One part of the storyline in Episode 8 of Season 6 centers around a baby born two months premature. Karev is assigned to the case and because of the awful point his life is in at the moment his mind is almost set on the fact that this child is going to die. He holds her one last time whispering to her that she is not alone. When Bailey comes and finds him holding the baby she recalls something that we learned about when going over the senses and nerves. The touch system is crucial to a developing child. When in the womb, babies are able to hear their mother's heart beat and voice. And when babies are born premature they are left to develop in an intensive care unit in a hospital wing. Karev removes his shirt so he can hold the baby close to him and she can feel the skin on skin contact and the heat of his body. This helps babies develop better and, in this episode, is also what gets the baby's heart kick-started and allows her to survive.
"Are you really so messed up that you can't let one person be nice to you, ever?"
"I can't go. I can't go home, I can't get Izzie to call me back. She's gone - could be dead for all I know! She left me with a $200,000 medical bill, and I- I can't do anything about it, about any of it. But I can sit here and I can hold this baby. That I can do."
- Reed Adamson & Alex Karev
6x08, Invest in Love
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