Karen Kepner is the mother of April Kepner.
History
April's Wedding
Karen was present at April's wedding. She sat in the front row next to her husband, who walked their daughter down the aisle. ("Get Up, Stand Up")
April's Baby
When she found out that April was pregnant, she visited to help April and Jackson prepare. ("Don't Let's Start")
She returned to Seattle when April was worried about her baby's osteogenesis imperfecta diagnosis. She pushed April to pray and go to church because it would comfort her. She also didn't believe that April and Jackson should get the test to determine which type of OI the baby has because she believed that the best thing would be just to love their baby. ("The Bed's Too Big Without You")
Harriet's Birth
After Harriet Kepner-Avery was born, Karen came out to Seattle, but she had to return to Moline and April said she couldn't come back to Seattle because she had to work. ("Catastrophe and the Cure")
Relationships
Romantic
Joe Kepner
She and Joe Kepner are married and they have four daughters.
Career
She is a teacher.
Notes and Trivia
- In a deleted scene from The Bed's Too Big Without You, Karen met Catherine Avery and they talked about their belief systems not mattering since all they wanted to do was be there for their children.
- According to April, she once gave birth in a barn.[1]
Gallery
Appearances
Episode Stills
Appearances
| Grey's Anatomy, Season 10 | |||||
| #01 | "Seal Our Fate" | #09 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | #17 | "Do You Know?" |
| #02 | "I Want You With Me" | #10 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | #18 | "You Be Illin'" |
| #03 | "Everybody's Crying Mercy" | #11 | "Man on the Moon" | #19 | "I'm Winning" |
| #04 | "Puttin' on the Ritz" | #12 | "Get Up, Stand Up" | #20 | "Go It Alone" |
| #05 | "I Bet It Stung" | #13 | "Take It Back" | #21 | "Change of Heart" |
| #06 | "Map of You" | #14 | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | #22 | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" |
| #07 | "Thriller" | #15 | "Throwing it All Away" | #23 | "Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right" |
| #08 | "Two Against One" | #16 | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" | #24 | "Fear (of the Unknown)" |
| Grey's Anatomy, Season 11 | |||||
| #01 | "I Must Have Lost It on the Wind" | #09 | "Where Do We Go From Here" | #17 | "With or Without You" |
| #02 | "Puzzle With a Piece Missing" | #10 | "The Bed's Too Big Without You" | #18 | "When I Grow Up" |
| #03 | "Got to Be Real" | #11 | "All I Could Do Was Cry" | #19 | "Crazy Love" |
| #04 | "Only Mama Knows" | #12 | "The Great Pretender" | #20 | "One Flight Down" |
| #05 | "Bend & Break" | #13 | "Staring at the End" | #21 | "How to Save a Life" |
| #06 | "Don't Let's Start" | #14 | "The Distance" | #22A #22B |
"She's Leaving Home, Part 1" "She's Leaving Home, Part 2" |
| #07 | "Could We Start Again, Please?" | #15 | "I Feel the Earth Move" | #23 | "Time Stops" |
| #08 | "Risk" | #16 | "Don't Dream It's Over" | #24 | "You're My Home" |
References
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