JD update, back in hospital

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JD was admitted to Childrens Medical Center Dallas yesterday. He is doing okay

but we noticed early and I mean very early Thursday morning that he was setting

off his vent and it was saying APNEA. This went on with about 10 different

instances between 2 am and 3 am thursday morning. JD woke up for his breathing

treatment at 4 am and was fine. He went back to sleep around 6:45 am and it

started happening again. His day nurse arrrived and I went to work. He had

several more instances of this. We noticed during some of these that JD was

actually not breathing for several seconds ( I think the longest was 14 sec and

the avg amount of time was around 7 sec before initiating a breath.) We never

saw any instances of increased heart rate or desats during these episodes. Only

after the Apnea would he go down to 88-89 and then instantaneously go back up to

mid 95 on the pulse ox. We have kind of learned not to always trust the vent and

look at him. JD is on CPAP because of !

tracheal malacia and a recent bout with RSV. He had been completely weaned

from the vent. as of October but had to go back on because of the RSV and the

tracheal malacia which we are trying to figure out ( it is thought that JD

might have a vascular ring but we cannot due the mri yet because it requires

sedation and anethesiologist wont do it right now cause it is too soon from the

recent RSV) JD also is requiring no oxygen. They are planning a sleep study

tonight. JD has never had any apneic episodes since the month he was born. He

had a few episodes when he was in CVICU last september but they treated this

with caffeine and the situation resolved in October 2005 when he reached 1 month

of age. Since then no other instances of apnea or sleep apnea.

JD is trached because of choanal atresia which is thought to be membranous in

nature with a little bone.

JD has a gtube. JD has a nissen and is being treated for gerd. He has external

ear anomalies. Major heart defects (PDA, ASD, TAPVR) have been repaired. He

is 16 months old and is a twin and they were both born at 31 1/2 weeks. JD

weighed 2 lbs 7 oz at birth and now is 23 lbs and 31 inches in length. Just a

refresher for those that do not remember everything with JD. He has been

classified as CHARGE. One more thing he had a TE fistula repair at 9 hours old.

I do not think from what i know concerning sleep apnea that this is an issue

involving the brain or a central sleep apnea due to the fact that JD hasnt had

this symptoms his entire life. I am thinking this is obstructive sleep apnea

and may be related to his airway issues. JD does sometimes sleep with his mouth

open and he snores. I am wondering could the presence if it is found of a

vascular ring have anything to do with this. Or could the choanal atresia also

be playing a part in this. Those of you who have thoughts regarding this please

comment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can. I think JD is okay but it

was pretty scary the other night since we have never seen this out of him. We

got him admitted and Dr. Gelfand his pulmonologist will do a sleep study

tonight. As of last night JD rested well and had no apnea episodes at the

hospital. Now that is weird to me. He had them the night before he went in.

During the day and in ER but after we left none. A!

nyone that has anything or thoughts please respond.

, , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months

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Hello and ,

In response to your comment about 'central' apnea, our daughter did develop this

after she had had obstructive apnea for a while. In her case, the 'central'

apnea was resolved after using oxygen at night to 're-set' her brain to know

that she needed oxygen when she was asleep and to know that she had to breathe.

After the 'central' oxygen was resolved, she still did have obstructive apnea.

It does not clinically need treatment any longer. She does well.

She also had a vascular ring which was visible by modified barium swallow. It

showed up as a curve in the esophagus. This showed when she was about 1 month

old. But it wasn't diagnosed until she was two years old. At that time she was

given an angiogram which showed the problem in more detail.

The vascular ring, or double aortic arch surgery was instrumental in her gaining

her health.

As for having apnea one night and not the next, I'm wondering if swelling,

inflammation and/or secretions might be related.

We send all best wishes and prayers your way and to your little man.

JD update, back in hospital

JD was admitted to Childrens Medical Center Dallas yesterday. He is doing okay

but we noticed early and I mean very early Thursday morning that he was

setting

off his vent and it was saying APNEA. This went on with about 10 different

instances between 2 am and 3 am thursday morning. JD woke up for his breathing

treatment at 4 am and was fine. He went back to sleep around 6:45 am and it

started happening again. His day nurse arrrived and I went to work. He had

several more instances of this. We noticed during some of these that JD was

actually not breathing for several seconds ( I think the longest was 14 sec

and

the avg amount of time was around 7 sec before initiating a breath.) We never

saw any instances of increased heart rate or desats during these episodes.

