By far and away, the best part (that is, the only good part) of this whole ordeal is that I’ve had to do a little shopping. Lloyd’s supposed to weigh himself everyday to make sure he doesn’t suddenly gain weight. (If he does, it means he’s retaining water – making it hard for his heart to beat, or that he’s grown an extra leg or something. You think you could figure that out without a scale.) I really wanted to get one that measured body fat and all that stuff, but the buttons looked hard to navigate.  I went with a simple digital ‘weight only’ model.
I also bought one of those Grandpa pill counters. He has three different medicines to take, so this was so cool! Each day pops out of the weekly tray. I also spurged and bought a completely unnecessary pulse monitor. Yeah, it’s for him so we can see what activities make his heart beat slower/faster, but really I wanted to wear it to prove that housework can be called exercise.