Mason's Surgery

I'm sorry I haven't updated the blog in a long time! In case there are some of you that didn't hear about Mason's surgery, I'm pasting the emails I sent out below...

January 28th

Hi Friends!

We just wanted to remind you that Mason will have his surgery tomorrow (January 29^th) at 7:30am CST. He will have both eye muscles operated on as well as his circumcision. He will have a blood factor administered to help his blood clot properly shortly before the surgery. Micah and I are in the hospital with him now and will stay with him tomorrow night as well. Reister is with my parents in Austin. We hope to send out an update tomorrow night to let you know how it goes. Thank you so very much for your support and pr@yers! We are trusting in our Sovereign G0d!

Blessings,

Michelle for all the Webbs

January 29th

Hi Everyone,

Thank you very much for your prayers! We truly felt them! We both had a real peace as we waited during surgery and were very much aware of G0d’s presence and sovereignty. Mason got out of recovery by almost noon and has been resting/sleeping in the hospital since then. The surgery started a little late because there was a mix up on getting him the blood factor that he needed to help him clot properly. Once it was finally found and administered, his surgery began and both the circumcision and eye muscle surgery went fine. We spoke with both doctors afterward and they said that everything went well. So far Mason has been asleep (but moving around and sometimes trying to rub his eyes) since he returned. We’ll just pretty much hang out here in the room with him and wait for his eye doctor to come by later to check on him. The urologist will check him out tomorrow morning. Then, as long as the hematologist is satisfied with his recovery we should be discharged tomorrow.

What a blessing to have access to such great healthcare and physicians. We are very thankful that Mason could get this taken care of during our time in the states.

As far as his eyes, he will most likely continue wearing his glasses but will hopefully have less crossing as a result of the surgery. It would be awesome if the surgery provided more of a complete correction, but only time will tell for that.

We love you all and thank you very much for your prayers and encouragement!

Michelle for all the Webbs

Update as of February 7th:

Mason is recovering well. His eye doctor saw him again on February 4th and said he looked good but to continue wearing his glasses indefinitely. Mason is far-sighted and that problem is isolated from his strabismus (eye crossing) problem. We have to give him eye drops and ointment every night that he doesn't like very much but other than that he doesn't seem bothered by his surgery. His circumcision is also healing well.