Alice, Jerry and Paul went to visit Dad tonight in the C-ICU.  Amy is his nurse and will be in the room with him and the two other patients all night. 

We were talking to Dad and he got up out of bed, completely unassisted, and walked to the bathroom by himself.  He was very talkative and appreciated us coming up from Florida and down from Boston.  Alice, Kristen and Addison are flying back to Florida tomorrow morning.  That Addison is so darn cute.  I'm going to make a quick stop at the hospital in the morning and then drive back to Boston.

To encourage him and give him something to look forward to, I told Dad what his Father's Day present is - a Behind the Scenes Tour of the current This Old House project, the Weston House and lunch with the cast members.  The project will air starting in October.  Dad has watched Norm Abram on the New Yankee Workshop and This Old House for many years decades.  He idolizes Norm.  Beth and I won this "experience" in a WGBH Auction last week.  We won the same auction last year and wanted Dad to go then, to tour the Newton House.  He insisted that Beth and I go instead, even though we bought it for him to meet Norm.   We asked Norm if he would mind saying hello to Dad on the phone, for which I'm forever grateful.  Dad could hardly believe that Norm Abram called him and talked with him for several minutes.  Yes, Norm did give Dad some shop safety tips.  He was so happy to get that call.  I've always regretted that Dad didn't go, and when the same item came up for bid again, we said let's bid and insist that Dad go this time.

When I said that I was going to tell him what his Father's Day present is, he said that he already got what he wanted.  Well, you know what, I did too.