Having been home just a week from similar surgery, I'd say you both would be better off if you stayed across the street at the Homewood Suites rather than in the hospital. I spent 3 days in ICU and 4 more in the step-down PCU. That's longer than usual, but that was because I ended up needing a permanent pacemaker implanted, which is another surgical procedure. Actually, surgery itself was almost a non-event. I was wheeled out to the OR about 7:30 AM, surgery started an hour or so later, and I'm told I was in recovery about 5 PM, but I remember nothing until I woke up in the ICU later that evening. We boarded our pets, and my wife stayed across the street and was able to visit me as much as either of us wanted.