"Her oxygen dropped, she had a lot of trouble breathing. I think her body can't fight the infection" Derek yelled as he stopped the car in the ambulance bay.

"I'll bring the kids to daycare" Alex offered and helped them out of the car, his eyes fixed on Meredith who was now wheeled inside

Derek nodded and followed everyone inside

"Shepherd, out!" Bailey yelled

"I'm staying!" Derek yelled back

Bailey nodded and stopped trying to fight Derek.

"Der?" Meredith murmured between panting

"I'm here, I'm staying here" He said and grabbed her hand

Derek could see a small smile forming underneath her oxygen mask

"Kids?" She asked

"Alex brought them to daycare. They're in good hands" Derek assured her

"''m sorry" She whispered

"Why?" Derek questioned

"Ruining.. our sunday..afternoon"

"You didn't! Mer, we just wanna take good care of you" Derek said

Meredith nodded and focussed on breathing which was already difficult enough

"Bring her to a room" Bailey yelled "Derek?"

"Yeah?"

"We're gonna admit her. Her lungs don't sound clear and once she's breathing clear again, I wanna take her to CT. Until then we'll keep her on oxygen" Bailey told Derek

"I'm coming with her"

...

Meredith was awake and was laying in Derek's arms

"I wanna see the kids" She said

"Should I page Alex to bring them?" Derek asked

She nodded.

"Meredith?" Teddy came in "We got your scans back. For now, I don't wanna see you returning home, you'll need to be admitted for at least one week. We're also gonna place a long term feeding tube to help you get in all the nutrients you need."

Meredith started to tear up

"Mer, it will help you" Derek whispered as he started to brush her hair with his fingers

"I know" She sighed

"We'll get you schedueled in a few hours, okay?" Teddy asked

Meredith nodded again "Who'll do the procedure?" Meredith asked

"Bailey insisted that she would perform it" Teddy told her

Meredith nodded again "I need to see my kids" Meredith said

"I've paged Alex. He'll be here soon. Take some rest before they get here" He said and kissed her temples.

Meredith closed her eyes.

It wasn't the sound of snores that filled the room. It were gasps. Meredith was fighting for every breath

Soon enough, Alex and the kids entered the room.

"Hey babies" She smiled and weakly opened her arms as the kids crawled in the bed, surrounding their mother

"Mommy? Are you okay?" Zola asked

"I am" She gave them a weak smile as she felt her energy dropping with every breath.

Every breath felt like a chore. It was as if Meredith wouldn't push herself, that her body would stop

"I'm moving our most important things to your mother's house. We can't stay at the dream house" Derek told her

"I'm so sorry" She whispered

"Don't be, this is for your own good. We can return after your transplant and I'll take some time off and we're gonna be fine" He smiled

"I'm sorry" She said against the kids

Zola started hugging her mother and the youngest two immediately followed.

"It's okay mommy! We can still play soccer!" Bailey said in a try to cheer her up

"That's right bud" Derek smiled, grabbing Meredith's hand "I love you" He whispered

"I love you too" She whispered back

"Should we watch a movie with mommy? Then I'll grab us some snacks" Derek suggested

"Yes!" The kids immediately agreed

"I'll go grab us something from mommy's office. I'm sure she has some candy or cookies stored" Derek laughed

"I do" She laughed back, followed by some small coughs.

Bailey started to rub her back "It's okay mommy" He whispered

Meredith smiled. Her son was so much like Derek..

"I'm okay" She replied

"Mommy? Can we watch Brave?" Ellis asked

"Zo, Bails? Do you agree?" Meredith asked them

Zola nodded while Bailey kept thinking.

"Can we watch Inside Out?" He asked

"Yes!" Both Zola and Ellis agreed

"Then we'll watch Inside Out" Meredith smiled

"I'll turn it on" Derek said and did so before leaving the room

"Mommy? Riley is like all of us" Ellis started telling a whole story to Meredith as the movie started and Meredith kept listening to the little girl before she stopped and started watching the movie

When Derek returned, they already were cuddled into each other but left a free spot for Derek, next to Meredith

"I have some cookies, jelly beans and gummy bears!" Derek said as he entered the room

"Yay!" The kids yelled as Derek placed the sweets on the table next to the bed

...

The movie had ended and Meredith and Ellis were sound asleep when Zola and Bailey suggested to watch another movie

"We can start it but the doctors will be here soon to prep mommy" Derek explained

"What are they gonna do with mommy?" Zola asked

"They will place a feeding tube. It's some kind of IV for food. Mommy doesn't eat enough right now because she's sick but the nutrients are very important and with the feeding tube, they'll be able to give it"

The kids were listening with a lot of attention to what Derek was telling them

"But because mommy will need it for a longer time, they will let mommy sleep and then aunt Bailey will put it in via mommy's belly but it won't hurt her, it's a good thing!" Derek kept explaining.

The kids nodded. Derek turned on another movie right before Miranda walked in

"Derek, can you wake her?" Miranda asked

Derek woke her up while brushing her hair with his fingers

"Hmm.." She groaned

"Meredith, I'm here to prep you" Miranda said

Meredith nodded and was trying to be as quiet as possible to not wake the sleeping Ellis in her arms

"Daddy can we stay with you?" Zola asked

"Why don't you all go for some ice cream?" Miranda suggested

"Yay!" Bailey screamed and woke up Ellis

"Mommy?" Her voice raspy

"Mommy's here, baby. Don't you wanna go grab some ice cream with daddy?" Meredith said

"Ice cream?" Her eyes light up

Meredith giggled but bursted into some heavy coughs. Derek rushed to her side with tissues and rubbed her back

"Can't" She spit out

"Calm down, Mer" He whispered

A few other rough coughs left her body and once the mucus was out, she felt a bit better

"Ready?" Miranda asked and Meredith nodded