Try this...

MyVar var WORD

To save the word into two consecutive byte addresses (0 and 1) in EEPROM...

WRITE 0,MyWord.HighByte
WRITE 1,MyWord.LowByte

on power-up (or whenever) when you need to read back, just do the opposite...

READ 0,MyWord.HighByte
READ 1,MyWord.LowByte