We had a couple of days where we didn’t need to turn on the AC.  It was nice to have the house opened and all that fresh air.  However, the temperature has climbed again, as well as the humidity, and the AC is back on.  One of the most unfortunate things about Dear Hubby’s MS is how the warm weather affects him.

     He used to enjoy being outside during the warm weather.  Now he can’t take it.  Only a few minutes outside on a hot and humid day and his legs weaken to the point of collapse.  His pain triples and he is exhausted. 

     It’s during this sort of weather that he becomes most depressed.  Yes, he’s on antidepressants.  They help some.  The pups try to help by doing everything they can to make him laugh.  I swear they do.  Tonight Patty was hucklebutting it on the couch and had him laughing.  Once she’d acquired that reaction, she then jumped up on his chair and settled down next to him.  I’ve never seen a more self satisfied look on a dog’s face.  Gavin had joined in on her session by racing back and forth from the living room to the kitchen.  When she stopped so did he.  He crawled under DH’s foot rest for a nap.