a; Re: C-Pap

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Hi a,

We also tried surgery almost 2 years ago and no improvement so this

is our only hope. Angel was sick for a month after her last surgery,

she doesn't recover very fast. Do you think they make masks in

purple?? That's the only color that seems to work for Angel. LOL.

we are having a holter monitor hooked up on her this morn and she'll

only let the leads be put on if they are purple so we have to color

them all ahead of time. Hopefully we'll have some success with

purple leads. When ever we've tried the leads for ecg's and the

holter before she went into complete panic. So it was amazing that

we even got the sleep study done. That was a huge milestone.

Cheryl

> nathan gets that blue gel type mask, and its soft and squishy, but

im sure it

> still can be uncomfortable. ----we did go the surgery route when he

was a

> toddler, had his huge adnoids and tonsils out, became horribly sick

after words

> requiring hospitalization but eventually after several months he

stopped

> snoring and very little apnea if any, did not need the cpap until

elementry age, he

> started snoring agian, and started having around 20 apnic episodes

per hour on

> no machine so we opted for the cpap, he has no problem with--- his

the first

> 6months was the hardest but as i said its part of his routine and

sleeping,

> he has heated humidity with it, stops the snoring quickly, and

especially helps

> when he is sick, he only takes it off once or twice during the

nite, usually

> not until after 2am, sometimes not even until 4am, his behavior

became way

> better, even the school noticed a difference and he actually sleeps

for us,

> doesnt appear upset or traumatized in the least over it, as for

surgeries they are

> a nightmare before and after for him and us, this is the least

invasive route

> for us to go. but as this is a decision for each parent to make

individually

> for their child. shawna

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