Tyler's Sleep Study

I normally don't blog about medical stuff but here goes...

 

Tyler has always had a rattling/wheezy style of breathing, he stops breathing during sleep, he often breathes through his mouth, etc.   All leading to a hypothesis of large adenoids that may need to be removed (Oli had his removed when he was 8).   The hypothesis is confirmed by an overnight sleep study at Children's Hospital.  We were scheduled for Feb but they called with a cancelation last Thursday at 4pm and we checked in at 7pm. 

 

It was brutal.  Check in at 7pm, start the hour long set up 8pm.  By 8:20, Tyler had run out of patience. At that point, still had nearly 30 wires to be attached (head, body, neck, etc) - 50 total.  He really lost it when they put an oxygen and CO2 sensor up his nose.  I've never seen him so angry and for so long.  And all I could do was hold him and restrain his hands from reaching up and yanking out the wires while he was thrashing about and inevitably, pulling out some wires and making one tangled mess.  2 hours later he finally slept.  Brutal.  While I am not one to quit when the "going gets tough"...part of me really thinks I might have walked out had he not been leashed to a bunch of machines. 

 

Results in one month.

 

My hope is that we confirm the hypothesis (avoiding any more tests) and that it isn't a severe problem so that we can wait until he is older for surgery (to remove adenoids).