a/n Did some research on this, but I'm still sorry if things are incorrect. Xx
Lots of skips between scenes, ending sucks I know :/
So how are we feeling about the album?? What's your favorite song?
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Harry POV
We were on tour right now, it was probably the worst time to catch something like a bug or some form of injury. We had about 10 shows left of this leg of tour.
We had no time to rest really, it was always sleep, interviews, rehearsal/soundcheck, show, sleep. And again and again, every damn day.
To say that we were getting exhausted was an understanding. We tried to reason to do maybe some less interviews or something like that, but of course they wouldn't let us. They never listen to us, they 'always' know best in their opinion. But if you ask me, they only care about the money and not really our well-being.
I started to get some pains over the last couple of days, mostly my left knee. I was very confused when I first started to feel pain because I normally don't struggle at all with my knees. That's why it's been quiet strange for me.
There wasn't any swelling and it wasn't red yet, it was just some pain. But it isn't always there, mostly during the concerts and rehearsals.
I told the other lads yesterday about this. They were confused as well when they first found out. And of course they told Paul, our on the road dad.
He was there for us during the stomach bug that spread around and during multiple migraines. He has been trough all of it with us.
He says that I just have to sit down as much as possible in between the things that we had to do. And who was I to say no to that?
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Things really seemed to go wrong at rehearsal today. We some different kind of stage today because the size of the stadium was a little different, so there were made some changes.
There was some point where I had to jump of the ramp, it wasn't a big jump or anything but something just seemed to snap in two.
I collided with a loud popping noise in my knee on the stage. Immediately greeted with pain, a lot of pain.
Liam POV
We all saw it happen, right in front of us. Harry landed wrong and we all heard the noise coming from his knee. We knew that it wasn't good, rushing all to him.
He was laying on his side, one hand grabbing his knee, in the other burrowing his head. Which was scrunched up in pain, His breathing was labored.
"Mate Harry" I tried to get his attention but he wouldn't even budge.
Louis and Niall were stood on the other side of him, I heard some yelling from one of the stage guys, probably wanting us to continue.
Lou was now walking up to them and almost yelling back at them.
"Ni, can you get Paul?" I said directly into Niall his eyes. His face was full of fear, he nodded quickly and scurried backstage.
"Everything's gonna be alright yeah" I said softly to Harry, crouching down beside him. My hand on his back, rubbing slow circles. "Help is on the way, try to breath"
What felt like an hour, but was really no more then 5 minutes, Paul came jogging to me and Harry. Niall was behind him following, Lou had returned not much later.
"What happend boys" Paul asked to no one in particular.
"It happend fast, but he jumped of that little ramp and his knee just snapped or something, he hasn't really been responding to me." I said, not taking my eyes of our curly haired band member. His face was scrunched up in pain, biting his lip, trying to prevent any sound coming out. Silent tears were making their way down his cheeks.
"Harry, can you hear me bud" Paul said, shaking him slightly.
We got somewhat of a nod back.
"Okay I take at it is your knee yeah?"
Another nod.
"Okay I have to get you laying on your back, so I can inspect your knee okay, probably going to hurt a bit, just a warning" Paul said.
We rolled him over, hearing a hiss and groaning. Harry his green eyes were now blinking up at us, waiting to be told what was wrong.
Harry was luckily wearing some Nike shorts, so we could see his knee good. I gasped at the sight, his left knee was swelling and fast too.
Louis had to look away and Niall just stood there, slightly hiding behind Louis. Not really ready for what he was going to see.
"How painful is it, on a scale from 1 to 10, being 10 most painful" Paul asked, completely focused on Harry his face now.
His breathing was heavy, holding 9 fingers in the air.
"Fuck Paul that's bad" I muttered to him.
"Yeah I know, please stay calm li" he said to calmly before continuing to Harry "we are going to get you to the hospital yeah, they are going to make it stop hurting and make you better. "
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Waiting seemed the most hard part of it all. Sitting in those uncomfortable plastic chairs in the hospital.