Only

after the Apnea would he go down to 88-89 and then instantaneously go back up

to

mid 95 on the pulse ox. We have kind of learned not to always trust the vent

and

look at him. JD is on CPAP because of !

tracheal malacia and a recent bout with RSV. He had been completely weaned

from the vent. as of October but had to go back on because of the RSV and the

tracheal malacia which we are trying to figure out ( it is thought that JD

might have a vascular ring but we cannot due the mri yet because it requires

sedation and anethesiologist wont do it right now cause it is too soon from

the

recent RSV) JD also is requiring no oxygen. They are planning a sleep study

tonight. JD has never had any apneic episodes since the month he was born. He

had a few episodes when he was in CVICU last september but they treated this

with caffeine and the situation resolved in October 2005 when he reached 1

month

of age. Since then no other instances of apnea or sleep apnea.

JD is trached because of choanal atresia which is thought to be membranous in

nature with a little bone.

JD has a gtube. JD has a nissen and is being treated for gerd. He has external

ear anomalies. Major heart defects (PDA, ASD, TAPVR) have been repaired. He

is 16 months old and is a twin and they were both born at 31 1/2 weeks. JD

weighed 2 lbs 7 oz at birth and now is 23 lbs and 31 inches in length. Just a

refresher for those that do not remember everything with JD. He has been

classified as CHARGE. One more thing he had a TE fistula repair at 9 hours

old.

I do not think from what i know concerning sleep apnea that this is an issue

involving the brain or a central sleep apnea due to the fact that JD hasnt had

this symptoms his entire life. I am thinking this is obstructive sleep apnea

and may be related to his airway issues. JD does sometimes sleep with his

mouth

open and he snores. I am wondering could the presence if it is found of a

vascular ring have anything to do with this. Or could the choanal atresia also

be playing a part in this. Those of you who have thoughts regarding this

please

comment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can. I think JD is okay but it

was pretty scary the other night since we have never seen this out of him. We

got him admitted and Dr. Gelfand his pulmonologist will do a sleep study

tonight. As of last night JD rested well and had no apnea episodes at the

hospital. Now that is weird to me. He had them the night before he went in.

During the day and in ER but after we left none. A!

nyone that has anything or thoughts please respond.

, , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months

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HAve they looked at his tonsils and adenoids? Some people report easier

night breathing with their removal.

GOod luck!

>

> JD was admitted to Childrens Medical Center Dallas yesterday. He is

> doing okay

> but we noticed early and I mean very early Thursday morning that he was

> setting

> off his vent and it was saying APNEA. This went on with about 10 different

>

> instances between 2 am and 3 am thursday morning. JD woke up for his

> breathing

> treatment at 4 am and was fine. He went back to sleep around 6:45 am and

> it

> started happening again. His day nurse arrrived and I went to work. He had

>

> several more instances of this. We noticed during some of these that JD

> was

> actually not breathing for several seconds ( I think the longest was 14

> sec and

> the avg amount of time was around 7 sec before initiating a breath.) We

> never

> saw any instances of increased heart rate or desats during these episodes.

> Only

> after the Apnea would he go down to 88-89 and then instantaneously go back

> up to

> mid 95 on the pulse ox. We have kind of learned not to always trust the

> vent and

> look at him. JD is on CPAP because of !

> tracheal malacia and a recent bout with RSV. He had been completely weaned

>

> from the vent. as of October but had to go back on because of the RSV and

> the

> tracheal malacia which we are trying to figure out ( it is thought that JD

>

> might have a vascular ring but we cannot due the mri yet because it

> requires

> sedation and anethesiologist wont do it right now cause it is too soon

> from the

> recent RSV) JD also is requiring no oxygen. They are planning a sleep

> study

> tonight. JD has never had any apneic episodes since the month he was born.

> He

> had a few episodes when he was in CVICU last september but they treated

> this

> with caffeine and the situation resolved in October 2005 when he reached 1

> month

> of age. Since then no other instances of apnea or sleep apnea.

