Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Yucky sleep study!!

To say that it was a rough night is putting it very mildly! Zachary was fine with all the electrodes, etc until they put two cannula type things in his nose. One monitored his air flow and one his co2 level. That really upset him. He screamed for 1 1/2 hours before he finally fell asleep and then was awake every 20-30 minutes all night crying. He did finally get 1 1/2 hours straight sleep and that is when we got our best data. Basically the ped pulmonologist said that he did have several episodes of apnea during his sleep but that his sats and heart rate tolerated it. We are just going to watch it for now and we are going to start him on prophylactic inhaled steroids to prevent lung issues during the winter months. Thanks for the prayers. Praying for an entire night sleep tonight!

1 comment:

Krista said...

Yuck...it doesn't sound like a productive night...but glad he is tolerating the apnea! I tell you...we've both been through the ringer this fall...wanna hop on a plane and go someplace warm and secluded? Gotta love em...I'm sure if it was up to them...they wouldn't give us such fits! Hope you have great night...Marissa is in charge of Kate's tube tonight...I'm sleeping!!!