--- /Users/oli/Desktop/ahah_forms/examples/todos/todos.module
+++ todos_new.module
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@
 	if( is_array( $edit['items'] ) ) {
 		$items = $edit['items'];
 	}
+	// If $edit is not empty, it's not our first visit. So we don't load the items stored in the node because they reflect the outdated status without our edits.
+	elseif( !is_array( $edit['items'] ) && count($edit)) {
+		$items = array();
+	}
 	elseif( is_array($node->items) ) {
 		// todoss have been loaded into node (by apinode:load)
 		$items = $node->items;