>

> JD is trached because of choanal atresia which is thought to be membranous

> in

> nature with a little bone.

> JD has a gtube. JD has a nissen and is being treated for gerd. He has

> external

> ear anomalies. Major heart defects (PDA, ASD, TAPVR) have been repaired.

> He

> is 16 months old and is a twin and they were both born at 31 1/2 weeks. JD

>

> weighed 2 lbs 7 oz at birth and now is 23 lbs and 31 inches in length.

> Just a

> refresher for those that do not remember everything with JD. He has been

> classified as CHARGE. One more thing he had a TE fistula repair at 9 hours

> old.

>

> I do not think from what i know concerning sleep apnea that this is an

> issue

> involving the brain or a central sleep apnea due to the fact that JD hasnt

> had

> this symptoms his entire life. I am thinking this is obstructive sleep

> apnea

> and may be related to his airway issues. JD does sometimes sleep with his

> mouth

> open and he snores. I am wondering could the presence if it is found of a

> vascular ring have anything to do with this. Or could the choanal atresia

> also

> be playing a part in this. Those of you who have thoughts regarding this

> please

> comment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can. I think JD is okay

> but it

> was pretty scary the other night since we have never seen this out of him.

> We

> got him admitted and Dr. Gelfand his pulmonologist will do a sleep study

> tonight. As of last night JD rested well and had no apnea episodes at the

> hospital. Now that is weird to me. He had them the night before he went

> in.

> During the day and in ER but after we left none. A!

> nyone that has anything or thoughts please respond.

>

> , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months

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have them check his tonsils and adnoids. They may be normal in size,

however that may be to large for him. Garland had his out at 18 months old.

, Randy & Garland Goodwin

---- erin32573@... wrote:

=============

JD was admitted to Childrens Medical Center Dallas yesterday. He is doing okay

but we noticed early and I mean very early Thursday morning that he was setting

off his vent and it was saying APNEA. This went on with about 10 different

instances between 2 am and 3 am thursday morning. JD woke up for his breathing

treatment at 4 am and was fine. He went back to sleep around 6:45 am and it

started happening again. His day nurse arrrived and I went to work. He had

several more instances of this. We noticed during some of these that JD was

actually not breathing for several seconds ( I think the longest was 14 sec and

the avg amount of time was around 7 sec before initiating a breath.) We never

saw any instances of increased heart rate or desats during these episodes. Only

after the Apnea would he go down to 88-89 and then instantaneously go back up to

mid 95 on the pulse ox. We have kind of learned not to always trust the vent and

look at him. JD is on CPAP because of !

tracheal malacia and a recent bout with RSV. He had been completely weaned

from the vent. as of October but had to go back on because of the RSV and the

tracheal malacia which we are trying to figure out ( it is thought that JD

might have a vascular ring but we cannot due the mri yet because it requires

sedation and anethesiologist wont do it right now cause it is too soon from the

recent RSV) JD also is requiring no oxygen. They are planning a sleep study

tonight. JD has never had any apneic episodes since the month he was born. He

had a few episodes when he was in CVICU last september but they treated this

with caffeine and the situation resolved in October 2005 when he reached 1 month

of age. Since then no other instances of apnea or sleep apnea.

JD is trached because of choanal atresia which is thought to be membranous in

nature with a little bone.

JD has a gtube. JD has a nissen and is being treated for gerd. He has external

ear anomalies. Major heart defects (PDA, ASD, TAPVR) have been repaired. He

is 16 months old and is a twin and they were both born at 31 1/2 weeks. JD

weighed 2 lbs 7 oz at birth and now is 23 lbs and 31 inches in length. Just a

refresher for those that do not remember everything with JD. He has been

classified as CHARGE. One more thing he had a TE fistula repair at 9 hours old.

I do not think from what i know concerning sleep apnea that this is an issue

involving the brain or a central sleep apnea due to the fact that JD hasnt had

this symptoms his entire life. I am thinking this is obstructive sleep apnea

and may be related to his airway issues. JD does sometimes sleep with his mouth

open and he snores. I am wondering could the presence if it is found of a

vascular ring have anything to do with this. Or could the choanal atresia also

be playing a part in this. Those of you who have thoughts regarding this please

comment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can. I think JD is okay but it

was pretty scary the other night since we have never seen this out of him. We

got him admitted and Dr. Gelfand his pulmonologist will do a sleep study

tonight. As of last night JD rested well and had no apnea episodes at the

hospital. Now that is weird to me. He had them the night before he went in.

