Troy woke up early the next morning. He could not sleep his leg was on fire. It was 6:02 am; his surgery was not until 8:30. He felt sick to his stomach and felt like he had a fever. He could not take the pain any longer and called in the nurse. He told the nurse his symptoms and she called the doctor. Troy texted his mom telling his parent to come now. He just wanted his mommy to kiss his booboo and make it feel better like she did when he was younger. Laying there waiting for his parents to arrive Troy remembered Gabi was coming today;
'At least I have something to look forward to today' he thought with a grin on his face.
Troy parents arrived and so did the doctor. The doctor unwrapped Troy's leg to see what was hurting him so bad. He looked down at his knee and realized he made a huge mistake. His knee was more infected then the rest of his leg, oozing and bleeding through the stitches. He must have not gotten all of the dirt out of his knee and sewed it up to early. He was in big trouble.
Doctor: "It seems like I have made a mistake unfortunately." Scratching the back of his head trying to not look the Bolton's in their eyes.
Jack: "What do you mean 'made a mistake'?" trying not to raise his voice.
Doctor: "It seems as though when we did the first surgery, we did not get out all of the dirt of his knee, causing it to get infected and ooze and bleed. I sewed it up to early thinking it was clean. Troy's whole body has to handle an even more severe infection than the one he has now. At the sight of this he might even loose his leg if he can't fight it off."
Troy: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOSE MY LEG?" Troy yelled trying to fight the tear coming to his eyes.
Jack: "So you're telling me that if he can't fight off this infection that YOU made worse he is going to lose his leg?"
Doctor: "Possibly…" the doctor said tying not look too anyone in the eyes he was ashamed.
Lauren just stood there with her hand under her chin looking down at the ground with tears in her eyes. She could not believe what she was hearing.
Jack: "That is it! I want a new doctor!" then stormed out of the room to go talk to the lady at the front desk.
The doctor just stood there in silence not knowing what to say. He looked up at Troy. Troy was laying there with his hand over his eyes breathing deeply. Jack ended up getting a new doctor and they were going to meet up with him soon. They sat there waiting for them to come in.
Troy: "Did Dylan go to school?"
Lauren: "Yeah he got ride with one of his friends. How are you feeling sweetie?"
Troy: "No lie, I am pretty down in the dumps. Gabi is coming later today."
Lauren: "Awe I am sorry, it will all be over soon. That is nice of her to come see you; I have not seen her in a while tell her I said 'Hi'."
Troy: "Ha ok mom." He said with a chuckle. His mom saw her 2 days ago at the grocery store, but I guess that is a long time in mom world.
The doctor came in ten minutes later…
Doctor Roy: "Bolton's?"
Jack: "Yes that is us." He stood up to shake the doctor's hand.
Dr. Roy: "Hi I am Dr. Roy nice to meet of all you. You must be Troy?" As he went over to shake his hand.
Troy: "Yeah that's me. Nice to meet you."
Dr. Roy: "Hmm Troy…Troy Bolton. The upcoming freshman at East High that is supposed to be an all-star?"
Troy: "Ha yeah I don't know about that one anymore considering the fact I am probably going to lose my leg." He said gloomy looking down.
Dr. Roy: "My 4 year old son is a huge fan of yours, went to every basketball game you played in last year since we live down the street for the Junior High."
Troy: "Well thanks that is very flattering."
Dr. Roy: "So I read that you were in an accident and that your leg is now more infected than before. Al l of your ligaments and tendons are torn out and your ankle is pulled out of socket and broken in many places. This is what I am going to do. I am going to look at your leg and see what is the best way to go about this. I see you have already had 2 surgeries and was scheduled to have another one this morning. Well let me take a look right now. If the parents can please leave the room."
Jack and Lauren stepped outside while Dr. Roy examined Troy's leg. They liked this doctor better already. 45 minutes later they went back inside the room. Dr. Roy took x-rays blood samples and a whole bunch of other test to see what he was dealing with.
Dr Roy: "Well I wish I had some good news." As he put the x-rays on the screen.
"There is no space in between your joints; all of the cartilage in your ankle is gone. Your leg and knee are severely infected and you have a 40% chance of losing your leg from the knee down. You will have little movement in your ankle and you're most likely not going to gain any movement back. You will need major surgery to connect blood vessels back, we need to take skin grafts and take more muscle from somewhere else on your body. We are not going to be able to do major surgery until the infection is gone. We will give you meds to help. If you do fight off the infection, which I have a strong feeling you will, you will be able to walk again and do stuff in everyday life. But I am sad to say you are not going to be able to play sports."
'WHAT? NO SPORTS!' Troy thought in a panicky. Lose his leg? No more sports? No more basketball? This was happening all so fast his head was spinning; his life came crashing down in a matter of minutes.
Troy: "So I am never going to be able to play basketball again?" He said in a quivering dual voice. He was numb to the core.
Dr. Roy: "I am afraid so Troy. You will barley have any movement in your ankle and will not be able to run fast or jump. Your ankle will probably only bend to a 30 degree angle instead of 90. Everything is gone."
Troy could not believe what was happening. Neither could Jack. His son will never be able to play for him at East High. His dream to coach his son and have him part of the team. The room was silent for a while.
Dr Roy: "I am going to do the scheduled surgery that you have this morning. This will be your last one hopefully until your major one. I am going to go back in your knee and treat it and hopefully it will help. The nurse will be here in 5 minutes to prep you and wheel you down."
