Chapter thirty
Chapter thirty plot- After four and a half long months the Twins finally get the okay to come home.
Four weeks later- September 20th
Sabrina Madelyn Karev- Maidenway- 6 pounds 1 ounce
Zachary David Karev- Maidenway- 6 pounds 5 ounces
"How are the twins today Dr Robbins?" Jo asks as she walks up to her in the NICU.
"They are both wonderful. Sabrina is now 6 pounds and 1 ounce and Zach is 6 pounds and 5 ounces," Arizona smiles.
Wow, I can't believe how my my precious babies have grown. They've gotten so big and that makes me oh so very happy.
"Alex will be up once he finishes his surgery," Jo says.
"How have you been since you started back working?" Arizona asks as Jo interacts with the twins, who were currently in the same incubator. The lid of the incubator was now open and the twins had been doing well enough to not need it closed anymore.
"Well, it's been better then I expected. I know I'm still department head and that comes with a lot of work, but being part time has really taken a load of my schedule," Jo smiles.
"What's it like having your husband job share head of Paeds?" Arizona asks.
"Fantastic. It really has. I was nervous at first because of the fact that we were married. I didn't want it to cause too much stress on our relationship but it really hasn't. We're on the same page about everything," Jo exclaims.
"Well, I'm pleased to hear it," Arizona replies.
"I think I'm going to bring Zara and Eloise in to see them this afternoon, is that okay?" Jo asks hopeful.
"Of course it is. As long as they're not sick of course," Arizona replies.
"They have been asking to see the twins all day yesterday. You wouldn't think that they only saw them the day before yesterday," Jo laughs.
I love seeing how much the older girls love the twins. Ruby and Lily are too little to really understand what's going on and while they have seen the twins they don't ask about them nearly as much and Zara and Eloise do. It must be an age thing.
"They're keen. I love to hear it," Arizona smiles.
"When do you think Alex and I will be able to take Sabrina and Zach home?" Jo asks hopeful.
"We're still right on schedule for the due date, don't worry," Arizona smiles.
"Woohoo," Jo says victoriously.
Two weeks later- October 14th 2030
Today Jo woke with a huge Spring in her step. Today was the day she and Alex had been waiting on for the past two weeks. Today was the day that their precious twins could come home.
I can't believe today is here. It both excites and frightens me. They've come so far and the prospect of leaving the safety net that is the hospital has me a little on edge. A cold with a Mirco-Premmie is never just a cold. A cough with a micro-Premmie is never just a cough. But in saying that today is a day that we both have been waiting for for so long. And I just can't wait to have them here.
Jo walked to the shower and got herself ready for the day. She put on a pair of jeans and a blue singlet. She then walked out into the hallway and grabbed her earrings from the table that was outside of the main bedroom.
Yum! Something smells soooo good. Alex must be cooking breakfast. Oh, and would you look at that, the girls' rooms are all empty. He must have got them all up. How did I not wake up during any of that?
"Baby, this smells great. Thank you so much for getting the girls up and ready," so smiles before she kisses each of the kids good morning. They were all sitting at the breakfast bar enjoying their breakfast.
"Toast?" Alex offers.
"Um, I'd love some," Jo smiles. "Thank you," Jo says as she grabs her plate off Alex. Jo heads down to the dinner table and grabs out her breast pump. She places the bump onto her breast and begins to express some milk for the twins while eating her breakfast. Alex joins her at the table.
"It always amazes me how you do that," Alex remarks.
"Do what?" Jo asks curiously.
"How your body can make food for another two humans and you can eat while you pump the milk out. You don't even wince or complain when you pump and I know it's very painful," Alex remarks.
"Oh it is very painful. It's like having someone bite your nipple constantly. But I've done it four times already, it really doesn't faze me," Jo laughs. "Now, are you ready for today?" She asks.
"I am more then ready. I've been waiting for this day for too long," he replies.
The pair were going to drop Lily and Ruby off to Steph's house for the day while Zara and Eloise were going to remain with them.
At the hospital
Jo holds Eloise's hand and Alex hold's Zara's hand as they walk through the main entry of the hospital.
"Good morning," Meredith smiles as she and Izzie walks over to the family.
"Hey," Izzie smiles.
"Morning," they both reply.
"Mummy, I have a question," Eloise says.
"Go ahead baby," Jo replies.
"Well, how are babies made?" She asks. Jo stops dead in her tracks with a fearful look on her face and looks over to Alex, who was equally as surprised by the question.
Crap. How am I supposed to answer this question. I thought I had another year at least... And then I was expecting the question from Zara...
Meredith chuckles, "this is gonna be good," she smiles.
"Oh dear," Izzie says anxiously.
"It's very simple Ellie. We learnt about it at school in sex ed. The mummy and the Daddy..." Eloise says before Alex covers her mouth with his hand. "Hey!" She moans.
Jo takes a deep breath and bends down to Eloise's level.
"We'll, um... Ah... Um, well you see when a mummy and a daddy love each other very much," Jo begins to say before stopping when her daughter interrupts her.
