My daughter came in town last weekend as she had President's Day off. Last week I had a carpenter here who tore out a wet bar we never used and installed a cabinet and shelves. He also did some other repairs. My daughter likes to paint but I don't think she knew how much was involved in this project. I helped where I was told I could, being the most helpless at painting, and we got through it.

Larry had even agreed readily to go out to eat. This is something he usually fights, but not when my daughter is here. lol She sat next to him at the restaurant, and, read the whole menu off before he decided on something. The place was crowded due to mild weather and a long holiday weekend. Larry's son was to come Sunday with his wife and our granddaughter but had to cancel due to little Rachel being sick.

Monday night after Larry was in bed for the night, I heard a crash like the wall coming down. I ran into the bedroom and found my "lingerie chest" lying across the floor and Larry lying nearby. This scared me as this was the first "hard fall" he has had since the stroke. (He slipped a couple times but once against the sofa and once in the bathroom where I caught him both times.) This time he said he lost his balance coming back from moving the clock so he could see it better! I checked to see if he was hurt and he said "no". He never has walked that far from bed at night. I tried to move him to a position where he could pull up on the bed but no go. I finally called the neighbor and he and I lifted him in 20 seconds. Larry had a little nick on his hand, and my chest, I use partly for jewelry, had earrings and necklaces all entwined and wall had a couple nicks. All in all we were lucky. He wears the CPap and is constantly watching the clock so he can remove it after 3-4hrs! He can't sleep with it and even Ambien is not helping!

Yesterday I took Larry to an endocrinoligist referred by his internist. As you may know by my posts, I can't get Larry to gain weight. In fact, he just loses weight and not much of an appetite. His blood test all show normal but this Dr. came up with yet another called "cortisol stimulation test". We have to go back to the hospital for this one! We talked to the nutritionist on staff there and she more or less suggested he load up on things like sugar on cereal, whole milk instead of 2%, Carnation Instant Breakfast, ice cream, shakes, even gravey. The problem is getting Larry to eat as he is very choosey to say the least. The Dr. said he definitely needs to increase his calorie intake. We will see how this goes. He didn't seem to have a magic answer, just more tests to rule out anything else.

The temperatures have been warm this week and 64 today. I'm taking Larry along for several errands. He can sit in the car or whatever while I do my running. Maybe I can talk him into a McDonald's cheeseburger and shake!

Julie