I'm so sorry to hear about that. Claire wrote that it happened on Feb 21 and the prognosis seems good. I hope so. Steve deserves a long and fulfilling retirement.
Benson is a tough old bird and my money is on him in this fight. Getting him to slow down and do what the doctors tell him will be a fulltime job for Claire. He doesn't do slow down well. My Hubs has had three strokes, two little and one big, so I know you have to just go one day at a time. I do hope he is up and about soon. Who else is going to argue with me about Santa :)