"Harry styles" an kind lady asked.
We all stood up and walked towards her,
"Harry unfortunately tore is ACL, which is one of the strong bands of tissue that crosses in the middle of the knee, that help connect you thigh bone (femur) to your shinbone (tibia). He's asleep at the moment in his room, where I will take you to in a minute. He is one pain medication, just to let you know as well on some other machines." She said informing us.
"And what's going to happen now?" Paul asked.
"We made some scans and we prefer surgery to replace the torn ligament followed by rehabilitation. He will be put under general anesthesia during the ACL reconstruction during the procedure of the surgery."
"Surgery" I said in disbelief, sure it wasn't that serious right?
"How long will the rehabilitation be?" Paul asked.
"Usually it can up to 9 months, till he can fully do what he did before without experiencing pain"
"Okay thank you"
"If you have anymore questions, I'm around the corner, and I will check up on him in hour or so.
I have to get an answer though within a few hours so we can schedule the surgery. His room number is two doors down from here, room 163." She said, smiling kindly.
We nodded back at her and walked up to his room, the room was of course very white and sterile.
He was laying in an big hospital bed sound asleep, it made him look a lot smaller.
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Paul walked back into the room from his phone call, the look on his face told us all enough.
Harry was awake, and doing a bit better, mainly due the medication that he was getting.
Paul received an phone call earlier from management, asking about Harry.
"I really tried but it didn't work boys, sorry. You all still have to perform tonight. The surgery have to scheduled after tour." He said with an pained expression.
"For fuck sake, you kidding me" Louis said standing up, fave full with anger.
"Lou calm down" I said, standing up and grabbing him by the arm before he would do something stupid that he was going to regret later on.
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Harry was given pain meds with him, and they advised him to rest up his leg as much as possible.
The surgery was scheduled after the tour, that wasn't anytime soon.
I saw limping across the stage, forcing out his notes, obviously in pain.
He looked at me and shook his head, I sighed and looked at the guys behind the stage, they made an hand gesture that I knew all too well. We just had to keep going and finish the show.
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A few days in tour and I saw that Harry was getting worse and worse by the days that went by.
Still management refused to give him time off, I was just waiting for the day that he couldn't stand on his leg anymore.
That day seemed to het sooner that we all wanted.
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"Ne needs to go to a hospital Paul" I said, voice lingering with anger.
You could hear Harry softly crying, trying to drown out the sobs that were going to come. Lou and Niall were their with him, trying to comfort him on the now seeming to be smaller tour bus.
"I know li, but management-"
"No Paul, take a look in that room, he is crying his eyes out of the pain, this can't go any longer."
"I'll set up another meeting"
"I am going to come with you" I said firm.
We needed this to be sorted out sooner than later.
The meeting wasn't pleasant, not in the slightest.
There was a lot of shouting and yelling between each other. A lot of reasons and arguments because of why this and why that.
But they eventually gave us a yes on the surgery after very long minutes trying to convince them.
The tour was being postponed till further notice.
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Harry was just wheeled back from the surgery. Still in an deep sleep under the influence of the anesthesia.
The doctor informed us that he was good to go home, when he had practiced walking with crutches. He would have to wear an knee brace for some time with Follow up checkups.
He would give further instructions on how to control the swelling and pain, medications that could help with the pain relief after he woke up.
He needs to Ice his knee, and he told us how long he had to use the crutches for, and when it's safe to bear weight on his knee again.
He is going to show how we should change dressings on the wound, and how to manage post-surgery care.
He had to go to physical therapy to help strengthen his muscles around the knee and to improve flexibility. The therapist will teach him exercises that you will perform either there or at home under supervision.
It was going to be a long ride but hopefully they never had to this again.
They were all going to help their youngest band mate in this process as much as they could do, Cause after all, they are still brothers.