The Accident

Part 2

"She is," Meredith said, nodding, "She is in a medically induced coma in the ICU right now. Everything was repaired well, but we are worried about infection because her small intestine was punctured. We had to remove about a foot of it as well, but she should recover just fine from that. She lost her left kidney, unfortunately. Her aorta was repaired, and we will watch it to make sure, but she got extremely lucky there. If that metal shard would have moved at all, she would have bled out. Her ribs look good, and while she does still have a chest tube, it's just a precaution and will probably be out by tomorrow. She is in for a long road, but if the next couple of days go well, I am confident she will make a full recovery."

"Thank you," Carina said, giving all of them hugs, "Um...Can I see her?"

"Of course," Owen nodded, "The nurses are just getting her settled. I will send someone to come find you when she's ready?"

"Ok," Carina nodded, "I need to go tell her team anyway. Are they all still in the lobby?"

"Yeah," Schmitt said, "Would you like me to come with you and give them the update?"

"Please," Carina said, the exhaustion of the day starting to hit her now that she knew Maya was at least alive.

"Do you want me to go get you a coffee or something to eat?" Amelia asked as Meredith and Owen walked away.

"Coffee would be good, si," Carina said, "But then you should go home. I will be fine."

"I think I'm going to stick around for a while," Amelia said, "I have a pretty important patient who I want to keep an eye on."

"Sorry," Carina said as they walked out of the chapel, "You should go check on them. You have been with me for...hours I think, though it feels like days. I don't mean to keep you from your important patient."

"Carina, I was talking about Maya," Amelia said, looking at her, realizing just how out of it her friend really was, "I am going to stick around for Maya, and for you. Link is working and Scout is with his grandparents so I am good to stay. I'll go grab some coffee and I'll meet you in the lobby?"

Carina nodded, following Schmitt to where all the firefighters were gathered. As soon as Carina walked in, Station 19 A shift walked up to her, everyone else hanging back.

"You can tell them everything," Carina said as Ben walked over to her, putting a hand on her shoulder as Schmitt started explaining what was going on.

Carina was pretty convinced that apart from Ben, as soon as 19 heard their captain had pulled through, they all stopped listening.

"Can we see her?" Andy asked, looking both at Schmitt and Carina.

"There are only two people allowed in the ICU rooms at a time," Schmitt said.

"Why don't we let Herrera go today," Ben said, "And the rest of us can wait, can go sit with Hughes and Montgomery and go see the captain tomorrow."

Everyone nodded, having been taking turns sitting with Travis and Vic the entire time Maya was in surgery. In fact, Jack had just gotten back and Andy was getting ready to go when Carina had walked in.

"We have to wait for them to get her settled before we can go up," Carina said, looking at Andy.

"How are you holding up?" Andy asked as the guys went to inform the rest of the station about what was going on with their captain.

"I will be better when I see her," Carina said, struggling to focus on anything.

Andy nodded, putting a hand on Carina's back. Amelia came up with coffee, handing a cup to Carina.