April's View

Andrew tripped and fell down the stairs. He hit the floor at the bottom and started crying. Jackson ran over and crouched down next to him. Abigail ran over to me.

"Momma, I'm hungry." She said. I nodded.

"Hold on Abbie. Go see if Lily and Lucas want anything first." I told her. She nodded and went around Jackson and Andrew so she could go upstairs. I went over to Jackson and Andrew. Andrew was still crying and Jackson was trying to calm down while he looked over him for injuries.

"Buddy you have to tell me what hurts." Jackson said.

"My head and my knee." Andrew said between sobs.

"Okay buddy, can daddy look at it?" Jackson asked. Andrew nodded. Jackson looked over Andrew's right knee. A nasty looking bruise had already started to form but it didn't look to be anything serious. Jackson looked over his head and didn't find anything that looked serious. Just a little bump. He scooped Andrew up in his arms and carried him over to the couch where he laid him down.

"Do you think we should put some ice on his knee?" I asked. Jackson nodded.

"Wouldn't be a bad idea." He agreed. I nodded and went into the kitchen. I filled a zip-lock bag with ice and wrapped it in a towel, I went out into the living room again and put the ice on Andrew's knee.

"Hold this to your knee okay bud?" I asked. Andrew nodded and held the ice to his knee. Abigail, Lillian, and Lucas came running down the stairs.

"Mommy I'm hungry!" Lucas said. He was firmly grasping his blue blanket.

"Hold on Luke." I told him and picked him up.

"Mommy no put me down, I'm a big boy!" Lucas said and tried to wiggle free of my grasp. I rolled my eyes and put him back down on the floor.

"You're still my baby boy." I told him and kissed his cheek. He whipped my kiss off.

"Gross momma. I'm a big boy like Drew." Lucas told me. I smiled.

"Sure you are kiddo." I said and messed up his hair.

"Momma why is Drew crying?" Lillian asked.

"He fell down the stairs and hurt his knee Lil." I told her.

"Is he okay?" Lillian asked.

"He should be fine Lil." I told her.

"Mommy, I'm hungry." Lucas repeated. I smiled.

"Well what do you want for breakfast big boy?" I asked.

"I want a waffle." Lucas decided.

"A waffle? Is that all you eat kiddo? You're going to turn into a waffle pretty soon." I told him. Lucas shook his head.

"No I won't." Lucas said. I smiled.

"No one fools you do they?" I asked. Lucas grinned and shook his head.

"Nope." He said and sat down in his spot at the table.

"What do you girls want?" I asked.

"Eggs." They told me in unison. I smiled.

"You two are so in synch it's scary." I laughed and started on their breakfast.

"What's synch mean?" Lillian asked and sat down.

"Never mind, Drew buddy do you want something to eat?" I called.

"No momma." Andrew yelled back. I sighed, I had never seen Andrew cry over an injury before. Usually he shoots right back up and keeps running it worried me.

"Jackson!" I yelled. Jackson came into the kitchen.

"Yes dear?" He asked.

"Are you sure Andrew's knee is okay? He never complains this much." I said concerned and put Lucas's waffle in the toaster.

"Well I'm plastics April, so I could be wrong. Would it make you feel better if we took him to work with us to get an x-ray?" Jackson asked. I nodded and started on the girls eggs.

"It would make me feel loads better, I just want to be sure. He did fall pretty hard." I pointed out. Jackson nodded and kissed me on the cheek.

"We'll take him in then." He said and grabbed an orange juice from the fridge.

Kallye's view

My alarm went off and I rolled out of bed. I sighed and went into the bathroom to get a shower. When I came out Kimberly was sitting on the bed waiting for me.

"Hey Kimmy what are you doing up?" I asked.

"Whitney woke me up with her crying." Kimberly told me.

"Whitney's crying?" I asked. Kimberly nodded.

"That's what I came to tell you." Kimberly said. I ran into Whitney's room. She was sitting up in bed holding her stomach and crying.

"Whit Whit what's wrong?" I asked.

"My stomach hurts mommy." Whitney whined. I picked her up and carried her into our room. Kimberly followed me.

"Kimmy wake up daddy." I told her. Kimberly nodded and jumped on Alex. Alex groaned and sat up.

"Kimmy daddy's sleeping." Alex groaned.

"Daddy something is wrong with Whit Whit." Kimberly told him. Alex looked up and finally noticed me holding a crying Whitney. Alex got out of bed and came over to me.

"What happened?" Alex asked.

"Her stomach hurts." I told him.

"Hey Whit Whit, remember how we talked about rating pain?" He asked. Whitney nodded.

"Yes." She answered quietly.

"Okay good. I need you to rate your pain for me okay?" Alex asked. Whitney nodded.

"Nine." She whispered. I sighed and pushed the hair out of her eyes.

"Kimmy will you take Whitney to the living room to lay down on the couch while me and daddy talk?" I asked. Kimberly nodded. I smiled and put Whitney on the ground. Kimberly took Whitney's hand and walked with her out of the master bedroom.

"Should we take her to the ER?" Alex asked.

"I don't know Alex, you're the head of Peds." I said. Alex sighed.

"I think it could be her Appendix." Alex told me.

"She's so young. I even still have mine." I told him. Alex shrugged.

"So do I, but these things just happen." Alex said. Zachary and Toby came into the room. Toby was holding Zachary's hand.

"Mommy what's for breakfast?" Toby asked.

"I don't know kiddo, I think we're going to go to the hospital for breakfast." I told him. Toby nodded.

"Go get dressed, do you need help because of your cast?" Alex asked. Toby nodded.

"Okay kiddo, daddy will help you." I told him. Alex picked up Zack.

"I'll help you too, okay squirt?" Alex said and took Toby's hand before leaving the room. I sighed and went into the living room. Whitney was curled up in a ball clutching her pink blanket. Kimberly was watching her with concern.

"Kimmy why don't you go get dressed. I'll watch her until you get back okay?" I told Kimberly. She nodded and went upstairs. I sighed and stroked Whitney's hair. Alex came into the room a few minutes later, Toby and Zachary came in with him dressed and ready with their shoes on. I smiled and kissed Alex on the cheek. Kimberly came back downstairs dressed with her shoes on. Alex and I slipped on our shoes. Then Alex scooped Whitney off the couch and we all loaded up in the van. The ride to the hospital was awful. Whitney was in so much pain. Alex had paged Bailey already to meet us there so when we got there she was waiting with a gurney and a portable ultrasound machine. Meredith took the kids to the hospital day care for us. I held Whitney's hand while Bailey ran an exam and an ultrasound of Whitney's appendix. Bailey rushed Whitney into surgery when she discovered that it had ruptured. I made myself busy with charts so I wouldn't think about the fact that my three year old daughter was under the knife. I'd seen patients die before when I was an intern because we didn't get the Appendix out in time. Alex kept himself busy as well. Addison came over to me while I was in the ER charting.

"Hey I heard about Whitney, have you heard anything since she went in?" Addison asked me. I shook my head. Addison sighed and nodded. Callie came over.

"Hey Addison can I borrow you for a consult?" Callie asked. Addison nodded.

"Yeah."

"Oh hey Kallye, how's Whitney?" Callie asked.

"She's still in surgery." I told her. Callie nodded.

"Let me know okay?" She said. I nodded and Callie walked off followed by Addison. I sighed and put my head in my hands.