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Relax, kiddos! We've gotten your frantic emails and tweets, and despite what last week's Grey's Anatomy ep may have led you to believe, Izzie Stevens and Katherine Heigl are not leaving Seattle Grace for good.

(Show runner Shonda Rhimes even tweeted reassurance that the blond superdoc will return when she's done getting to know her adorable new baby and shooting Life As We Know It with Josh Duhamel.)

But that doesn't mean the next few weeks are going to be any less painful for abandoned husband Alex (Justin Chambers) or the rest of the original gang.

Not only are the wounds from George O'Malley's death still fresh, but after exclusively chatting to Sarah Drew, who plays one of the eevvvil Mercy Westers, we get the feeling that the superambitious new kids are going to be fighting tooth and nail to fill the vacuum left in Izzie's absence...

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Is this the reason Izzie Stevens is getting laid off in the Seattle Grace-Mercy West hospital merger?

We kid! First of all, we're not that shallow, and second, it's actually a lot better than the first attempt at a new 'do for Katherine Heigl's cancer-surviving character.

(We know you haven't forgotten that monstrosity.)

Izzie actually rocks this pixie cut well, so well, in fact, it almost makes us wonder if it's not supposed to be a wig at all. Is it possible that her lovely blond locks are growing back in already?

Either way, we're happy to see Izzie donning that white coat, because she's definitely on her way out as doc for the foreseeable future.

What do you think about that latest installment of Heigl's Grey's Anatomy makeover? Take our cute little poll and let us know.

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This is just so wrong.

It's not nice to pick on the physical appearance of a cancer survivor, but come on!

ABC just released a new promo still of Katherine Heigl's Izzie Stevens from the Oct. 1 episode of Grey's Anatomy. The ep, which is titled "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me," focuses on Izzie's recovery and apparently on a fishy wig...

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Yep, it's true. Katherine Heigl is taking a break from Grey's Anatomy this season to go off and shoot a Josh Duhamel movie.

But what's shocking, and what shapes the entire sixth season of the series, is the truth about why recently married cancer survivor Dr. Izzie Stevens is vanishing for multiple episodes.

We've got the exclusive storyline scoop on why Izzie goes AWOL—scoop that also explains how the show will get along without Ellen Pompeo during her upcoming maternity leave.

Want to know about the major shake-up coming to Seattle Grace? Read on.

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