By the 16th of July, Alexei was recovering from his latest bout and he was eating and no longer the 80 pounds, which I can't believe is correct, often mentioned.
By this time Alexei was more than five feet seven inches tall. If he was only 80 pounds then he was near death which he was not.
And, I doubt that Nicholas II carried Alexei down the stairs, around a building, down some more stairs, through a building and into the room known as the "basement". Not so much because of the weight --say 95 to 110 or more pounds, but because Nicholas II would have found it akward. Why? Alexei was taller than his father ....
The sell on this eighty pounds is because people keep forgetting that Alexei was growning and probably was going to be much taller than his father.... I've seen boys grown over summer vacation two, three even four inches...
Anyway, like I said, I can not agree that Alexei on 16 July was only 80 pounds.
And, please, respect other posters.
AGRBear