No going back

Griffith may well have made an unfortunate breakthrough today. He has now learned to move his left knee forward and to push with his right foot. This leads to him moving forward. It is so shocking that he stops immediately, but we are pretty sure there is no going back now. If we don't have full-blown crawling by the weekend, then we will all be surprised.
I blame Flora and Cheryl. They were "encouraging" Griffith today. I should have known better than to leave him alone with the two of them. They are just trouble.
Allan is doing great as you can see. He and Griff were sitting up and banging the rings together before they both collapsed. Griff made it through another day with basically no nap. He is so afraid that he will miss something that he wills himself to stay awake -- shakes his head, rubs his eyes, anything to keep from drifting off.
Big Al did pre-op clinic today. They have to put him under again. They need to check for and remove any scar tissue that is developing behind the pupil. They also will try to stretch and recenter the pupil which got askew when they took out the cataract. The way that it is now, his straight-on vision is impaired because the pupil is off-center. He has peripheral vision, though how much we just can't tell at the moment. Which may explain all of his side-long glances. No word on when surgery will be scheduled. As with everything with Allan, a lot of doctors have to weigh in with their opinions. Still, he seems to be doing well enough that we may skate by with it being an outpatient procedure which we would all be grateful for -- Dad especially since he gets to be the one to sleep on the tres comfortable pull out chair/bed at the hospital.