Chapter 9: Bailey's Diagnoses
Early this morning Bailey was admitted to the hospital for what Alex thought was a 75% chance of scarlet fever. I stayed with Bailey while Derek took care of the girls. It's hard to take care of a sick child while having new-born babies to care for. When Bailey was born we had help from Callie as she was living with us for a while because of all the issues Callie had with Arizona cheating on her with another woman. When I found out I was pregnant with Lexie and Ellis both Derek and I thought Amelia would help like Callie did until she found out she was pregnant with Olivia.
Now that it's just Derek and I taking care of 4 children we are starting to find it difficult to care for them and go to work. "Momma were ZoZo" asked sick Bailey. "Bailey ZoZo is with Uncle Owen, your baby sisters and Daddy" explained Meredith. Before I knew it Alex came in with Bailey's throat culture. Alex had been waiting for the results for about 3 hours. "Okay Meredith, Bailey's throat culture came back negative for scarlet fever but I would like to do some more testing on him" explained Alex. "Okay Alex do what you must all I care about right now is Bailey feeling better'' explained Meredith. I knew that some tests come back as a false negative but why would they do it to my little boy.
After my talk with Alex I went through all of the things that could happen to Bailey. I was concerned for Bailey and I was praying that Bailey was going to be okay. I normally don't pray but when something tragic happens to me that's when I pray. The last time I prayed was about 7 months ago when Derek had gone missing. I looked at Bailey and he gave me his sad eyes he does when he's either sad, scared, or sick. After I looked at Bailey I gave Derek a call and asked him to get Bailey something special to make him feel better at the hospital.
While Derek was getting something for Bailey I overheard a nurse talking about a 3 year old little boy that has a possibility of scarlet fever but the labs came back negative. I quickly paged Alex to find out what was going on with Bailey. When Alex showed up, he had a panic look on his face. I quickly asked Alex what was wrong. "Bailey's new results are positive for scarlet fever, and I'm going to give him some medication but I would like him to stay at the hospital for a week before I can allow Derek and yourself take home Bailey, as it is a safety measure for your other children" explained Alex.
It has been a week since Bailey was admitted to the hospital, both Derek and I did shifts to be with Bailey and our other children. Today Bailey is coming home and I'm actually relived that Bailey is coming home to be with the family. It has been a long week in the hospital with Bailey, as I had visons of Bailey dying and both Derek and I have to say goodbye to our son at a young age, a parent should never lose a child before you but it happens, to a lot of people. Jackson and April are great examples of that as it has been a hard year for them as their son Samuel died with broken bone syndrome, and they decided to induce him and he was born 3 months early and died hours after his birth.
A/N: This scene in chapter 9 is actually a chapter in my novel that I'm hand writing and I have no intentions of copying somebody elses work. I really enjoyed writing all of Meredith's mixed feelings about Bailey. Stay tune for Chapter 10 it is going a great story.