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Camryn had decided on her future at such a young age. After discovering the letter from her mother's doctor, informing the mother of one that she had a brain tumour that couldn't be operated on, Camryn knew what she had to do. When her mother passed, 14 year old Camryn was determined to beat the odds and fix brain tumours in the most difficult patients. She didn't want anyone else to experience the loss of another because a surgeon was afraid of something. Camryn didn't want to lose anyone else, but as it turned out, her career would be the reason why she did lose people.

It was her father first. Sure, he was still alive, but he didn't speak to her anymore. After Camryn told her father that she knew about the brain tumour, she discovered that he didn't know a thing about it. He knew that his ex-wife was sick, but had no idea of the extent and to find out that his only daughter did know, he got angry. He was enraged that Camryn hadn't told him sooner. He stopped talking to her altogether and to Camryn, it felt like she had lost both of her parents.

After losing both of her parents, Camryn went on to become a successful surgeon. She was dealing with the most difficult cases and eventually, she fell in love. Andrew Reid had come into St. Ambrose, begging Camryn to help save his son, Isaac. Camryn ran her usual scans and found the tumour, telling Andrew that she wasn't sure she could save Isaac. Andrew told her to try anyway as he was losing his son, no matter what. Camryn tried to stay away from Andrew but it didn't work. The two slept together and Camryn agreed to operate. She lost Isaac on the operating table and Andrew blamed her.

This was the first patient that Camryn had lost and it hit her hard. On top of it all, she found out she was pregnant. She didn't know what to do with herself so she threw herself into work and developed a new method to fix the most inoperable brain tumours. The Arnett Method took off and Camryn flew to Seattle to work on a case. The case was successful but during her time there, she found out that there had been a serious shooting in LA and Andrew was one of the victims that didn't make it.

LA held too many memories. All bad. All of losing people. That's when Camryn decided to accept a job offer from the hospital in Seattle that she had worked a case in before. She moved there and became close with Arizona after she helped Camryn to safely deliver her baby. Sure, it wasn't Arizona's field of expertise, as she was a peds and fetal surgeon, but Camryn felt safe around her. After that, their bond grew stronger and the two started dating.

Between work and constantly having Imogen around, the two could barely find time alone. Sofia was between New York and Seattle but Imogen was permanently with Camryn as she had no one else. No grandparents. No father. It was just Camryn and Immy against the world. But tonight, Imogen was at a friend's house which allowed Camryn time alone with the blonde. However, that fell apart as Julian Bennett brought his five year old daughter into the hospital.

Freya Bennett laid lifeless in Julian's arms as he began to explain what happened. "She was fine. She was playing and talking and then she just went down. She has a brain tumour and I heard about Doctor Arnett and her method. Please, you have to help us. She's all I have." He began to explain through his tears and hearing his story was hard on Camryn. She felt for him and wanted to do everything she could to help.

After calling for a bed, Camryn took Freya from Julian and laid her down on the bed. "Let's get some scans done before we rush her to the OR." Camryn said, correcting Arizona's call. "She's breathing, but we need to find out why she's unresponsive. Scans first, then we can make the call to operate if we need to." She says, before turning to a nurse. "Can you show Mr. Bennett to our family waiting room please?" The nurse nodded in response to Camryn's question and walked with Julian to the waiting room. Camryn then turned to Arizona again, pushing the bed with Freya on forwards. This was going to be a long night, that much she was sure of.

𝑻𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓.

Relationships had never been a strong point in Camryn’s life. She was unable to keep steady and stable relationships because something always happened to the ones she loved the most and that started right from her childhood. Her mother, Cassidy, was sick. 10 year old Camryn had stumbled across a letter dating back 4 years ago. It said her mother had a tumour in her brain that couldn’t be operated on. Camryn was frightened, so she put the letter back and pretended like she had never seen it, which turned out to be the biggest mistake she had made.

Cassidy divorced Camryn’s Dad, David, when she got really sick and although he knew she was sick, he didn’t know how bad it was or that Camryn knew. When her mother finally passed, Camryn was 14 and heartbroken. She was given a box of letters her mother had written her for all the big events that might happen in her life, such as her first love, first girlfriend, first boyfriend, marriage, a baby boy, a baby girl, her first apartment, her first job, graduation and many more. There was something for every event and Camryn cherished every word. It helped her to grieve because she felt her mother was still with her.

David became distant from Camryn, refusing to try and bond with his daughter. Camryn hated the fractured relationship she now shared with her father and in an attempt to make it better, she told him what she wanted to become. A brain surgeon. When he questioned her, she came clean about knowing about Cassidy’s brain tumour and realised then that David never knew. It was then that her relationship with her father went from bad to non-existent.

Despite this, she studied hard and eventually, she started working at St. Ambrose Hospital with Charlotte King. She had discovered Camryn’s papers about brain tumours and was fascinated in the young girl’s ideas. Charlotte coached her, allowing her to grow and quite quickly, Camryn became a hot shot doctor with patients lining up outside to see her. She could be quite snappy and come across strong sometimes, but that was just Camryn’s personality and with Charlotte by her side, no one seemed to mind and Camryn continued to flourish.

Camryn met a man named Andrew Reid when he brought his 5 year old son, Isaac in to see her. He had a seizure and after a scan, Camryn had to tell Andrew that Isaac had a brain tumour. She tried to distance herself from Andrew but he kept pulling her back in and she fell in love. They slept together and blurred the lines between professional and personal. Camryn then operated on Isaac to try and treat his tumour but it was too aggressive and he passed away on the operating table.

After this, Andrew hated her and blamed her for the death of his son but Camryn had bigger things to worry about. She was pregnant and now she feared every single day that she would lose this baby. Her track record for losing people was awful so she began developing a method which she later named the Arnett Method to treat tumours in children that no other surgeon would fix. When her method went live, a hospital in Seattle contacted her and asked her to come over. She agreed and flew over to operate on a patient, saving their life by using her method.

Whilst she was in Seattle, she heard on the news that there was a mass shooting that had fatally injured many people. One of them was Andrew Reid. She pulled that sadness, guilt and anger into her case and after travelling back to St. Ambrose Hospital, she was offered a job in Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. The memories in LA were too much so she said her goodbyes and left for Seattle.

She worked tirelessly and ended up giving birth earlier than she should have but thanks to @chosemotherhood, Imogen Faye Arnett was brought into the world safely. From that moment on, Imogen and Arizona became the two most important people in Camryn’s life and she would do anything to protect them. She loved them dearly but between working and being a mother, Camryn and Arizona didn’t get much time alone.

They had been trying to plan a date night for so long but tonight was going to be the night. Imogen was at her friend’s place and Camryn and Arizona were going to finish their shift soon. Camryn couldn’t wait and went to find the blonde as their shift neared the end. When she found Arizona, she snaked her arms around her from behind, squeezed her softly, moved her hair and pressed a quick kiss to her cheek before pulling away and walking to the front so she was now facing the blonde.

With a big grin on her face, she leaned across the counter. “Almost home time… Are you excited? Because I’m excited.” She laughed sweetly, almost giddily but the moment faded quickly as the doors to the ward flung open and in walked a panicked man, holding a girl around Imogen’s age. Camryn approached the man as he began screaming for help. “Sir, my name is Camryn Arnett, okay? I’m a doctor here. What happened?” Camryn gestured to the almost lifeless looking little girl in his arms, hoping he would introduce himself and daughter before telling her what happened. Camryn knew at this point that her perfect date night wasn’t going ahead. She would end up treating this poorly little girl because she simply couldn’t say no. She couldn’t lose anyone else.

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𝑻𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓.

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