"Dr Robbins, we need to get you up on your feet today," Craig the physical therapist says when he stops by her room the next morning.
"Great Craig, I've been expecting you," Arizona replies swinging her legs off the bed.
"Uh, Dr Robbins, wait for me, I need to get everything set up first," he explains rushing over to her.
"Look, I'll confess, I'm a little bit ahead of you. I've been getting out of bed on my own, just standing though," she informs him.
"Well, that changes things. So you've been bearing weight on both legs?" he asks.
"Yes," she confirms.
"Let's see," he replies.
Arizona stands up and Craig places the walker in front of her. She places her hands on it and then begins to move forward, pushing it as she goes but not really using it for support.
"Now Dr Robbins, the walker is there for your safety," he says admonishing her lightly.
"I know, but I don't want to rely on it," she replies, sweat beads form on her face and her muscles begin trembling at the exertion of just moving around the room.
"I think that's enough for now," Craig replies going over to her and standing in front of her.
"Just let me make it back over to the bed," Arizona grunts.
"Dr Robbins, I really think this is too much, let me help you back," he says stepping up behind her and carefully following her back to the bed.
Once she's settled in, he pulls up a chair and looks her in the eye. "I'm going to leave the walker here, but no using it on your own. I'll let the nurses know that you should use it just to go out to the desk and back no more than once every two hours. Tomorrow we'll bring you down to the PT room and we'll work on a variety of exercises to help you get your strength back," he explains.
Resting after the exertion of her PT session, Arizona is half asleep when she glances up to see her mom with Sofia.
"There's my baby girl!" the blonde exclaims excitedly.
Barbara sits the baby on the bed beside Arizona and then sits in the chair beside the bed.
"Sofia, I missed you so much," Arizona says kissing her daughter's head. "Mom, how has she been? How are you and Dad?" she asks concerned.
"Arizona, we're fine and Sofia is such a good baby, sweetheart, your father and I have treasured this time with her, but we're just so happy that you're feeling better." Barbara replies.
"I'm glad to be back," Arizona replies running her hands through the baby's fine hair.
"How was PT today?" Barbara asks noticing the walker in the corner of the room. "Are you walking already?"
"Uh, yeah. I started standing yesterday and today I walked around the room, it went great. The therapist says that I can start tomorrow morning in the PT room," Arizona says brightly.
"You are just like your father, stubborn to the core, just please be careful and don't push too hard," she cautions her daughter.
"Mom, I'm a physician, I know just how much I can push," Arizona replies confidently.
"Is that so?" Callie asks entering the room.
"Hello Calliope!" Arizona practically sings her name.
"Hey little miss," Callie says walking over and sitting on the bed and kissing her daughter. "Don't think Craig didn't call me and report on your PT session this morning," she says glaring at her wife.
"It's fine Cal, but I need to get my stamina back," Arizona replies matter of factly.
"Seriously you need to relax, you just woke up from a medically induced coma like 48 hours ago," Callie points out.
"Which is exactly why I need to get moving, I have missed too much already. Look at her, she's sitting up on her own, soon she'll be walking," Arizona replies watching Sofia rocking back and forth.
"Arizona you haven't missed that much, when your memory comes back you'll realize that," Callie replies.
That evening they eat dinner together in Arizona's room and Daniel brings up the subject of physical therapy. '
"Now Arizona, just remember that when it comes to PT, you can't over do it, listen to the therapist," Daniel instructs her.
"That's really good advice, Daniel." Callie remarks.
"He's only saying that because he ruptured a disc in PT overdoing it," Arizona points out. "He's worse than I am."
"Well that remains to be seen," Callie replies sarcastically. "Honey, please be careful tomorrow in PT. As much as I want you up and around, I don't want you to do too much and have a set back."
"I know and I promise, I'll be careful. I just really want my life back," Arizona says impatiently.
"You're amazing," the blonde says when Callie returns from walking Barbara and Daniel out to the elevator.
"No, you are. I get it now, Arizona after the car wreck you had me in a coma and Sofia in NICU and you did it alone, at least I have your parents here to help me," Callie points out.
"I wasn't alone, I had Mark and once Sofia was born, we worked out a system, so one of us was always with one of you," Arizona explains. "Cristina and Alex helped cover the gaps and you better believe that Bailey was in there too."
Callie sits down on the bed and they snuggle in together like they did the previous night.
"Hmm, this is amazing, but think how much better it will be when I'm home and we're in our own bed," Arizona says yawning.
"Let's get you on your feet first, then we'll get you home," Callie says kissing her lightly on the lips.
The next morning Arizona begs the nurse to let her shower and when Callie comes in after rounds, the blonde is bright and clean and her hair is in braids.
"How do you feel this morning? Callie asks entering the room pushing a wheelchair.
"I feel fantastic, Ashley let me shower and wash my hair, then she helped me braid it," Arizona says showing it off.
