"The new technique uses a stint to get to the heart before closing the hole with mesh.After about three days, it's likely you get out of the hospital and recover at home besides check ups. You'd be up and playing with kids in about three weeks at tops. You could play ball with the twins in the back yard and rough house with them with out worry. It would help you get stronger for them. Don't worry about the money for now. That's an issue that can wait until after you've regained some strength from eating and drinking. Luka and Myxi will be safe and happy if you go in for surgery. I promise they will be the first thing you hear if you decide to do it. The surgery only takes about four hours. You'd be in the hospital at max a day for monitoring. "<br/><br/>"No don't!," she calls out when the nurse goes to touch Jason. She's too late, the nurse jerking back. Sable's temporarily entranced by Myxi's singing. She looks at the towel in her hand for a second before remembering the blind fold in her bag. "Oh! I brought your blind fold for you Jason. I'll let you use this." She slowly lays the soft towel against his forearm for him to feel and pick up  on hisbefore retrieving the cotton blind fold out of her shoulder strap little black purse. "You're going to have to tell me if any of the stitches rub a sore spot." This too she lays where he can easily find it without touching him.<br/><br/>A second later there's a knock on the door, a doctor sticking his head in after Sable says come in. In a few minutes she's sitting in his office wondering why she had been summoned.