Worthy •} jackson avery ; grey's anatomy

twenty one

"Morning Mel." Arizona said to me as I walked into the lounge.
"Hey." I replied as I walked to the closet and hung my stuff up. Most of the attendings are in here which is extremely rare.
"What's going on?" I asked her.
"Jackson was in here earlier, he wants everyone to meet him by Bailey's office." She said. I raised an eyebrow.
She shrugged her shoulders as if she read my mind. I guess we're all confused. I quickly went to change and saw that everyone was leaving.
"Do you know what this is about?" Alex asked me sipping his coffee. I shook my head no.
"Absolutely no idea."
I slipped my coat on and walked out with the rest.
We all were leaning against the balcony as Jackson started speaking.
"This won't take much of your time, but I just wanted to personally thank everyone for all the support that has been given to me. This isn't easy on anyone and April will be greatly missed. I know her legacy will live on forever but, Thank You"
The doctors clapped at his small little thank you speech.
"Oh and there will be a board meetint at 12." He finished off. Everyone walked their separate ways. I walked towards Jackson as he gave me a small smile when he saw me.
"Morning." He said licking his lips.
"Hey." I said returning the small smile.
Before I had a chance to continue talking to him we both were getting paged to the ER.
We both quickly went on the elevator and made it to the ER.
"Dr.Gates & Avery over here." Dr. Wilson said waving her hand in the air.
"Hey how can we help?" Jackson asked.
Wilson opened the curtain and there stood a young woman around my age with a worried boyfriend standing beside her.
"This is Nelly Chaves and her boyfriend Mike.  This is Dr. Gates and Dr. Avery." Wilson introduced us. We greeted them.
"Nelly recently got a butt implant. She came in complaining of pain in the area. She's been having a fever for a couple of days and there's blistering in the area." Jo explained.
Oh no.
Jackson and I put some gloves on as our eyes met. We both knew what this is, but want to confirm.
"Okay so we're going to examine you, can you turn over?" I said to her. She did and her whole butt was completely bruised. We looked for the scar which was right below her buttocks. They did indeed had blistering around it.
"Nelly where was the surgery done?" Jackson asked her.
"I went to Colombia to have it done." She said uneasily.
"How long ago?" I asked.
"A week."
"And how long has it been like this?" Jackson asked.
"Like just about 2 days." She said sweating.
"Alright Dr. Wilson let's get her admitted and then book an OR immediately." I said to her.
Wilson nodded and quickly went with her boyfriend to fill out some paper work.
"What I need surgery?!" She said scared.
"Nelly I need you to calm down okay. This is going to sound very scary but you have to remain calm okay?" I said trying to calm her down.
"You have Necrotizing Fasciitis. This is a flesh-eating virus. Bacteria must've entered the wound and well it spreads very quickly. You said this started around two days ago so we have to move quickly before things get worse. I'm going to have to remove the implants and get in there and try to salvage as much heathy tissue as well as removing the infected ones. We're going to put you on some antibiotics for now as you get moved into your room and have some blood work drawn clear you for surgery." Jackson explained. She took deep breaths and nodded.
"Okay." She stated.
She looked at me nervously as I gave her a small reassuring smile.
"We're going to take some pictures so we can prepare for the surgery okay?" I asked her. She nodded.
We got a camera and took some pictures with all different angles. I can tell you right now that finding healthy tissue is going to be a little difficult. The virus has been spreading all the way down to a bit below her buttocks. This means her complete butt is most likely all infected skin. Dr. Wilson came back and got her ready to move.
"Alright we'll see you soon." Jackson said. We took the camera upstairs to the x-ray room and got them on the screen.
"There's like no more healty tissue on her butt anymore." I said to Jackson looking at the pictures.
"Well the top layers are definitely infected but if we're lucky, the bottom layers maybe good." He said studying the pictures.
"What if theres not? You're going to have to make a skin graft in case."
"You're right. I will. " 
Just then we were getting paged once again. It was 911 for Nelly Chaves. We quickly ran out of the room and went to the room she was in.
"What happened?" I asked Wilson as I put gloves on.
"Her pressure is dropping, she's having difficulty breathing, and disorientation." Wilson explained.