"You look beautiful. So, are you ready for PT, I told Craig that I'd take you down there," Callie says pointing to the wheelchair.
"I don't need that, I can walk there," Arizona says standing up slowly from the bed.
"Arizona, we'll take the wheelchair, this is your first session," Callie reminds her.
"Okay, but I'm walking back," the blonde says trying to negotiate.
"We'll see how you feel, Craig has quite the workout planned for you," Callie promises.
"Good," Arizona replies, "because I'm ready for it."
Waking up from her afternoon nap after the grueling physical therapy session, Arizona is so delighted to see her mom standing out at the nurses' station with Sofia that she slips out of bed and walks slowly to the door.
"Mom," Arizona says and they all look startled to see the blonde in the doorway of the room.
"Dr Robbins, you're not to be walking unassisted," Ashley reminds her as she rushes over to help her back into bed.
"Ashley, maybe I could sit in the chair for a bit," Arizona asks as they pass the recliner in the corner.
The nurse agrees and helps her get situated as Barbara enters the room with the baby.
"Do you want to try to hold her on your lap?" Barbara asks her daughter.
"Yes, please," Arizona says excited to have her daughter close again.
"She's growing so much, how much does she weigh now?" Arizona asks.
"She's right around 12 pounds," Barbara replies.
"Okay, well that's great considering she was born at 23 weeks," Arizona remarks.
"You remember that?" her mom asks.
"Oh, I do. Yay, I am remembering more all the time. In fact, I'm remembering that I called you and told you when she was born, I was so scared that day and Mom you were amazing. I actually don't think I ever said thank you for that," Arizona says her voice breaking, "Mom, thank you for that and for everything, I'm so sorry that you've had to be here so long, but don't worry, I'll be back on my feet soon and you and Dad can get back to Baltimore."
"Well, actually we're talking about selling the house and moving to Seattle," Barbara informs her daughter, "What do you think about having us around all the time?" she asks.
"Uh, wow, yes. I think that would be awesome," Arizona stammers. "Are you sure that you guys want to do that? All your friends are there. Who will Dad play golf with and actually, the weather here is terrible for golf, he'll hate it."
"It was his idea," Barbara replies. "We miss you and we want to see this sweet pea grow up," she adds.
"Hello!" Callie says entering the room and stopping to kiss Arizona, then Sofia before giving Barbara a light hug before sitting on the end of the bed. "How are you feeling?" she finally asks.
"I'm feeling great and today I remembered the day Sofia was born. Oh and Bailey performed our wedding because the minster didn't show up," Arizona replies.
"She did, that's great Arizona, have you seen Derek yet today?" Callie asks.
"He stopped by PT, but said he'd come by the room at the end of the day," Arizona says as Sofia begins to get restless in the chair.
"Here, let me take her," Callie says going over and picking up the child and then sitting back down on the bed with her.
Arizona stands up and moves over to sit on the bed with them and Callie smiles brightly.
"Uh wow, you're moving really well," she says proudly.
"Yes and I'll be out of here in another week, so I need to build up my stamina," she points out.
"You may be out of here in another week or so," Callie counters.
"No I'll be home next week, just wait," Arizona challenges.
"I would love to have you home next week," Callie says not rising to the challenge and instead leaning forward and kissing her lightly. "Now what else have you remembered today?"
"More bits and pieces, but what I really wanted to remember is Sofia's first Christmas," Arizona says softly kissing her daughter's head.
"Well don't worry about that because Mark videotaped it," Callie says leaning in to reassure her. Then laughing she adds, "He has videotaped everything actually."
"Hey, how's my blonde baby mama doing?" Mark asks entering the room loudly and kissing the blonde's head, then Sofia's.
Then noticing that Barbara is there he flushes, "Oh, I'm sorry Mrs Robbins, I didn't realize you were here," he apologizes.
"You know what, I think that I'll let you all visit and I'm going to go for a little walk," Barbara says excusing herself.
Arizona looks over at Callie worriedly then looks back to her mom, "Cal…" she begins to say.
"Got it, be right back," she says standing up to follow her. "Mark stay here with them."
"No place I'd rather be," he quips. "So Derek says your memory sucks, don't worry, I've videotaped everything you missed."
Smiling and rolling her eyes at him, Arizona laughs. Sofia has snuggled into her and is half asleep on her chest. "I hear that congratulations are in order, you're engaged."
"I am and it's because of you," he says staring right at her.
"Me? What did I do?" she questions.
"You told me to suck it up. And if I loved her, then I needed to tell her and quit screwing around," he replies. "The next day we went out and bought a ring and that night I asked her to marry me."
"That's great Mark, so when is the wedding? Have you set a date?" Arizona asks, still beaming happily.
"We've been waiting for you to wake up to plan the wedding, because I need you to be my best man," he replies.
"Me? Not Derek?" she asks.
"You," he says leaning forward and kissing her forehead. "You're my best man," he repeats.