Home is wherever i'm with you

Don't give up, not yet no matter how hard it gets

"Mai. Mai. I am here. Where are are you?" Andy said on the phone  Maya was still sitting between her two daughters. "I am at the NICU, I'll come see you." "I am at the OB floor." Maya nodded and walked up to her daughters incubators. "I love you. I will be right back." She left and went to go see Andy.

"First of all. Congratulations, Maya you are a Mom." "Thanks. I am not happy yet. I am just scared. Terrified." "I know." Andy held her friend tight. "Do you want to see the babys?" "Yes. Definatly." Andy said, giving Maya a tissue.

"This is the eldest. Philomeena Kathrine, we want to call her Meena and this is Louise Andrea." Andy smiled, she knew the second name was probably because of Carinas brother, but she liked it anyway. "We picked the second names of people that mean a lot to us. Our Moms and Carinas brother and you. It was just perfect thar you share a name. Otherwise we needed another baby." Maya said. Andy cryed a little. Then the door was opened and another incubator was pushed in. "Deluca-Bishop?" The nurse asked. "Yes." Maya said. "Your youngest daughter. She is a fighter. We will see how she does through today, but she is very strong, although she is very light weight and had such a rough start. She is not breathing on her own right now, thats why she is itubated, but the doctor is hopeful." Maya broke down in tears. Looking at the tiny baby in the bed with all the leads and wires. Just like her older sisters, but also with a tube down her tiny throat. Maya felt sick. "What about my wife?" "I can get you an update, but when we were in the OR next to your wife and when we left they were still in there." "Thank you." Maya cryed and fell down on her chair. Andy held her tightly. "It will be okay. It will be fine." She wispered. Maya took her hearing aids out. Trying to silence everything, but silencing the outside world only ment the voices in her head grew louder and louder.

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"This isn't working. How are we with the blood?" "She has had 6 units and we have one running and two more here." A nurse said. "Damn it. The suture isnt holding. She is bleeding to much." "Her pressure is dropping." "Push sodium calcate. And page Addison Montgomery. Stat." Jo yelled. Thanking what ever higher being was there, that the doctor was at the clinic today.

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"Maya what is her name?" Andy said. Maya didn't react. The blonde stared at the monitores in a nearly catonic state. She hadn't slept in 30 hours as she had just come from a 24h shift when Carinas labour started. Andy tapped Mayas shoulder. Maya snaped out of her trance and put her hearing aids in. "Your daughter. She had no name yet." Andy said. Maya got up and walked to the incubator of her youngest. "Her name is Elisabeth Lucia. We want to call her Ellie." "Its nice. I suppose Lucia is Carinas Mother." "Was. Her mom is dead." Maya said, forcing herself not to think of her wife. "Do you want to call your mom?" Maya thought about it. "Yes." She said. Andy handed her her phone as she had Kathrine Bishops number aswell.

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"Willson. Whats wrong?" "She is bleeding out. And none of the sutures are holding." "Okay. Let me see." Addison stepped onto the table. " This is a mess. Suction." "I tried everything, i knew. Sutures different angles, i tryed to resect and reconect. It doesn't work." "Okay i'll try one more time and then we'll have to take it out." Jo swallowed hard.

"Okay this is not working. Lets do a hysterectomy." "There is no other way?"  "Dr. Willson. This is not your friend or Mentor right now. This is a patient a mother and a wife and we are saving her life." "Okay. Yes." "Damn it. She is crashing again. Push one of epi." They watched nervousily as Carinas vitals stabled again. "Okay. Lets do it."

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"Mom. Hey. I don't really know if this is a happy or a sad call." Maya said."You are scaring my Maya. I am at work. What happend? "Carina had the girls." "Oh my god. Really?" "Yes. They are premature, but two of the three are doing very good. The youngest had to have surgery, but she is okay now. " "That is great. Can you send me pictures? How is Carina?" "Mom. There were complications. Carina is still in surgery. They still don't know if she'll make it." "What? Oh honey." "When the our second was born she started bleeding, and then passed out in my arms. I held her lifeless body. There was so much blood." Maya was crying again. "Maya. Honey breathe. She is so strong and she has every reason to fight to come back." "Yes. Mom. Thank you. I am switching to video mode, if you want, to introduce you." "Yes. I have students with me, but they are working. Its an afternoon class. So not that important." "Mom. This is our youngest. Elisabeth Lucia. Called Ellie." "Hi little lady." Kathrine said. "This is the middle child. Although it sounds stupid they were all born the same day. This is Louise Andrea." Kathrine laughed and smiled at her granddaughter. "And this is Philomeena Kathrine, called Meena." That was when Kathrine started to cry. "You named her after me." "Yes. Mom." Kathrine smiled. "I will try to come to you as soon as i can. I will ask the principal today." "Its okay mom. They will be in the NICU for quite some time." "I want to be there for you and for Carina." "Thanks mom. I am... I am managing. Andy is here with me." "That is great, honey. I have to get back to my students. But please send me pictures. And please call me as soon as you know something about Carina." "I will." Maya said. "Bye, Mom." "Bye Maya. I love you." "Love you, too." Maya said and hung up.
Andy took a few pictures with her phone and sent them to Kathrine. Maya still didn't get hers from their room. Which will probably not be their room any longer. Carina will need to be in the ICU. Hopefully.
Mayas mind was spinning again. "Why is this taking so long?" "I don't know. But no updates is good. If it was over, they would have told you." Maya chuckled at the awfull truth. Andy held her tightly. "You know you are not alone. With the girls. Even if..." "Don't say it, please." Maya wispered. "I am just making sure, you know. But i still think, she will pull through."

Another hour later there was a knock at the door. And Jo and Addison came in. "She is alive and stable for now." She said and Mayas vision went black.