Stole My Heart ❤️ {A Jackson Avery love story}

Chapter 151:

I'm walking through the halls with Jackson minding our business when I get a email. I was shocked to see that Pierce was quitting.

Delilah: is this real?

Suddenly, I hear Bailey's voice behind us.

Bailey: wait. Maggie Pierce is quitting?!
Jackson: I know. Delilah and I are into it.

Then, Owen joins us.

Owen: Avery, Avery-Shepherd, tell me I'm not losing another cardio Chief.
Delilah: Jackson and I are into it Owen, okay? Catherine's already called us both twice. I love the woman, but it's a PR nightmare.
Bailey: she's damn right it is– first Russell, then Yang, now Pierce?
Owen: Yang and I busted our asses interviewing people, and now I have to start this whole process over?
Bailey: well, evidently, because it looks like we hire from week to week. We're a revolving door. Hey, you heard about Pierce?

I turn around to look at Webber who joined the group.

Webber: uh, yeah. I just read the email.
Bailey: well, what should we do?
Webber: I don't see anything we can do
Bailey: well... I mean, we should talk to her.
Webber: not me.

Webber walks off.

Bailey: we– okay, well, I didn't mean you! I meant all of us! We should get the whole board together, do a full court press.
Jackson: uh, yeah, yeah. You spearhead that.
Delilah: yeah Bailey.
Bailey: well, I will. Lucky for you, the board just got a transfusion of new blood. Maybe I could keep this place from looking like a clown car. Maggie Pierce cannot quit.

-later-

I walk into the OR with Amy to find Pierce with a patient.

Amy: you cannot quit.
Maggie: uh-huh. Word's out. How you feeling Roy?
Roy: I like this mattress. I got to get me one of these. Mine is all foofy.
Maggie: we will see what we can do.
Amy: what is this about you resigning?
Maggie: graft's deployed. Let's inject the dye.
Amy: will you at least tell me why you're leaving.
Maggie: that is between me and my employer Dr. Shepherd.
Amy: ah.
Maggie: I'm seeing diminished perfusion to the spine.

I stand at the end of the table towards his toes.

Delilah: Roy, wiggle your toes for me please.

I watch the toes, but they don't wiggle.

Roy: like that?
Maggie: wiggle a little harder.
Delilah: Amy, check his babinski reflex.

Amy checks and his toes fan out.

Maggie: when the toes fan out reflexively, what's that indicate?
Jo: just what you're afraid of– high spinal injury. Is he paralyzed?
Maggie: try it again.
Roy: s-something's wrong? I can't feel my legs. What's happening?
Maggie: Roy, it's possible that the blood to your spine has been cut off by the graft, but I'm gonna do everything I can to fix it, okay?
Roy: okay. Please do. Please.
Maggie: I'm gonna give you something to let you sleep.
Delilah: start with trying to induce hypertension. See if we can enhance spinal perfusion.

I page my dad to help out and we go on. As we roll the guy on his side, dad comes in.

Dad: what do you need?
Delilah: looks like paralysis caused by SCI during a tevar procedure.
Maggie: I've induced hypertension and adjusted the stent to alleviate, but nothing has worked.
Amy: he needs immediate spinal-cord drainage.
Dad: you and Amy are here. Why do you need me?
Delilah: I have stuff to do, and Amy has to help me out, so you can take it. Perks of being Chief of Neuro.