mason update

Six weeks later and we are back at the 'baby doctor' to check on mason and to make sure everything is going okay with him. Again the doctor looks at the typical places in mason that could be problems with kids born with down syndrome. The doctor glanced at his brain and said one side looks 'perfect' while the other side is borderline enlarged, but nothing to worry about since this is typical. On to his heart, the doctor was looking for abnormalities that could pose a problem at birth. Again, this time, his heart seems to be in good order and should be fine from what he can see. The doctor informed us that out of down syndrome children that 40% or more are born with heart problems. He feels no reason for us to see a cardiologist right now. At birth, mason will have an echo cardiogram (in short look at his heart) more extensively to make sure there are no problems that were not able to be seen from the ultrasounds. The third thing that the doctor looked at was mason's intestines. Your intestines are made in three parts; in downs children, many times the first part of the intestines does not develop. This can be easily corrected with surgery. Oddly enough, this could also cause problems with delivery and could cause preterm labor because of excess amniotic fluid. We are fortunate that mason is not showing signs of this problem with his intestines. All in all, everything is looking great with mason. The doctor believes that the delivery should be normal and looks to not have any major problems. Thanks for those who have been praying and thinking of us these past few weeks. We will have another update in 4 weeks when we go for another ultrasound.