It's safer in the dark - Sequel

Part 15

Harry's POV

The theatre is prepped for surgery, and I rush into the room next door to scrub up and prepare. I can see Louis lying on the operating table getting prepped and it breaks my heart. I have to pull myself together and deal with this. I need to save Louis life. I can do this. My emotions are on edge as I approach his lifeless body on the table.

"He is ready Dr Styles" the anaesthetist tell me.

Daniel is prepped as well to assist me and I'm thankful he is here to help me.

"You've got this Harry, let's do this" Daniel says.

We share a knowing look and I take a deep breath and I begin.

The surgery lasts for four hours. I successfully fix Louis collapsed lung, thank God. I'm absolutely exhausted by the time I finish, and my adrenalin is coming down. I'm glad my shift is over now, so I can rest and be with Louis.

Louis is taken up to the intensive care ward and as much as I don't want to leave his side, I have to go and tell the boys what's happened. They must be worried sick.

I walk out into the waiting room and I see Drew asleep against Edward who is leaning against the wall also asleep. Scott is tapping away on his phone while Andy has his head in his hands. I clear my throat as I walk into the room.

"Haz!" Scott shouts as he looks up at me.

His voice wakes Drew and Edward and they are all up on their feet quickly.

"What's going on Haz, is he okay? You've been ages" Drew worries.

I look at their pleading faces and I feel so guilty, I should have seen this coming I should have taken more notice. I rub my hands over my face tiredly.

"Listen guys you need to all sit down" I tell them.

There is a lot to go over, and they need to be sitting, it's a little overwhelming.

"Why Harry, please don't tell me he didn't make it Harry!" Scott asks tears in his eyes.

"He is okay at the moment Scotty, just sit down so I can explain" I say gently.

We all sit down in the chairs and the boys wait for me to begin. I don't know where to start, so I just delve in.

"So, we assume Louis was beaten up by Zach, his bruised eye and abdomen suggest he was punched and kicked quite hard. As a result, he broke two ribs. One of the ribs punctured his lung and we had to take him to surgery. I managed to fix the puncture, but it took me a while and Louis flatlined.... his body is just so weak right now, but we got him back. Before we took him to theatre he had a seizure, but we are confident it was a result of the allergic reaction he had to the drug he was given, and it was a one off. We did a scan and there were no signs of any bleeding or anything on his brain" I say.

"Fuck Harry, thank god" Scott says.

"You saved his life Haz" Edward tells me.

They look so thankful towards me, but I haven't even got to the worst part yet. I haven't even started.

"Unfortunately, that's not all though" I say sympathetically, and I watch their faces fall.

"What do you mean?" Andy asks. I sigh.

"I don't think any of us really understood how bad his eating habits had become. Louis is severely underweight and malnourished; his BMI is 13 and that's below what we would normally allow before we admit a patient into hospital to be treated for anorexia. As a result of being so underweight his body started shutting down and his kidney became severely infected. Louis said before he passed out, that he had been suffering a pain in his side for two weeks. That was his kidney... When we examined his side, we found a huge purple looking bruise which means it was left for too long and he now has blood poisoning, he has also developed a chest infection because his immune system is just so low" I say.