{"id":2220,"date":"2009-06-30T10:41:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noahholt.com\/blog\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2009-07-06T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T16:28:39","slug":"visting-grampa-at-dhmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/visting-grampa-at-dhmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Visting Grampa at DHMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dad, Noah&#8217;s Grandpa, had surgery <a  href=\"http:\/\/noahholt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/24\/grampa-has-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\">last Monday<\/a> up at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and after hearing that everything went well Kate, Noah, and I had to head back to NYC.\u00c2\u00a0 We got to head back up to DHMC on Saturday to see how Dad was doing.\u00c2\u00a0 Noah&#8217;s Aunt Mindy had been with Dad all week, through the tough days of helping him get mobile again and also dealing with hospital boredom.\u00c2\u00a0 We had the easy part of his hospital stay, plus we had Noah to keep a smile on his face.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2221\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/visting-grampa-at-dhmc\/_mg_2381\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2381.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"401,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2381.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2381.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2221\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2381.jpg?resize=401%2C500\" alt=\"_MG_2381\" width=\"401\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saying &#8220;hi&#8221; to Noah, and &#8220;bye&#8221; to Mindy.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2222\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/visting-grampa-at-dhmc\/_mg_2389\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2389.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"401,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2389.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2389.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2222\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2389.jpg?resize=401%2C500\" alt=\"_MG_2389\" width=\"401\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dad was trying to take 5 walks a day.\u00c2\u00a0 The walks were tiring, and the view was all too familiar, so to try and change things up we had Noah race him.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2223\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/visting-grampa-at-dhmc\/_mg_2397\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2397.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"401,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2397.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2397.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2223\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2397.jpg?resize=401%2C500\" alt=\"_MG_2397\" width=\"401\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/visting-grampa-at-dhmc\/_mg_2408\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2408.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"401,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2408.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2408.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2225\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2408.jpg?resize=401%2C500\" alt=\"_MG_2408\" width=\"401\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Noah getting distracted, and letting his Grandpa win.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2224\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/visting-grampa-at-dhmc\/_mg_2405\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2405.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"401,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2405.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2405.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2224\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2405.jpg?resize=401%2C500\" alt=\"_MG_2405\" width=\"401\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We left the hospital around 8 pm and grabbed some dinner before heading to the <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.uppervalleyhostel.org\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\">Upper Valley Hostel<\/a> for the night.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2226\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/visting-grampa-at-dhmc\/_mg_2410\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/MG_2410.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"401,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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surgery last Monday up at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and after hearing that everything went well Kate, Noah, and I had to head back to NYC.\u00c2\u00a0 We got to head back up to DHMC on Saturday to see how Dad was doing.\u00c2\u00a0 Noah&#8217;s Aunt Mindy had been with Dad all 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