Turn Around - An Adopted By O2L Story

Chapter 14

Zoe Franta

I looked down. I would of had to get the stupid surgery anyways. I didn't want to get it. Afterwords, it is a two week recovery. I really didn't want to not be able to do anything for two whole weeks. Ugh, I hate what happened. 

"How soon can she get the surgery?" Connor asked. 

"As soon as possible. We can get her in right now." The doctor answered. "This is really serious, believe it or not. Her rib never healed properly, but it looks like it has been moving slightly, and it could puncture a lung if nothing is done about it or even cause internal bleeding."  

"On one condition." I said, looking at Connor and the doctor. "I want my shoulder to be fixed as well. It was dislocated and I had it heal with a brace on. It just needs to be popped back in place a little more."

"That can be done. Mr. Franta, is this alright with you?" The doctor asked. 

"That's fine." Connor said, looking at me. 

"Alright, let's get you ready for surgery." The doctor said. 

"Wait, can I do a little video for this?" I asked. 

"I don't see why not, just not during surgery." The doctor said. 

"Connor, do you have your camera with you?" I asked him. 

''Yea. Here." He said, handing me the camera he vlogged with earlier. 

"Thanks. Film me after surgery?" I asked him. 

"Will do. Good luck." Connor said, leaving the room after the doctors command. 

I sighed. The doctor gave me a number of things to do. I turned on the camera sighing. I did my intro and explained what was happening to the camera.

"Okay guys, well I'm going into surgery now and I can't film. Connor is going to film me after the surgery so shout out to him. See you in what will be a second to you guys but a few hours to me." I said, covering the camera with my hand. 

One of the doctors brought the camera back out to Connor and they brought me into the surgery room. I was given a medicine that was supposed to put me to sleep. 

***

I opened my eyes and felt something cut into somewhere near my stomach. I wanted to scream out in pain but I could only make a small noise. 

"Doctor she's awake! What do we do?" I heard a female voice call out. 

"Inject this into her arm!" He said frantically. 

I felt a needle go into my arm and I was getting sleepier and sleepier, until darkness completely surrounded me. 

***

I could hear noise around me. I tried to open my eyes, but couldn't. I heard the voices of Jc, Connor, Kian, and Ricky quietly talking to each other. 

"Maybe you should start filming it. The doctor said any minute." Ricky said. 

"Ok." Connor replied. 

I tried opening my eyes again. This time I could. I saw Ricky and Kian on the couch, Connor in the chair next to me, and Jc walking around the room. 

"Hey Zoe." Connor said, smiling. 

"Hey Connor." I said, barely audible. "Ricky, Kian, Jc." 

"You're alive!" Kian said, causing me to laugh slightly. 

I looked down and noticed that my stomach up was bandaged from the surgery. My shoulder also hurt. 

"You have to take two of these." Connor said, handing me two pills that looked like painkillers. 

I took them and swallowed them and took a sip of water. The pain started to subside shortly and I was glad of that. I looked at Connor. 

"I think I actually woke up in the middle of the surgery." I said. 

"The doctor said that you did. The medicine wore off before it was supposed to." Connor told me.

"It hurt! I could feel them cutting me open when I woke up, and I couldn't even scream out." I said, sitting up slightly. 

"I'm sure it did. Just some sharp object cutting you open when you were awake.... I would have cut a bitch if I felt that." Kian said, causing me to laugh slightly. 

"Whoa, watch your fucking language." I said to him in a serious voice, causing the boys to start laughing. 

There was a knock on the door and the doctor came in. He looked at the camera and shook his head. I nodded to him. 

"Okay guys, well the doctor just came in so I will finish this video off when I get home." I said.

Connor covered the camera and stopped the camera. The doctor changed the bandages and talked to the boys about how my two week rest is to go. I'm not supposed to get up without help, I have to keep a shoulder brace on for two weeks to make sure nothing happens to it, I can only eat soft food, and I am not to sit up for more than five minutes unless I have to go somewhere in a car. I have to lay down for two weeks. Ugh, this is horrible. 

"Alright, Zoe, you can go now, just make sure you follow those rules and come back after two weeks so we can check that everything went okay. If it has then you are all fixed up!" The doctor said, handing Connor the release forms to fill out. 

He filled them out while Ricky helped me up and into the bathroom. I closed the door and changed slowly, trying to be as careful as I could. After I put my clothes back on, I opened up the bathroom door and Jc came over and picked me up bridal style. 

"I'm carrying you out. You shouldn't be walking." He said. 

"Fine." I said, wrapping my arms around his neck so I have some support.

Once we were outside, it was dark out. How long have we been here? Jc put me in the back of the car with Connor, while Kian and Ricky went in the car they came here in. I placed my back on the door, and put my feet over Connor's lap, sorta laying down. I grabbed my phone and checked the time on it. It was 10:04 p.m. Wow, that took a while. 

We got home and Connor carried me up to my room, putting me on the bottom bunk so if I have to get up I won't have to have someone help me down stairs. Connor handed me the camera and I finished off the video. 

"So guys, I am back home now. The doctor told me that I have to be on bed rest for two weeks, and I can only sit up for five minutes at a time, get up with help, I can only eat soft food, and I have to keep this shoulder brace on for two weeks as well." I said. "I have to go to bed now, but I will see you next Monday. Bye guys!" I said, covering the camera with my hand. 

Connor took the camera and smiled at me. I smiled back. He gripped onto his camera and walked over to the door, turning off the light. 

"Good night, Zoe." Connor said. 

"Good night, Connor." I mimicked him. 

He walked out of my room and closed the door behind him. I fell asleep within a few minutes, tired from the eventful day I had today.