Full day at home, Retinal inflammation gone

Denise has been home for one day now and things are still going well. We're all enjoying having mommy home. More good news came from the appointment with the retinologist. The inflammation that was there a month or two ago is gone now. The inflammation either signified old damage that's healing or new damage that's getting worse. Since only scars remain and the inflammation is gone, that is a positive sign. Denise's eyesight still has a big black hole in the field of vision in the left eye, but the right eye is good. The retinologist also said that the retina is in a sense a window into what's going on in the brain (oversimplified, but we're glad to hear it). The next big appointment that we're concerned about is the ID appointment next Tuesday.
Jacob is learning how to talk by leaps & bounds, but is having some difficulty getting his sounds correct. The live-in caregiver goes by "Coco" but Jacob keeps calling her "Dodo." We're working on that. Meanwhile, Gracie has for some reason started calling us "Father," "Mother," and "Brother." It sounds a little too proper to come out of my kid's mouth. Perhaps some of the formality is rubbing off on Gracie from the caregiver. She has a British accent. Yup. Can you believe it? We have someone with a British accent living with us to assist us. That makes us feel so... well-to-do. Finally, Denise actually went shopping today. No, not TV shopping. She got to go to Target and pick up a couple of things. I think it's the first time that my wife's set foot in a store since last summer. It was nice while it lasted. ;O)