Wrapping Up March

We have had a really busy end of the month.  On Monday, March 21st, Sutton walked!  He had taken a couple of steps a couple of months ago, but they were forced. (We made him walk from Bobby to me, and Bobby sort of pushed him.)  This time we were in our back room.  Bobby and I were sitting on the floor, and he walked back and forth between us three or four times.  We were so excited!  We were clapping and yelling, and he joined in clapping and laughing.  Then later in the day Bobby put him down in the grass in the backyard and he took a few steps and fell.  And that was the end of that.  He was not happy.  Since then, every few days he will take a few steps between us when we forced helped him.  But today (April 1), he had a toy he wanted to give me and on his own he took a couple of steps to get to me.  So, we are definitely getting there.

On Friday, Aunt Marta and Uncle Charlie decided to make a spur of the moment trip to Alabama.  So, we invited them to eat pizza with us and Grandma and Verbon came to eat with us also.

Layne had an appointment at 7:45 on Monday morning at Vanderbilt.  Bobby was working, so it was just the kids and me.  We had to leave the house at 5:00!  It was a good visit though.  Layne had pictures made to send to the insurance company, and since Sutton was wit h us, Dr. Kelly went ahead and saw him also.  He decided to go ahead and schedule Sutton for surgery.  He is scheduled for Monday, May 2nd, at 1:00.  I am ready to get it over with.

After our early appointment on Monday, I took Sutton for a post-op visit with Dr. Metz on Tuesday.  Dr. Metz was very happy with Sutton's eye.  For now...no more eye surgeries!  Yay!  We are just going to continue to patch a couple of hours a day and see Dr. Metz in three months.  Needless to say, we are happy.

So, March was a good month, and I think April will be also.
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