Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4287993-20140908160459/@comment-24386552-20140914200702

Arizona stated a couple times why she does Peds, I still wonder if there is a real deeper reason to it. Same with Derek and neuro. However I think he mentioned multiple times that the brain is the ultimate mystery, oh wait that's Catherine Black from Black Box, nevermind. Arizona also stated that it takes lots of patience to work with kids and to block out all the bad stuff like the fact she knows about the tiny coffins. The only case I remember that she really couldn't handle was in 6.08 she had a patient who was turning 11 and he died during surgery. It was also her birthday and cried when she saw the surprise party. Arizona also got scared when she saw the shooter but who wouldn't, she immediately turned around and told the girl with the appendix problem that there were only children in the room, distracting both the girl and herself from the scariness of Gary Clark.

Something that kind of was odd, was when Arizona stated she didn't want kids in S6, and during S7. Callie got pregnant and Arizona went along with it in the end. Cristina and Owen had a different story because unlike Arizona that is fond of kids and works with them, Cristina was in no way interested. She had no problem with Zola, because it was Meredith's child, but was disinterested in having any of her own. Completely going on a tangent. The point is, Arizona has a lot of things closed off for a character that has been on for 5 seasons. Yeah we have met her parents, never her brother, and we have met her brother's and her friend in S8. If Callie and Arizona do go to therapy I wonder if Arizona will be forced to talk about what she felt when her brother died and if so, will there will be any flashbacks or something. Or a trigger from a patient causing her to break down? Arizona is able to hold it in like Cristina, but is more emotional and open to expressing feelings.