What if Derek didnt die

by Meggie8ter

this is a alternate story of what would have happened if Derek didn't die, and how the couple deal with the idea of improving their relationship as a couple and coping with Meredith's big surprise she has for Derek.

12. Chapter 12

Chapter 12: The Medical Mystery of Derek Christopher Shepherd

It has only been 2 hours since Derek had his operation and he still has a fever and is still vomiting, Dr. Bailey says it's natural after having an appendicitis but I don't remember having this problem when I had appendicitis when I was an intern. Fighting for a person that you love is the hardest thing to do, I myself never thought it would happen to me. Sitting next to a sickly Derek makes me feel sad and helpless like I did 4 months ago when Bailey had scarlet fever. Derek has always been here for me and now I'm here for him. After 4 hours after Derek's surgery I paged Dr. Bailey again as his condition has gotten worse with time.

I thought of what I would be like if I was a single mother, and the thought was awful as we have been through so much and that Derek was going to make it. To get my mind off of Derek I went to the day-care to see my beautiful children, as I was with the children I heard a page for Maggie Peirce saying a patient was coding in room 409. After I heard the page I ran to the room seeing Derek lying flat down like most coding patients. I began to have a panic attack and I don't remember what happen when I had the panic attack, the next thing I remember is landing in a hospital room right next to Derek's. Maggie came in and told me that she is taking Derek for a CT for his heart. "Maggie what do you think it is and can you help him'' asked Meredith. "Meredith I think it is a cardo blockage which is the reason for the fainting but the fever and vomiting is a whole different diagnoses that Dr. Bailey has fixed" explained Maggie.

I trusted Maggie as she is my half-sister from my mother and we get along great with each other. While Derek was in the CT Callie walked by and asked how I was doing. I wasn't sure what had happened and why I was on an IV or even in a hospital bed. I was also hooked up to monitors that were directly to my heart. I began to think that maybe Derek has a viral infection in his heart as most of his symptoms are related to a heart infection. I then realized that when I have a panic attack my heart is going a mile a minute and that it needs to be monitored when I have one. The last time I had a panic attack was when there was a shooting in the hospital but I guess it wasn't as bad as the one that landed me into this room next to Derek.

After Derek's CT Maggie explained that he indeed did have a viral infection in his heart. She also told me that he would need to me monitored in the hospital until it gets better. I was relieved that somebody actually found out what was going on. During the conversation with Maggie Derek woke up asking for me. I was able to go to the next room to see him. "Meredith what's going on and why does my side hurt" asked Derek. "Derek you had appendicitis and Dr. Bailey had to operate, she said your side would feel better with time, you also have a heart infection that Maggie is watching" explained Meredith. After I explained to Derek about his condition I got a call from the Day-care to find out that Derek Bailey Shepherd got into a fight with another child over play-doh, and I had to pick him up. This reminded me of the time Dr. Bailey's son Tuck got in a fight over a cookie when he was a baby. I don't know what has gotten into Bailey lately because between Derek and myself we get 5 calls a week, with him either fighting with the other children or him not listening to the director. Derek seems to think its because he's not getting enough time with either one of us due to the Lexie, and Ellis taken up most of our time. We didn't have this problem with Zola when Bailey was born so I don't know why we are having it with Bailey.

It was a week later and Derek was well enough to go home. I was happy to have Derek home because I had to call Alex multiple times to help me with Bailey as he was refusing to do anything I told him, or even just to get him to eat. Derek told me when he was in the hospital that he was going to try to spend a little more time with Bailey. I told Derek that Bailey was showing signs of Autism. Derek agreed that Bailey was showing signs of Autism, and needs to be tested. Both Derek and Myself decided that we would get Bailey checked out but in order to get Bailey tested we would have to travel to a Neurosurgeon that is not close to the situation which would mean we would have to go across country to get the diagnoses.