract themselves from their sick child, Emma had realized after a very long time that her heart was a major thing. It was her 5th surgery in the last twelve years today and her first in nearly four years, which was a record for her.
Emma stared at the wall in front of her as the nurses prepped her for her surgery. The girl had been sitting there content with herself like this since she woke up this morning around 5 am, hours before an exhausted Addison had woke. Her mind was a scattered mess and the thought of her father kept running back into her head. For one of the first times ever Emma was actually afraid to be on the table under the knife again. Derek had always been there keeping her mind off of everything until they put in her under and until now she had never felt the nerves of any of it. As her daughter stared into space Addison kept her eyes on her daughter. The redhead could tell there was something going on with Emma just like any mother can tell something is up with their child. Obviously she wasn't going to be all happy and laughs because of the surgery but Emma looked like a zombie not saying a word and just staring.
"Well Ms. Emma it looks like you are all prepped for your surgery. The team will be in here in a few minutes to take you down." Smiled Emma's nurse tearing the girl from her thoughts. With a nod at the nurse Emma was back to staring at the blank space on the wall. Addison still sat observing her daughter. Clearing her throat, Addison finally spoke up.
"Emmy, something is wrong. What is it?"
The worry in Addison's voice had caught the teens attention, turning her head towards her mother Emma looked like she was about to break down. Her lip was quivering and her big blue eyes began filling with tears as she talked.
"He's not here mom." The innocence in her voice was heart wrenching as Addison watched her daughter breakdown. "He's not here mommy. Neither of them are here to be waiting in the ICU when I wake up and neither of them are here to tell me how everything went, and they're gone mom. They're both gone." Emma sobbed referring to Derek and Mark. The sounds of Emma sobbing nearly drove Addison to tears seeing the girl in pain. Grabbing the teen into a hug Addison tried calming Emma.
"Emma, everything is going to be fine.", she assured. " is going to fix your heart and you're going to come out just as new and you can go back to be that normal kid i see smiling every morning." Pulling away from the hug Emma looked at her mother. "Okay?" Addison asked looking at Emma's tear-stained face. With a vigorous nod Emma went back into her mother's embrace until a knock on the door interrupted the moment.
"They're ready for you upstairs" Karev stated from the doorway. Behind him stood three other surgeons waiting to take the girl up to her OR. Amongst the three was Arizona who was offering a warm smile as she stood behind Alex.
"Okay." Was all Emma said as she let go of her mother and the group of blue scrubs walked into the room. Emma slowly got up from her hospital bed and transferred herself onto the gurney. The team spent minutes making sure the girl was okay and comfortable until they finally began rolling her out of the room, Addison trailing close behind. WHen they had reached the elevator Addison knew this was her endpoint.
"I love you Emmy. I'll see you when you get out." was all Addison could say as they rolled Emma into the elevator. Blowing a kiss at her mother Emma mouthed 'I'll be okay' as the doors closed, leaving Addison standing looking at the closed shiny doors alone.
The ride up felt like years were passing just going up. Alex kept a close eye on Emma as she looked up at the lights in the ceiling trying not to freak out. "Mer wanted me to give you something." Alex spoke up beginning to dig in his pocket for something. Pulling the item out of his labcoat Emma's breath hitched in shock. Ferry boat scrub caps.
"Mer kept this after your dad died. She found it in his work locker and she wears it every surgery. She knew how much it calmed you having your dad around when you went into surgery. This is to calm all those nerves." Alex chattered holding out the scrub cap for Emma to take. "I'm not choosing sides Em but she's sorry if she hurt you and I think you need to try and talk to the women after you get out of your prison cell." Alex stopped talking after that sentence. The floor level dinged and the doors opened revealing the OR floor.
When Emma was finally pushed into the OR and she was situated on the table she looked at the anesthesiologist holding up the scrub cap in her hand.
"I want this on me please." she requested leaving the young man confused. Just as he was about to stutter out an explanation of why he couldn't do that Arizona stepped in taking the cloth out of Emma's hands and began fulfilling her request. "I have seen you have so much control over this hospital since you were Seattle's little sweetheart." Arizona spoke as she gently tied the cap over the girl's dark chestnut locks. "It doesn't change here Emma. Pierce is going to take care of you and we are all right here in case anything goes wrong."
After the words of wisdom from so many Emma knew she was ready. She knew that even though her father wasn't here to calm her nerves, she would be fine. She was in the hands of some of the best. "Okay. I'm ready." Emma informed. Counting back from 10 the anesthesiologist placed the mask on her face and within moments the girl was out.
"Well people. Let's get this over with." Pierce announced taking the 10-blade from the nurse beside her. The first hour of the procedure went smoothly. Locating the issues with Emma's heart wasn't any issue.
"Looks like I've go a crowd." Pierce announced continuing to do her work on the cut open girl. In the OR gallery sat numerous doctors she had seen and never seen before. Addison sat in the corner by the door with Richard Webber to the right of her, who was focused closely on every movement happening on the table. Joined by the the two were attendings like Torres, Amelia, Owen Hunt, Avery and so many more. Residents who had worked on Emma before or had known well of the girl also sat in the gallery observing the every move happening. Some people Emma had never even met were sitting in the OR watching.
"You've basically got this hospital's VIP lying on your table here Pierce." Arizona pointed out peering at the audience above. The surgeons didn't let their audience affect them and continued to tinker to replace the valve in her heart so the pump could properly start working again. Everything went as smooth as ever until the monitors started beeping erratically.
"BP dropping" Karev shouted out as the room turned into chaos.
"Shit, she's got a bleed somewhere." Pierce muttered out beginning to shove her hands into the chest cavity searching for the issue. The room was only filled with the beeping of the monitors that showed the deteriorating condition of her heart.
"PIERCE!" Alex yelled out when she hadn't found the bleed after 30 seconds. As the panic in the OR ran high so did the panic in the gallery.
Striking up at Alex's raised voice Addison tried seeing what was going on over the crowding of heads. "Richard. Richard they've got her right? Richard?!" Addison began yelling out as the beeping fastened and pierce had yet to find the bleed. And thats when everyones hearts came to halt when the monitor stopped beeping insanely and went into one solid, long lasting beep.
"SHE'S FLATLINING" screamed Karev as he began reaching for the paddles.
"FIND THE BLEED PIERCE" Screamed Addison from the gallery, becoming hysterical.
"Shepherd get Montgomery out of here." Richard stated, not taking his eyes off the mayhem. When Addison was still breaking down in the corner Richard got louder. "GET HER OUT OF HERE." He yelled. Amelia scurried quickly to Addison helping her up and taking her out of the room. The room continued to watch in horror in silence as Karev began defibrillating Emma.
As a little disclaimer, I am not at all a heart surgeon so I have no idea of the technically of my writing. I tried basing it off of scenes I had seen in Greys and doing a little bit of research on everything. SO with that being said if anything doesn't add up i apologize because I am not a heart surgeon and I just write for fun. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and I can't wait to post chapter 8 so you all can see what happens. Sorry I am a little evil for leaving a cliff hanger. As always thanks for reading and reviews are always welcomed. :)