Al Roker returns home from hospital, Dylan Dreyer fills in at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - USA TODAY

Meteorologist Dylan Dreyer stood in for workfellow Al Roker astatine the 96th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade successful New York City Thursday.

The NBC News meteorologist and co-host of "Today" helped host NBC's sum of the parade from the street, conducting interviews with stars including Jake Lacy ("A Friend of the Family" and "White Lotus") portion colleagues Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb hosted from a station adjacent Macy's flagship successful New York's Herald Square. 

At the opening of the parade, the "Today" squad shared that Dreyer, 41, would beryllium filling successful for Roker. Roker has been away from the "Today" show after being hospitalized for blood clots. 

'I americium truthful fortunate': Al Roker recovering aft being hospitalized for humor clots

Shortly aft the parade's start, Dreyer took a telephone from President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden portion they watched the Thanksgiving Day Parade astatine location similar millions of different Americans. They inquired about however Roker was doing and she assured them, he's doing "great."

The longtime meteorologist, 68, announced connected Instagram earlier this month that he's been hospitalized for immoderate "medical whack-a-mole" and is present connected the mend.

Roker went location for Thanksgiving dinner, according to his station on Instagram Thursday. "So overmuch to be #thankful for connected the #thanksgiving day. Leaving the infirmary and location for," helium wrote.

"Last week I was admitted to the infirmary with a humor clot successful my limb which sent immoderate clots into my lungs," he wrote connected an Instagram station Friday which included a bouquet of flowers and an NBC mug. "I americium truthful fortunate to beryllium getting terrific aesculapian attraction and connected the mode to recovery. Thanks for each the good wishes and prayers and anticipation to spot you soon." 

Blood clots, oregon heavy vein thrombosis, commonly occur in the limb but tin besides make successful the arm, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. "Part of the clot, called an embolus, can interruption disconnected and question to the lungs," which tin chopped disconnected humor travel to the lungs. 

Roker has sat connected the "Today" show's weather desk since 1996 and has been transparent astir aesculapian issues successful the past, including his prostate crab diagnosis successful 2020. 

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