THE OLD AND THE RESTLESS

Anyone going down memory lane: Katherine, Victor, Nikki, Ashley, Paul...

Anyhow, the true topic of this post is Jonah's sleep study last Wednesday which was not our greatest night.  

So the reason this post is not called the "Young and the Restless" as is the correct soap opera title is for two reasons:

1. I'm an old mom, not a young mom.  I am also a mom who got no more than one hour of sleep during the evening we spent at Hotel Children's.  Hence the restless part of the title.  It was a very long night!  I started coming down with a cold during the night so I was not feeling the greatest plus my sleep patterns haven't been that impressive lately anyways.  I've heard that sleep issues can pop up as you age- yeah :(

2. This is Jonah's 4th or 5th sleep study.  He has always done amazing despite the fact he is hooked up to all these wires as shown by this STOCK photo (not Jonah) below:

However at last week's sleep study, Jonah had a very hard time settling in and falling/staying asleep.  He was very fussy.  He also had a cough starting so I'm wondering if he wasn't feeling that great either.  Or because he's OLDER now, maybe he's just done with all the fuss of sleep studies.  Perhaps they've lost their charm.  So he had a very restless night of sleep.  The sleep technicians got about 4 hours of sleep data from him broken up over the 10 hours we were there.

However, there is good news though- I think.  Based on my reading of the results, Jonah's sleep apnea events per hour are down to 6!  He was at 32, then after tonsil removal it dropped to 19.  These numbers still have him as severe sleep apnea.  However, this number of 6 puts him in the moderate category.  So if that is the case, there is a good chance Jonah will not need to have the apnea implant device surgery!  Relief!  The only issue is the report stated that due to the small amount of sleep data, there is a chance his numbers might not be this good had it been a normal night of sleep.  

So we are waiting to hear the official word from Jonah's ENT, but we are hopeful his sleep apnea is in the rear view mirror because of the October 2024 nasal repair surgery!

UPDATE: ENT doctor called: 6.6 is a great improvement.  In fact, Jonah is now below the number that would warrant the implant surgery for sleep apnea (that was above 9).  However, his age would show that he should be below 5 for safe sleeping purposes.  So ENT will consult with sleep doctors to see what needs to be done in terms of monitoring Jonah's moderate sleep apnea.  Waiting to hear from sleep doctors...