Infection

Ivy and Jackson greet the CDC workers before leading them to the O.R.s. They share a look and take deep breaths before heading to meet the rest of the board in a lounge.

She holds her stomach, it having felt off for the past few days as Derek says, "We are throwing Bailey under the bus."

"Come on. That is not what we're doing," Jackson argues with him.

"Yeah, it seems like that's exactly what we're doing," Callie shakes her head.

Ivy argues, "Two patients are dead because of the same post-op infection with a third hanging on. The only thing that is common is this hospital and Bailey. We can't figure this out and protocol said get C.D.C. here. So we did."

Meredith looks at her sister-in-law, "By treating Bailey like a criminal? She hasn't done anything."

Jackson starts to say, "I hope-"

Ivy interrupts him, "We know. I keep racking my brain. I mean, Baileys worked here and performed surgeries here longer than any of us. This has never happened before. Only two things have changed in her life: she got married and the hospital went through a lot of changes."

"And all that has happened is the C.D.C. asking us to temporarily freeze Baileys files and that we not discuss this investigation with her. So today, just keep your distance," Jackson tells them.

"That is ridiculous."

Jackson ignores that, "Also I think nows the time to put out a statement."

Everyone disagrees as Ivy speaks up, "Come on, Jackson. We talked about this, putting out a statement is getting ahead of this but we don't know what this is. We have to know everything before we say the wrong thing."

Everyone in the room watches as the couple argue it out, "If one of ours is at fault and we just sit on this information, we look like we're trying to cover something up. The only way to let the public know that we can be objective is by being transparent."

"As I said last night when we had this same discussion, we can't make a statement with half-assed information. We don't need to be transparent with the public. Just with the families of the patients," Ivy tells him.

"They should hear it from us. Not by seeing the C.D.C. walking into our hospital."

Callie jumps in, "Well, if you hadn't called them, they wouldn't be here."

"Shush. Look, we are not making a statement. We are not doing a press release until we have more information or at least some news besides two patients being dead. So, we will cooperate with what the C.D.C. has asked of us. All of us," Ivy tells the group.

They all nod in agreement as Jackson sighs.

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April and Ivy stand in the E.R. as Jackson walks up to them, "Tell me there is someone I can help down here. It's six against one with the board today, and I need a victory."

Ivy leaves Callie to talk with April as she pulls Jackson to the side, "Come on. You know this is the right call."

"Yes, I know. I'm just being a little bitter."

"Alert the press," Callie sasses to Jackson before turning and walking away.

"Hey, be an adult for like five seconds. Because remember, Jackson and I can veto the funding that you want for your cartilage lab. Now go, you have patients to see," Ivy tells Callie.

"Thank you," Jackson kisses her forehead as they turn to a silent April, "You all right?"

April angrily taps the tablet, "Matthew dumped me. Because I lied to him about my virginity like you told me to."

Jackson looks confused, "Thats not-"

"I lied because I had something to lie about. That guy took my- I shouldn't have let him, but I did, and now he's gone. I'm not board certified, I'm not a virgin, and everything I care about has been ruined because of him. And I can't even remember his name!" She storms away.

"Well, we should-"

"Help! Yeah, help! We need some help over here!" Ivy and Jackson run out to see two vans full of people.

They start examining hands as a woman says, "We lost some fingers. A lot of fingers."

"We-we had a tug of war" a man said.

Ivy shakes her head, "With what, razor wire?"

The girl whose hand Ivy was examining told her, "Even better. Clothesline."

Ivy asks the group, "Does anybody have the severed fingers?"

A man brings a giant cooler, "Yeah, I got em. I got em."

"Whoa! Thats a lot of fingers," April shouts as she and Callie open the cooler.

"Yeah, I counted six."

"Oh, no, five. This one's a turkey dog," Callie holds up.

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Ivy starts irrigating the wounds on a patient, "Well, the good news is, these wounds look salvageable."

"I wasn't even going to play, but my brother Al insisted. And then we were losing, and Al was all 'wrap your hands with the rope'... and I did," the patient stops talking as Jackson walks over, "What are you doing?"

"Uh, I just need to identify whose fingers are whose. That looks like a pretty good match," He tells her.

Ivy looks at it, "Yeah, except for the red nail polish."

Jackson nods as Ivy giggles at him and takes two trays and the patient tells him, "Thats my sister in laws. Jane, good news. Your manicures intact."

He quickly moves to Jane as Ivy gestures to April to take over for her. She hears Jane yell, "Tony, how's Frankie?"

"Its bad, honey. The bones still sticking out."

"This is all gigantors fault. What's he doing at our reunion anyway? He's not even related. He's uncle Tony's weird friend," Ivy hears as she checks stuff off on her tablet.

"I didn't mean to pull so hard," a man cries.

"Lay off Gunnar, Cash. It's not his fault. He didn't suggest to play tug of war with a clothesline. You want to blame somebody, blame your Uncle Al," Tony says.

The man with the cooler says, "Okay, Kellers, I'm back and I'm armed with French fries. Huh? Any takers?"

Ivy stops him, "Sir, I'm sorry. But they can't eat. They have to get their fingers reattached."

He nods, "Okay, anybody cold? I-I can find blankets."

April's patient yells, "Just stop, Al! Just stop! Nobody's hungry or thirsty or wants to run a relay race! Reunions over."