During the day and in ER but after we left none. A!

nyone that has anything or thoughts please respond.

, , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months

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With a vent and a trach tonsils and adenoids are not a factor as the airway

is below them........... Maybe it is a positional thing where the trach gets

blocked with his head or neck just a certain way? I have seen that before at

work.... mom to CHARGEr 9/30/01-8/3/03 and Robbie 3/27/03

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had terrible sleep apnea, she would stop breathing for 20

seconds or so and then she would start to gasp, these were

obstructive episodes, but she would get so tired from doing them that

she would then have central episodes when her brain just stopped

telling her to breathe. She had a vascular ring repaired at 2 months

old and this apnea went on for months after that, it only sorted

itself out after she had her tonsils and adenoids out at 12 months

old. She didn't have large tonsils or adenoids, but like

said, they were just too big for her.

Good luck, let us know how the sleep study goes.

had 44 desat apneas per hour before cpap.

, Sydney Australia

>

> =============

> JD was admitted to Childrens Medical Center Dallas yesterday. He

is doing okay

> but we noticed early and I mean very early Thursday morning that he

was setting

> off his vent and it was saying APNEA. This went on with about 10

different

> instances between 2 am and 3 am thursday morning. JD woke up for

his breathing

> treatment at 4 am and was fine. He went back to sleep around 6:45

am and it

> started happening again. His day nurse arrrived and I went to

work. He had

> several more instances of this. We noticed during some of these

that JD was

> actually not breathing for several seconds ( I think the longest

was 14 sec and

> the avg amount of time was around 7 sec before initiating a

breath.) We never

> saw any instances of increased heart rate or desats during these

episodes. Only

> after the Apnea would he go down to 88-89 and then instantaneously

go back up to

> mid 95 on the pulse ox. We have kind of learned not to always trust

the vent and

> look at him. JD is on CPAP because of !

> tracheal malacia and a recent bout with RSV. He had been

completely weaned

> from the vent. as of October but had to go back on because of the

RSV and the

> tracheal malacia which we are trying to figure out ( it is thought

that JD

> might have a vascular ring but we cannot due the mri yet because it

requires

> sedation and anethesiologist wont do it right now cause it is too

soon from the

> recent RSV) JD also is requiring no oxygen. They are planning a

sleep study

> tonight. JD has never had any apneic episodes since the month he

was born. He

> had a few episodes when he was in CVICU last september but they

treated this

> with caffeine and the situation resolved in October 2005 when he

reached 1 month

> of age. Since then no other instances of apnea or sleep apnea.

>

> JD is trached because of choanal atresia which is thought to be

membranous in

> nature with a little bone.

> JD has a gtube. JD has a nissen and is being treated for gerd. He

has external

> ear anomalies. Major heart defects (PDA, ASD, TAPVR) have been

repaired. He

> is 16 months old and is a twin and they were both born at 31 1/2

weeks. JD

> weighed 2 lbs 7 oz at birth and now is 23 lbs and 31 inches in

length. Just a

> refresher for those that do not remember everything with JD. He

has been

> classified as CHARGE. One more thing he had a TE fistula repair at

9 hours old.

>

>

> I do not think from what i know concerning sleep apnea that this is

an issue

> involving the brain or a central sleep apnea due to the fact that

JD hasnt had

> this symptoms his entire life. I am thinking this is obstructive

sleep apnea

> and may be related to his airway issues. JD does sometimes sleep

with his mouth

> open and he snores. I am wondering could the presence if it is

found of a

> vascular ring have anything to do with this. Or could the choanal

atresia also

> be playing a part in this. Those of you who have thoughts

regarding this please

> comment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can. I think JD

is okay but it

> was pretty scary the other night since we have never seen this out

of him. We

> got him admitted and Dr. Gelfand his pulmonologist will do a sleep

study

> tonight. As of last night JD rested well and had no apnea episodes

at the

> hospital. Now that is weird to me. He had them the night before

he went in.

