In my story, one of my characters get shot in the leg by a pistol. I don't know much about medical terms, especially bullet wounds, so does anyone know what would happen afterwards? He's going to be taken to the hospital, and the police will be involved, but in terms of his recovery and what the hospital will do, what exactly happens? I know the hospital will probably take out the bullet (do they do surgery for that or what?), and afterwards, won't they use morphine to help numb the pain? And how long of a process would that be? I also planned on having the bullet do some damage to his muscle tissue to where he'll have to do physical therapy, but is it possible that if there's only minimal damage to the muscle tissue, he could walk eventually? And how many days would he need to stay in the hospital? If someone who knows medical things like this, I would greatly appreciate some information!