Clara Ferguson

Clara Ferguson was a trauma patient brought to Seattle Grace Hospital after a speed boating accident at Puget Sound, Nevada amputated both her arms, and almost one foot, when she got pulled into the propeller.

History
Claire was on a plane from Sydney on her way to backpack through the United States when she met Jasmine and Jojo, two girls who would become her traveling mates.

At Puget Sound, Clara got into an accident after being thrown off the boat. The propeller pulled her in, and both her arms were neatly amputated and were retrieved from the water by Jasmine.

Upon being brought to the hospital, her traveling buddies left while she was in surgery to catch a concert in Las Vegas. Knowing that she would need the support during her recovery, Cristina Yang ordered Lexie Grey to befriend Clara and become her support system. Meanwhile, Jasmine and Jojo constantly sent Clara postcards of their travels. Clara also refused to tell her mother, who is in London, about her situation and instead lied to her through her e-mails for weeks by telling her about her fake travels, because she doesn't want the woman who "built her from scratch" to know how badly she was hurt.

While her limbs were reattached, she was unable to move them for days. Clara became depressed and even began to refuse surgery and therapy, both of which she was forced to get anyway.

One day, Dr. Owen Hunt tried to convince her to continue her physical therapy, and when he was unable to do so, he told Lexie to have her admitted to psych. Unwilling to do so, Lexie told Clara that she was nicknamed "caviche," which is a meal of chopped-up fish, and they laughed. Clara then gave physical therapy another shot, and when she was able to take her first step with prosthetic leg, she asked Lexie to call her mum.