Grey's Anatomy: Sarah Drew Breaks Down April's "Painful" Decision

R.I.P. Samuel Norbert Avery.

On Thursday's episode of Grey's Anatomy, April (Sarah Drew) and Jackson (Jesse Williams) got the news they had been dreading: that their unborn baby tested positive for Type II osteogenesis imperfecta, meaning that he would almost surely die shortly after being born, and that his bones might even be already breaking inside April's womb.

And so, the couple makes the heartbreaking decision to induce an early labor, to spare their son any further pain and so that they can spend at least a few minutes holding the baby before he died. April prays for a miracle, Jackson braces himself for the inevitable, and the situation basically plays out exactly how Dr. Hermann (Geena Davis) had warned them it would.

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Before she induces, April confesses that the situation has shaken her faith to its core. After trying to decide on a name with Jackson (the scene where they reference not wanting their son to get picked on at school is a real gut-punch), and later bonding with a woman who lost her husband in a car accident, April settles on Samuel. And so, Samuel is born, baptized, and dies all within the span of what looks like a couple of hours. Will this make April lose her faith?

"What I love about this episode is, it's a journey of finding a glimmer of hope in the midst of pain," Drew tells TVGuide.com. "And that, I think, makes going through something this horrific worth it. Because as long as there's hope in there, and there always is, I believe."

TVGuide.com chatted with Drew to get a breakdown of the episode and find out what lies ahead for Jackson and April. Read our full interview below to see where she believes April found her surprising source of hope:

TVGuide.com: Obviously this episode shakes April's faith to the core. Will she question her faith going forward? Sarah Drew: Yeah, I think she's pretty shaken. I do think that she sort of gets a small miracle in the form of the patient that she's comforting, who's lost her fianc. I see that scene as the words that [April's] speaking to her, she feels like they're speaking to her. In that moment, I think she feels like God has sort of shown up for her in a really amazing way. So, I think it's caused her to question what he's doing, but I think at the end of the day she feels like God still has her back. I do see her taking on maybe a more mature faith.

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What other repercussions will this have on April going forward? Drew: Moving forward, she kind of doesn't have any patience for things that don't matter, and we'll start to see that as she interacts with patients and with Jackson. I think we'll start to see sort of a grittier side of her. But I don't think this has caused her to lose her faith. I think it's been really painful, but at the end of the day she has felt God with her.

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Grey's Anatomy: Sarah Drew Breaks Down April's "Painful" Decision