I don't own the shows characters ( sadly) Please R & R and thanx to all who have already. Also I am not a doctor, so any mistakes made are my own.

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" I'll take your word for it. Go home get some rest for a couple of hours. When you get back I'll go home to get some sleep." Jimmy suggested.

" Alright but only cause you asked so nicely. Call if there's any change."

" Will do, sleep well." Jimmy said standing up to give her a hug.

Roughly 5 minutes after Alex left.

" Man I never thought she'd leave." Mumbled a very groggy Ty.

" Hey sleepy, how do you feel?"

" Like a house fell on me. So how long have I been out of it? Did the others make it out?"

" You've been out cold for the last two weeks, and everyone's fine, just worried about you. I'm gonna go get your doctor and then call the others to let them know you're awake."

" Jimmy get the doc but wait a little bit before you make that call please." she begged.

" Ok." with that said he walked out and got the doctor.

" Hello Tyra, I'm Dr. Cortez, how are you feeling?"

" Please call me Ty only my parents call me Ty and that's when they're mad at me. I feel pretty good. So when can I leave?"

" Well, I need to run some more tests but in theory you should be able to go home in a day or two. However, when you leave here you won't be able to go to work for a week and then only light duties for the next to weeks after that."

" Great doc you've just sentenced me to three weeks of boredom." Ty complained.

" So what did Dr. Cortez have to say?" Jimmy asked.

" Oh, just the usual about tests, rest and taking it easy. I heard what you and Alex were talking about. Was what you said true?"

" Yes, I'm still in love with you and I'll do whatever I have to, to prove it to you."

" Alex was right, I'm still in love with you. Always have been."

" Do you think we could try again?"

" I don't know Jimmy, I really don't. we've both changed in the last few years, I'd like to think we've both grown up. We may still be in love with one another but is that enough?"

" Yes, it's enough. Ty I want marry and make all of your dreams come true, and have a family."

" Well most of what you said sounds great actually."

" Which part doesn't?"

" Jimmy if we got back together the only child we'd have is Joey. I'm not having any more kids, I can't go through losing another child. You and I both know that if I were to get pregnant that there's a good chance that, that baby would have Congenital Heart Disease as well. Even though they never determined how he got it. I know you want a large family, hell we used to talk about it all the time. But I can't give you that large family."

" Ty, if being with you means that Joey's our only child then so be it. Also we could adopt."

" I don't know. Give me some time to think this through."

" Take as much time as you need I'm here for you."

Two days later she was released from the hospital. Once she got home Ty rummaged through one of her closets and took out a box. She then sat down cross-legged on the bed with the box in front of her. Taking the lid off the box she took a deep breath and peered inside. Inside of this box were the memories pertaining to the best and worst day of her life. Carefully she first took out Michael's birth certificate and then his death certificate causing tears to stream down her face. Then she took out the picture of Michael that she had, had blown up. On it he looked like a normal healthy newborn and she remembered exactly when it was taken.

*** FLASH BACK***

" Come on you can do it." Jimmy said encouragingly while she squeezed his hand.

" Shut the Hell UP! God I hate you Jimmy, for doing this to me." Ty yelled as her next contraction started.

Five minutes later Michael James Doherty was born. The nurses quickly whisked him away to be checked out.

" Thank you, I love you." Jimmy told Ty as he bent down to kiss her damp forehead.

" Sorry I yelled at you."

" Don't worry about it."

" Mr. Doherty and Ms. Romano, my name is Dr. Walker I'm the pediatric cardiologist here at the hospital."

" Is there something wrong with our son?" Ty asked her voice filled with fear.

" While we were running some routine tests we noticed some anomalies in the results. Early indications show that your son has Congenital Heart Disease. I'm waiting on the results of several other tests so that we can cage just how serious his condition is."

At those words Ty started crying burying her head in Jimmy's chest.

" What's the treatment for this condition?"

" That all depends on how severe his condition is. We may be able to do corrective surgery, when I have more information, I'll be back."

" Hey it's gonna be ok." Jimmy said trying to comfort Ty.

" You don't know that. I want to hold our son." she sobbed.

Since he knew he wouldn't be able to comfort her Jimmy asked a nurse if it was possible for them to see their son. Several hours later Dr. Walker return with bad news.

" I'm afraid that your son's condition is so severe that we won't be able to operate, he would never survive the anesthetic. All we can do for him is make him comfortable. I'm sorry but your son will die."

" How long does he have left?" Ty asked.

" I'm afraid he won't make it through the night."

*** END FLASH BACK ***

That night Ty made herself something light to eat after stowing the box back in her closet. She then curled herself up in a ball on her bed and cried herself to sleep.