> During the day and in ER but after we left none. A!

> nyone that has anything or thoughts please respond.

>

> , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months

>

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hey angela icf u ever r seeing the cardiac drs for check ups say a bit hello

to eather dr cooper if hes ur one or that other one lol they used to do

lines and stuff on me

>

> had terrible sleep apnea, she would stop breathing for 20

> seconds or so and then she would start to gasp, these were

> obstructive episodes, but she would get so tired from doing them that

> she would then have central episodes when her brain just stopped

> telling her to breathe. She had a vascular ring repaired at 2 months

> old and this apnea went on for months after that, it only sorted

> itself out after she had her tonsils and adenoids out at 12 months

> old. She didn't have large tonsils or adenoids, but like

> said, they were just too big for her.

> Good luck, let us know how the sleep study goes.

> had 44 desat apneas per hour before cpap.

> , Sydney Australia

>

>

> >

> > =============

> > JD was admitted to Childrens Medical Center Dallas yesterday. He

> is doing okay

> > but we noticed early and I mean very early Thursday morning that he

> was setting

> > off his vent and it was saying APNEA. This went on with about 10

> different

> > instances between 2 am and 3 am thursday morning. JD woke up for

> his breathing

> > treatment at 4 am and was fine. He went back to sleep around 6:45

> am and it

> > started happening again. His day nurse arrrived and I went to

> work. He had

> > several more instances of this. We noticed during some of these

> that JD was

> > actually not breathing for several seconds ( I think the longest

> was 14 sec and

> > the avg amount of time was around 7 sec before initiating a

> breath.) We never

> > saw any instances of increased heart rate or desats during these

> episodes. Only

> > after the Apnea would he go down to 88-89 and then instantaneously

> go back up to

> > mid 95 on the pulse ox. We have kind of learned not to always trust

> the vent and

> > look at him. JD is on CPAP because of !

> > tracheal malacia and a recent bout with RSV. He had been

> completely weaned

> > from the vent. as of October but had to go back on because of the

> RSV and the

> > tracheal malacia which we are trying to figure out ( it is thought

> that JD

> > might have a vascular ring but we cannot due the mri yet because it

> requires

> > sedation and anethesiologist wont do it right now cause it is too

> soon from the

> > recent RSV) JD also is requiring no oxygen. They are planning a

> sleep study

> > tonight. JD has never had any apneic episodes since the month he

> was born. He

> > had a few episodes when he was in CVICU last september but they

> treated this

> > with caffeine and the situation resolved in October 2005 when he

> reached 1 month

> > of age. Since then no other instances of apnea or sleep apnea.

> >

> > JD is trached because of choanal atresia which is thought to be

> membranous in

> > nature with a little bone.

> > JD has a gtube. JD has a nissen and is being treated for gerd. He

> has external

> > ear anomalies. Major heart defects (PDA, ASD, TAPVR) have been

> repaired. He

> > is 16 months old and is a twin and they were both born at 31 1/2

> weeks. JD

> > weighed 2 lbs 7 oz at birth and now is 23 lbs and 31 inches in

> length. Just a

> > refresher for those that do not remember everything with JD. He

> has been

> > classified as CHARGE. One more thing he had a TE fistula repair at

> 9 hours old.

> >

> >

> > I do not think from what i know concerning sleep apnea that this is

> an issue

> > involving the brain or a central sleep apnea due to the fact that

> JD hasnt had

> > this symptoms his entire life. I am thinking this is obstructive

> sleep apnea

> > and may be related to his airway issues. JD does sometimes sleep

> with his mouth

> > open and he snores. I am wondering could the presence if it is

> found of a

> > vascular ring have anything to do with this. Or could the choanal

> atresia also

> > be playing a part in this. Those of you who have thoughts

> regarding this please

> > comment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can. I think JD

> is okay but it

> > was pretty scary the other night since we have never seen this out

> of him. We

> > got him admitted and Dr. Gelfand his pulmonologist will do a sleep

> study

> > tonight. As of last night JD rested well and had no apnea episodes

> at the

> > hospital. Now that is weird to me. He had them the night before

> he went in.

> > During the day and in ER but after we left none. A!

> > nyone that has anything or thoughts please respond.

