So it's been a bit since the sleep study and we've gotten the full report. Max has OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) enlarged adenoids/tonsils. Dr. says it is on the mild end with 4.6 disturbances every hour. You call that mild?!
He continues to sleep poorly, up and down and very restless every night. Because he can never get to that REM sleep, he is wound up all day, some days can't keep up with him. Then he crashes out late afternoon making it hard for him to calm down in the evening and fall asleep.
We are debating on having the surgery to have the tonsils and adenoids taken out. Sounds like the biggest benefit we could see would be a change in behavior, for the better. Oh how nice this would be! :) And the added benefit of all of us sleeping better would be nice.
We are concerned about the risks of the surgery and putting him through such a procedure. We have a CF Clinic visit coming up in the next couple of weeks so we will talk with his Dr. and get more information to make our decision.
I'm leaning toward the surgery. Anyone out there been through this with their kids, any advice, thoughts, wanna share your experience??
Who needs sleep, right? Lol! I talked to Ster about this the other day because we had a friend do this to their kindergartner with huge positive results in sleeping patterns and behavior after the surgery. They didn't do a sleep study, but just had his nose scoped and found his adenoids were quite enlarged. We've been thinking of checking Evan because he is up at night sometimes and has breathing issues already (like his nose is ALWAYS plugged and then with asthma on top of that I don't think he hardly breathes) and that has a huge affect on his behavior with the ADD. He used to be up more when he was younger and I wish we would have had him checked out when he was Max's age. You just have the added concern with Max's other health issues. I would lean towards the surgery too, but that's definitely a prayerful decision to be made. Let us know what you decide.
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