WearrivedatthehospitaltofindDadwasveryweakbuthissmilewasthesameasever.Itwasanotherattackofpneumonia(肺炎).MyhusbandandIstayedwithhimfortheweekendbuthadtoreturntoourjobsonMonday.Localrelativeswouldh

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We arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak but his smile was the same as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia(肺炎). My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local relatives would help Dad get home from hospital and look after him. But I wished to be able to let him know that we cared too even when we weren’t with him.

Then I remembered a family tradition when our children were small. When leaving their grandparents’ home after a visit each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They hid notes in cereal(麦片) box under a hairbrush or next to the phone. For days their grandparents would smile as they discovered these reminders of our love.

So as I tidied Dad’s kitchen and made up a bed for him downstairs in the living room I wrote some notes. “Dad I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn’t spoil(变质).” Some expressed my love “Dad I hope you will sleep well in your new bed.” Most notes were downstairs where he would stay for several weeks but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow “Dad if you have found this note you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”

Just like his medicines strengthened him physically these “emotional vitamins” would improve his health too. Several weeks later in one of our regular phone calls I asked Dad how he was going. He said “Pretty good. I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”

24. We can infer from the text that the writer’s father _______.