Guest guest Posted October 16, 2000 Report Share Posted October 16, 2000 , Chelsea was actually just diagnosed with apnea, although it has been suspected by therapists fora long time. She had a sleep study done at the sleep lab at our local hospital. The poor thing had to be all wired up to monitors all night; EEG, pulsox, and respiration monitors around her nose and chest. We just got to see the pulmonologist on the 6th and he says she has 2 kinds of apnea. She has obstructive apnea, something blocking her airway during sleep. We have to go see an ENT to look at her tonsils and adenoids and to reccomend removal or not. The pulmonologist did say her slightly enlarged tonsils could be holding her airway somewhat open at night. She also had episodes of periodic breathing, which is her brain not telling her to breathe at the right time. She'll have to have another MRI to see if a change in her brain is causing this (her last MRI, 2yrs ago, was normal). He also wants an EKG as this kind of apnea can cause a thickening in one of the walls of the heart. She may need a biPAP, but for now does well with just O2 during sleep. It seems kind of profound, but she has been doing well lately and staying healthy. Please ask any questions, I'd be glad to help! e, mom to Chelsea(undiagnosed mito) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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