Doctor's visits

This update is late in coming, but I wanted to let you all know about how Mason's doctor appointments have been going. On November 5th, I took Mason to Dallas for two appointments - with a pediatric urologist to follow up on his kidney issue, and with a pediatric ophthalmologist to follow up on his eyes. The first brought good news and lot of praises to God on our part - Mason's left kidney (that has been enlarged since he was in the womb) was perfectly normal in size! He has not had any infections or problems related to this since his birth, but it has always been something that needed follow up. The second appointment wasn't as encouraging. The ophthalmologist examined Mason and said he thought he still needed to have surgery to correct his crossing. He also said that Mason's eyes were sometimes straight with his glasses on and sometimes crossed. Apparently, this is uncommon - normally with the glasses on, a child's eyes should be straight all the time, or still crossed all the time. Mason's crossing is intermittent. This made the doctor concerned about whether there were any underlying neurological problems. He recommended that Mason see a pediatric neuro-ophthalmologist to rule out any neurological problems before surgery. As you might guess, that kind of doctor isn't exactly easy to find. But God really really provided because I was able to get an appointment with one in Temple, Texas (one hour from Austin) the following Tuesday. That doctor, Dr. Tredici, examined Mason and said that he doesn't think that Mason had any neurological problems. He said that really his condition is somewhat common. He did dilate Mason's eyes and determined that he needed a stronger prescription and changed up the instructions for patching his eyes. We will see him again on December 16th and will discuss surgery at that point because he also felt that Mason would need surgery to correct the crossing.
It is a little confusing that Dr. Yu in Hong Kong had such a differing opinion but I think Mason just was having a really good day in terms of straightness that day. Dr. Yu also said that he thought there was a possibility Mason might still need surgery or that the American doctors might have a differing opinion. So... we're continuing to pray for Mason and for the doctor's to have wisdom. We'll probably stick with Dr. Tredici in Temple instead of returning to the doctor in Dallas. He is both a ped. ophth. and ped. neuro-ophth. so he seems well qualified.
We appreciate all your prayers and will try to keep you updated as we know more!