"No, how was my friend Jessica's baby brother Luke made? He was never in his mummy's tummy," Eloise replies puzzled.
"Oh, um, a medical procedure made him," Jo replies.
"Why did a medical procedure make a baby?" Eloise asks.
"Well, Luke's mummy and daddy wanted to have another baby, but Luke's mummy couldn't grow the baby in her stomach so Jessica and Luke's Aunty Abi offered to grow the baby inside of her tummy," Jo says.
"Did the doctors decide that they'd have a boy baby?" Eloise asks.
"No, the doctor doesn't decide when the gender of the baby is. That's up to the chromosomes," Jo says.
Okay... I'm pretty sure I'm drowning here...
"What are they?" Eloise asks.
"They're like letters. The Mummy gave the baby a letter X. And because the daddy gave the baby the letter Y it was a boy. But if the baby had given another letter X then the baby would have been a girl," Jo says.
"Why did Jessica's daddy get to pick Luke's gender?" Eloise asks.
"Well, he didn't really get to pick it because he didn't know what letter he's was giving the baby," Jo says.
"I don't get it though. How did Jessica's mummy and daddy make a baby inside her Aunty?" Eloise says frustrated.
"Um," Jo says Stumped as she looks to Alex.
"Sorry, but I don't know how to answer that question," Alex replies helplessly.
"I do!" Zara says excited.
"No you don't," Alex says quickly.
How the hell does Zara know? I bet she's just egging me on. All she's done is a very very basic sex ed class at school. I was there. She's great at doing that, at taking the Micky out of me when she's sees I'm drowning. Now, How do I make Artificial insemination and Petri dishes sound good? I'm pretty sure I'm screwed no matter how I answer this question.
"Do you know how when you make a cake you need dry ingredients like flour, and wet ingredients like Egg and an oven to bake it in?" Jo asks.
"Yeah," Eloise replies.
"Well, The doctor went inside Jessica's mummy and got the wet ingredients and Jessica's daddy gave them the dry ingredients. They mixed it all together and it went inside of her Aunty for nine months to Bake," Jo explains.
"That's cool! I wanna bake a cake inside of me!" Eloise says.
"No! No you don't! Eloise Paige Maidenway get that idea out of your head!" Jo says sternly.
"Yeah, you don't want that. Trust your mummy on that one. That's something you only want to do when you're an adult and in a very serious and responsible adult relationship," Alex adds.
"But you and mummy decided to have a baby and you guys were just friends," Zara replies.
"I thought mummy explained it all to you?" Alex asks.
"She did. But now your contradicting her and it's very confusing. You guys have gotta get your act together otherwise Eloise will be confused too," Zara replies.
"Okay. Thank you for your wonderful wise words of wisdom," Alex replies laughing.
Meredith laughs, "what?" Jo asks.
"I have never heard a more hilarious conversation about how babies are made," Meredith says, "I thought I was bad at it when Zola asked me," she smiles.
Well the kid did kind of blindside me and she screwed me over with the question...
"I'm not going to tell them that a doctor's collected eggs from the mummy using a giant needle and that the daddy peed in a cup and then they were fertilised in a Petri dish in a lab and then placed them inside of the Aunty," Jo whispers to Meredith.
"Fair point there. I give you an A+ for creativity. I would have never of thought of that one," she smiles.
"Wow, five girls. I don't envy you guys that's for sure," Izzie says.
"Please, don't judge me," Jo laughs.
"I am a parent like you Jo. I have every right to judge you. The fact that I don't is because you're my best friends Wife and I like you," Meredith replies.
Jo looks over to Izzie. "Oh, No judgement here. Like I said you've got five girls, I don't envy you. I actually feel bad for the girl when they start dating. Alex is going to to watch over them like a hawk and probably go on every date with them," Izzie replies.
"No guys are getting a chance coming near my girls until I'm dead. And even then I will have trained little Zach to protect his sisters and stop their fragile hearts from getting broken," Alex replies protectively.
"See what I mean?" Izzie asks.
"Oh yes, I feel bad for them already. But hey, I'm going to let it happen because I don't want our babies to grow up. Their growing to fast as it is," Jo replies smiling.
Alex, Jo, Eloise and Zara head up to the NICU where they were given the discharge papers and information for the twins. They had both just passed the infant carrier test with flying colours and were all ready to come home.
"Thank you for everything Arizona. Thank you for getting us our babies," Jo smiles as she picks up Sabrina's carrier and Alex picks up Zach's carrier.
"You are the best friend somebody could have," Alex says.
"You're welcome," Robbins replies.
"I know it's our job to help save lives, but I can't thank you enough. We will never be able to thank you enough," Jo says getting emotional.
Arizona walks over and gives Jo a much needed hug. "Are you ready baby?" Jo asks Alex.
"I am more then ready," he replies. "And please don't take this personally. But it's going to be fantastic not having to see you everyday," Alex grins.
"Likewise. Now you guys will be just fine. Just trust your instincts. You'll know what to do," Arizona replies.
"Let's do this again," Jo smiles.
I guess this is the start of a new adventure...