"She's going into septic shock crap." I said.
"Is she going to be okay?" He worried boyfriend asked.
"I'm going to need you to step outside please." Jackson said to him and I grabbed an oxygen mask and put it around her head.
"Push 5ccs of Norepinephrine." I said. Within seconds her blood pressure rose but her body temperature was really low.
"Let's move her to the OR now." Jackson said as we started pushing her out of the room. Once we got to the OR they prepped her quickly in there as Jackson and I went to scrub in. 
I tied my mask and cap on.
We tried to wash our hands as quickly and as thoroughly as we could.
We held our arms up as we stepped inside the OR and we were gowned.
"Let's make sure she's wrapped in plently blankets we need to raise her body tempertaure." Jackson said.
We opened her up and the top layer's tissue was almost completely dead.
We removed most of it until we hit the implant.
"Damnit it. These specific type of implants are known for transmitting bacteria into the skin. That's why they're illegal and were removed from the USA FDA approved implants." Jackson removed the implants and set them in a bowl.
"How's her temperature?" I asked Dr. Wilson.
"It's still at  87°F" She said.
Despite that she went into septic shock, she's not clotting that much.
"Let's keep removing." Jackson said.
Minutes later we finally reached some healthy tissuse.
We all took deep breaths and were somewhat relieved.
"I definitely need skin grafts but I didn't have time to make them. Her butt is all salvaged now we just need to finish the thighs."
Me and Wilson nodded at Jackson. 
Before we could start the thighs, a nurse told me I was getting paged to the ER.
"Call them and tell them I'm in a surgery and can't leave." I said to her. She nodded and did as told.
"They said it's important and the only doctor they're requesting is you."
I sighed.
"It's okay go. I'll finish with Dr. Wilson here. We're going to have to open her up again so I can put in the grafts." Jackson said.
"Okay, page if me anything." I said letting Wilson take my spot and then scrubbed out quickly. I only took of my mask but didn't bother with the rest and quickly ran down to the ER.
"Who's been paging me like crazy?" I asked to the nurses.
"Bed 4." She said handing me a tablet. I walked to them to hear a crying baby. It sounded to familiar. I opened the curtain and saw Owen trying to comfort her.
I set the tablet down.
"What happened?" I asked taking Harriet into my arms.
"Shh it's okay." I said holding her close.
"She wouldn't stop crying or let anyone touch her. I didn't want to page Jackson so I paged you." Owen explained. Harriet calmed down and pointed towards her head.
"Does it hurt baby?" She nodded. I sat her down on the bed.
"She was playing with some toys when she fell down and hit her head against a block. One of her stiches came out and it started bleeding." Grace from the daycare said worried.
I put some gloves on and took off the gauze they had set there to stop the bleeding.
2 of her stiches were ready to be taken out but the other 2 weren't and one of the not ready ones was the one that fell out.
I cleaned the area gently and applied numbing cream. I was going to redo the ones that aren't ready and take out the good ones.
I took them out and she didn't cry.
"Good girl." I said with a smile. She cheered as we played with her until the numbing cream was ready.
I wiped it off and Owen handed me the sutures.
"Alright baby" I said insterting the first stich and and then the second. I tied it off good and then was all done.
"All done!" I said as she clapped her small hands making everyone chuckle.
I picked her up and kissed her cheeks.
I then handed her to Grace. I waved bye to her and so did she. They left and I stayed back with Owen.
"You know you're reallt good with her." He said. I threw away the suture kit and nodded.
"Yea she's a good baby." I said with a smile.
"How are you doing? I know you and April were close." I asked him.
He shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm okay. I mean it's weird not having her here you know. How's Jackson handling it? I haven't had a chance to talk with him."
"He wasn't so good at first but as you saw this morning, he's taking it better than I thought. "
"That's good. Not to make you uncomfortable or anything but, those two were something. They went through alot. Espeically when they lost baby Samuel."
"Yea, they really loved each other."
"Well I gotta go, see you around Mel."
I gave him a small smile as I walked back upstairs. I took my time and just reminisced over the conversation. Those two really did love each other alot. I guess Jackson and I may never reach that level. Well, maybe not him with me.