Jack and Lauren shook his hand and said 'Thank you'. Troy turned his back to his parents so they would not see the silent tears rolling down his face. He was broken. The one thing he loves more than anything was being taken away from him. There was nothing he could do about it right now except fight and stay strong…3 hours later Troy was out of surgery and Dr. Roy had done all he could do for right now. All there was left to do was to fight off his infection so he could have surgery. Around 2:30 his mom tried to wake him up since she knew Gabi was coming. Jack left because they had basketball practice.
Lauren: "Troy, sweetie wake up." She said softly while nudging him.
Troy tried opening his eyes, it was so bright.
Lauren: "How are you feeling?"
Troy: "Ifeelkogjnfine." He said inhalable.
Lauren smiled and said "Gabi will be here soon, if you are sleeping she will leave."
With that Troy opened his eyes all the way. Lauren smirked because she knew it would work. She sat there with him for while. She had to go pick up Dylan from school at three. She soon left and Troy layed there, bored to tears again. He was about to dose off when he heard a knock on the door. His heart started to beat fast. 'Oh wait what does my hair look like?' he thought frantically. He searched for something shiny to see his reflection on. He was ready.
Troy: "Come in."
Gabi opened the door and smiled when she saw him, his reaction was the same.
Gabi: "Hey Wildcat" walking over to his bed with a bag in her hands. She leaned down and they gave each other a hug.
Troy: "I am so glad you are here. How has your day been?" he said still smiling ear to ear.
Gabi pulled up a chair next to his bed and sat down.
Gabi: "Oh you know, it is school same boring stuff every day. On the bright side I made an 'A' on my math test."
Troy: "That is your bright side?" Troy laughed, "You get an A on everything!"
Gabi blushed and changed the subject. "Well you are defiantly the talk of the school right now. Everyone is worried about you."
Troy: "Worried about me? Or worried about the fact that I am not going to be playing basketball this season?"
Gabi: "Good point. They are worried about you though and hope you feel better. They will get over the basketball thing, you have next season."
Troy sighed "Ha yeah try no more seasons the rest of my life."
Gabi: "What do you mean?"
Troy told her everything that happened. She was in shock.
Gabi: "Awe Troy I am so sorry, I feel so bad I am so sorry I brought it up I thought you were going to be able to play." She covered her mouth, she felt bad.
Troy: "No, don't feel bad. I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me. It was an accident and I'll live. Yeah I am pretty bummed but hey what can I do." Troy tried to shake off the fact he was never going to play basketball.
Gabi: "I know what you can do. You can be strong fight this infection and work your way back up and be able to play basketball again. You're a fighter and I know you have this in you. Troy you cannot give up. You can do this, not for anyone but for yourself."
She was right.
Troy: "Yeah I know, this day has just been bad that it is hard for me to think positive right now. But thanks I needed that."
Gabi smiled "No problem."
Troy: "You have the most gorgeous smile I have ever seen."
She blushed "Awe you are so sweet."
Troy: "Here come lay next to me." As he scooted over to make room.
Gabi: "Are you sure? I don't want to hurt you."
Troy: "The only thing you are going to hurt is my heart if you don't get your butt up here."
Gabi laughed, he was so darn cute and not to mention gorgeous. She was so happy that she met Troy and was surprised at the gentlemen he was. She gets talked about a lot at school because everyone wants Troy.
Troy: "Hospital rooms are so depressing. I mean look at them, they have no color."
Gabi: "Yeah I remember when I was really depressed when I was in the hospital."
Troy turned and looks at her, "When were you in the hospital? For what?"
Gabi: "When I was 9 I was in a car accident, I broke some ribs and had a few burns, they all faded though. I was in the hospital for a week. And it was when I first moved to a new town so I didn't have any friends yet so I didn't get any visitors."
Troy: "Oh wow. I am sorry to hear that. Well I am definitely thankful that you are here now and breathing of course. And if I would've known you back then, I would have definitely come and visited you."
She chuckled "Yeah me too. I know how it feels to stare at these 4 walls."
Troy: "Well I am happy that you came. You are the bright side to my day today." He said with a smile.
'Awe he is so cute!' She squealed in her head. She wanted to lean in for a kiss badly but did not know how he felt about it.
Gabi: "Oh yeah, so I brought us our favorite snacks we always eat!" She bent down and picked up with bag she carried in. "Peanut butter and banana sandwich at your service along with an apple, chewy bar and my mom's homemade brownies. Oh and I picked up milk along the way since you know, milk make your bones stronger. Figured you might need to drink some."
Troy smile and looked at her; "You're the best you know that right? This all looks delicious. Thanks." Right then he wanted to lean in and kiss her but did not know how she felt about it.
Gabi: "I was in the mood for it so I figured you were too. Your welcome."
They sat there and talked about endless things. They ate the sandwiches and brownies, even had a little food fight. She ended up falling asleep in his arms. He was so comfy and she could not have been happier. They were perfect.
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How was that? I tried to think of something cute but Gabi will defiantly have more hospital visits. If you have any ideas throw them out! I am trying not to sound evil putting Troy through all of this, like I said it is based off real events! I tried to make it cute but I am running on 4 hour of sleep. Fallon, yes everyone texts these days no one calls each other!