Grey's Anatomy (TV Series)

Perfect Storm (2013)

Ellen Pompeo: Dr. Meredith Grey

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• Dr. Connie Ryan : [to Meredith]  Well, I didn't expect to see you again so soon.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : Her contractions are every three minutes.

  Dr. Cristina Yang : And she doesn't want drugs.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : I have Dr. Knox available in case she changes her mind.

  Dr. Cristina Yang : Look, she doesn't want drugs.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Okay, can everybody please just shut up? I want to push. I feel like I need to push. Can I push?

  Dr. Connie Ryan : I just need to check first...

  [Connie checks Meredith] 

  Dr. Cristina Yang : What's going on?

  Dr. Connie Ryan : Meredith, I need you not to push.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Why?

  Dr. Connie Ryan : There's face presentation. I can feel your baby's face, so we're gonna have to do a C-section.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : A C-section? I do not want to have surgery.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : I know.

  Dr. Cristina Yang : Alright, you know what? It's just a "C." That's barely surgery. A moron could do a "C."

  [to Connie] 

  Dr. Cristina Yang : I... no offense.

• Dr. Meredith Grey : Ross, what is taking so long?

  Dr. Shane Ross : It's fine. It's just... it won't stop bleeding.

  Dr. Heather Brooks : Ooh. Oh, god. That's... That's a lot of blood.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : How much blood?

  Dr. Shane Ross : I... I don't know. It's not coming from your uterus.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Brooks, shine a light over here. I feel something on my hand.

  [Heather shines the light] 

  Dr. Meredith Grey : There's blood coming out around my I.V. I'm in D.I.C. I need F.F.P packed red blood cells, and platelets. I had a fall.

  Dr. Shane Ross : What?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Yesterday, I... I fell down the stairs. I might have injured something in my abdomen.

  Dr. Shane Ross : Did you feel any pain?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : I've been in labor.

• Dr. Derek Shepherd : So what are the risks of repositioning the baby?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Not the minor risks, the big, ugly, scary risks because I'm a lightning rod for those.

  Dr. Connie Ryan : It's not an option.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Why not?

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : Are you saying babies with face presentation can't be born naturally?

  Dr. Connie Ryan : It's not a good option.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : Neither is cutting into my wife in the dark.

  Dr. Connie Ryan : How many babies have you delivered in your career, Dr. Shepherd? What, a couple, maybe more? When I say a vaginal delivery isn't an option, I mean, it's not an option. Now I could stand here and waste time explaining how your baby is in a mento-posterior position and how pushing a baby like that will hyperextend its neck, which can be fatal, or I can better spend my time prepping your wife... and baby for delivery that will not endanger either of their lives. So... which do you prefer?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : We're having a C-section in the dark.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : Yes... we are.

• Dr. Connie Ryan : Okay, Meredith, I've closed your uterus and I just started to suture your incisions. Do you trust these guys to finish? Have you taught them that much?

  Dr. Heather Brooks : I'll do it.

  Dr. Shane Ross : No. You stole neuro. You're not stealing this. This is my surgery, my patient, my incision, mine. Dr. Grey, I'm sorry. That was inappropriate.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : It's okay, Ross. I like the enthusiasm. Go scrub.

• Dr. Shane Ross : [to Heather]  Go get help, now.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Ross, we don't have time. You need to open me back up and find the source of this bleed.

  Dr. Shane Ross : I can't. I've never...

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Shane, it's a basic midline laparotomy. Pack the four quadrants. Find the source of the bleed. Do not let me bleed out on this table.

  Dr. Shane Ross : Dr. Grey...

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Shane, do it. Right now!

• Dr. Shane Ross : It looks like the spleen is the source of the bleeding.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Okay, so mobilize the spleen, divide it by its ligamentous attachments...

  Dr. Shane Ross : I can't. I've never done it.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : You can. You've seen me do it. Mobilize, assess the injury, and stop the hemorrhage.

  Dr. Shane Ross : Okay. Okay. I need metz and lap pads, please. And follow me with suction.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : That's right, Ross. That's it. You've got this. This is your O.R. You don't need my help.

  Dr. Shane Ross : Yes, I do.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : No, you don't, because I'm gonna lose consciousness in a few seconds and you're gonna be on your own. And you're not gonna freak out. And Shane, if I arrest for more than nine minutes, let me go. Don't revive me. I do not want to be a vegetable. Do you understand me? Shane, I need you to respond. I need to know you understand me. Dr. Ross, your superior... is asking you to respond...

  Dr. Shane Ross : Yes, Dr. Grey.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Ross, you can... you can do this. And tell Derek... I know the baby's name. It's...

  [passes out] 

• Dr. Meredith Grey : [opening voiceover]  I had this badass professor in med school. She seemed invincible. Then one day, she needed her gallbladder out. And the surgery killed her. Her platelets stopped clotting. She bled out on the table. Everything that could've gone wrong, did go wrong. Surgeons have a name for it. We call it a perfect storm. Funny. Never thought it would happen to me.

• Dr. Derek Shepherd : [about the baby's name]  What about William?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : I like Sebastian.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : Sebastian Shepherd? That's a bit of a mouthful.

  Dr. Shane Ross : Brooks?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : I'm not giving birth to a country singer.

• Dr. Meredith Grey : [closing voiceover]  There's an end to every storm. Once all the trees have been uprooted, once all the houses have been ripped apart. The wind will hush, the clouds will part, the rain will stop, the sky will clear in an instant. And only then in those quiet moments after the storm do we learn who was strong enough to survive it?