Daniel turned those sad baby browns on his mom. "Ma, you've been running yourself ragged looking after me ever since I got my diagnosis. And now with Matty and everything else... You're exhausted. You needed to rest. Johnny needed to rest."
He sighed and snuggled more into Johnny's side. "I figured that even if something went wrong in surgery then there was nothing either of you would be able to do from here, so it was better to let you both sleep... I'm sorry, Ma. I really am."