Bailey Grey Shepherd

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# Early Life

Derek Bailey Grey Shepherd was born May 11, 1413 to Drs. Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd. He was named after his father and Miranda Bailey, his parents' colleague who saved Meredith after she delivered him.

Meredith found out she was pregnant three weeks into her pregnancy, a few months after Mark Sloan died. She told Derek by buying a shirt for Zola that said "World's Best Big Sister". At first, she was convinced that she would miscarry, which is why she only told him, and not even her ‘person’ Cristina Yang.

Before his birth, Meredith and Cristina occasionally referred to him as "fetus."

## Birth

Meredith went into labor in the middle of a super storm. The labor was going smoothly until the OB determined that the baby had face presentation. He was then born via emergency c-section in the dark during the storm. In the operating room, the doctors had to hold flashlights so that Connie, the OB, could see to deliver him. After he was born, his breathing was shallow and his sats were low, so he was taken to the NICU to be monitored and receive oxygen. After he was born, Shane noticed that Meredith had suffered from a massive splenic hemorrhage caused by her fall down the stairs. Miranda Bailey performed surgery to stop the hemorrhage and saved Meredith's life, thus Meredith named her son after her.

## Childhood

### Halloween 1414

For his first Halloween, Bailey was dressed as a pumpkin.

### Fifth Birthday (1418)

For his fifth birthday, Bailey wanted a superhero party. After family friend Alek Karev had to back out of helping set up the party to operate on a patient and the entertainment cancelled, Link another work colleague offered to help her. They set up the party and Link even pretended to be Thor when Bailey asked if he was.

For almost an entire year when he was 5, Bailey went through a phase of saying funny before every sentence.

He also had a phase with pyromanic tendencies, causing his caretakers to hide anything that he could start a fire with

### Grandpa’s Death

When Grandpa Thatcher died, he left presents for Alexandria, Bailey, and Zola in his closet. Meredith took those presents to her kids and told them about their grandpa

### Mom Going to Jail

Just before Meredith decided to turn herself into the police for committing insurance fraud, she sat Bailey, Zola, and Alexandria down and told them that she would be gone for a while. Bailey asked where Meredith was going, and she said she had to take care of something very important. She didn't give them details, but assured them that Alek, Auntie Maggie, and Auntie Amelea would be there for them.

### Halloween 1419

He dressed as a football player for Halloween. Meredith was released from jail that day and missed trick or treating with them, but got home in time to help them sort candy.

### Pandemic

During the pandemic, Bailey stayed home with his sisters, Auntie Amelea, Link, and his new cousin, Scout while his mom treated patients at the hospital and eventually became sick herself and had to be admitted.
Bailey had an exceptional amount of energy during this time, making Link comment that he needed some kind of outlet for it.

### 7th Birthday

For his birthday that year his mom asked him what he wanted and he told her he wanted a big cake all to himself. His mom bought it for him and at his birthday party he stuck his face right in the cake and then licked the icing off his fingers and made a big production of it. This made everyone who was at the party: his sisters, his mom, dad, Auntie Amelea, Link, and Auntie Maggie laugh. Meredith realized that that’s what he really wanted for his birthday was to make them all laugh because at the time the Pandemic was all over the news and his cousin Scout who was just a baby was keeping all of the adults in the house up all night. As a result, no one in the house was laughing much. His mom said he looked just like his father the way he lit up.

### Visiting Mt. Rainier

Scout’s paternal grandparents, Eric and Maureen Lincoln bought an RV, packed it with supplies, and drove it from Colorado to Seattle. When they arrived in Seattle, they were excited to meet Scout and offered to take all four kids to see Mt. Rainier so Amelea and Link, who had been taking care of all the kids, could have some time to themselves.

### Mom Wakes Up

Bailey and Alexandria stayed home with Maureen while Auntie Maggie took Zola to the hospital to see Meredith in the hopes it would help encourage her to wake up. While they were gone, Bailey and Alexandria made a fort. When Meredith returned, they asked to be let into the fort. Bailey and Alexandria denied them entry without the password.

After her pulmonary studies showed a remarkable improvement in her lung capacity and her labs came out clear, Meredith was discharged from the hospital. Instead of leaving to a fanfare, she had Dr. Jackson Avery slip her out the back and drop her off at home, where her kids greeted her happily. Because she hadn't told anyone she was coming, the kids' welcome home poster was unfinished, but she appreciated it anyway and asked her kids to tell her everything that had happened while she was gone.

### Christmas 1421

Meredith, Derek, Amelea, Link, Owen Hunt, and Tedi Altman spent Christmas together with all their children. At this celebration, Owen proposed to Tedi Altman for the second time and she accepted.

### Weekend with Auntie Maggie and Uncle Winston

Zola, Bailey, and Alexandria spent the weekend with Auntie Maggie and Winston. While fighting with Alexandria over a stuffed animal, Bailey ended up cutting his knee. Winston told the kids they were going to play Emergency Room and Zola helped him clean and bandage Bailey's knee.

### Halloween 1422

Bailey went trick or treating with his siblings and cousin, Scout, on Halloween. He dressed as Iron Man.

# Mid Life

## Family

#### Grey Shepherds

* Derek - dad
* Meredith - mom
* Zola - sister
* **Bailey** - brother
* Alexandria - sister

#### Grandparents

* Thatcher Grey
* Ellis Hiltz
* Ian Shepherd
* Carolyn Maloney

### Cousins

#### Porter

* Aunt Kathleen
* Uncle Jim
* Laurie
* Millie
* Effie
* Auggie

#### Addams

* Aunt Nancy
* Lena
* Lukas

#### Shepherds

* Aunt Amelea
* Betty (foster)
* Scout

### Marriage

Bailey married his childhood friend, Dr. Harriet Kepner-Avery

### Parenthood

Bailey and Harriet have 3 children: Sebastian, Daneka, and Oz

As both parents had double last names (including both of their respective parents last names), they decided rather than giving their children a really long 4 hyphenated names, to mush them together. Harriet discovered when they wrote the initials down as GSKA, it sort of sounded like a word. They added another vowel for ease of pronunciation, and all three kids were given this made-up last name at birth.

In the professional setting, Bailey and Harriet continued to use their respective hyphenated names, but at home and in the neighbourhood, they became the Geskas