> >

> > , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months

> >

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[Guest guest]

Hi, Amita had severe apnea. we would sit up all night with her

taking turns to basically give her a jaw thrust (push her jaw a

little forward) to help her sleep. after 3 months of sleepless

nights and running to drs.Her ENT Dr. Biavati, did a T and A,

removed her tonsils and adenoids, which helped tremendously. during

that stay for the T & A in childrens dallas she got RSV and that was

when they found the vascular ring. Dr. Leonard and I think it was

dr.naikaidoh who did the surgery. They were awesome drs. very nice

and took great care and explained everything to us.Dr. was

her icu dr. and Dr. gelfand her pulmonologist. so at least in

amita's case, since the t and a and the vascular ring surgery were

back to back it hard for me say which removed the apnea. she still

obstructs but very occasionally when she has a bad cold.

BTW her sleep study showed a huge no of apnea episodes and also

showed a prob with her CO2,i forget what.but this was done about 5

mos before the surgeries. i think as she grew her ring became

tighter and combined with the adenoids, her apnea became worse too

until we reached a kind of climatic point.hope this garbled post

helps.

deepta

>

> JD was admitted to Childrens Medical Center Dallas yesterday. He

is doing okay

> but we noticed early and I mean very early Thursday morning that

he was setting

> off his vent and it was saying APNEA. This went on with about 10

different

> instances between 2 am and 3 am thursday morning. JD woke up for

his breathing

> treatment at 4 am and was fine. He went back to sleep around 6:45

am and it

> started happening again. His day nurse arrrived and I went to

work. He had

> several more instances of this. We noticed during some of these

that JD was

> actually not breathing for several seconds ( I think the longest

was 14 sec and

> the avg amount of time was around 7 sec before initiating a

breath.) We never

> saw any instances of increased heart rate or desats during these

episodes. Only

> after the Apnea would he go down to 88-89 and then instantaneously

go back up to

> mid 95 on the pulse ox. We have kind of learned not to always

trust the vent and

> look at him. JD is on CPAP because of !

> tracheal malacia and a recent bout with RSV. He had been

completely weaned

> from the vent. as of October but had to go back on because of the

RSV and the

> tracheal malacia which we are trying to figure out ( it is

thought that JD

> might have a vascular ring but we cannot due the mri yet because

it requires

> sedation and anethesiologist wont do it right now cause it is too

soon from the

> recent RSV) JD also is requiring no oxygen. They are planning a

sleep study

> tonight. JD has never had any apneic episodes since the month he

was born. He

> had a few episodes when he was in CVICU last september but they

treated this

> with caffeine and the situation resolved in October 2005 when he

reached 1 month

> of age. Since then no other instances of apnea or sleep apnea.

>

> JD is trached because of choanal atresia which is thought to be

membranous in

> nature with a little bone.

> JD has a gtube. JD has a nissen and is being treated for gerd.

He has external

> ear anomalies. Major heart defects (PDA, ASD, TAPVR) have been

repaired. He

> is 16 months old and is a twin and they were both born at 31 1/2

weeks. JD

> weighed 2 lbs 7 oz at birth and now is 23 lbs and 31 inches in

length. Just a

> refresher for those that do not remember everything with JD. He

has been

> classified as CHARGE. One more thing he had a TE fistula repair

at 9 hours old.

>

>

> I do not think from what i know concerning sleep apnea that this

is an issue

> involving the brain or a central sleep apnea due to the fact that

JD hasnt had

> this symptoms his entire life. I am thinking this is obstructive

sleep apnea

> and may be related to his airway issues. JD does sometimes sleep

with his mouth

> open and he snores. I am wondering could the presence if it is

found of a

> vascular ring have anything to do with this. Or could the choanal

atresia also

> be playing a part in this. Those of you who have thoughts

regarding this please

> comment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can. I think JD

is okay but it

> was pretty scary the other night since we have never seen this out

of him. We

> got him admitted and Dr. Gelfand his pulmonologist will do a sleep

study

> tonight. As of last night JD rested well and had no apnea

episodes at the

> hospital. Now that is weird to me. He had them the night before

he went in.

> During the day and in ER but after we left none. A!

> nyone that has anything or thoughts please respond.

>

> , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months

>

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