After dealing with sleep issues from pretty much day dot with Mr C we finally had an opportunity to have an overnight stay with a sleep clinic last week. Their results reveal that he has a restrictive sleep apnoea so I'm glad that we know that there is a true cause of his problems but I'm also worried about what might be in the future for him.
They want to trial using a medication that will relax his airways and hopefully stop the struggling to breathe which wakes him up several times a night. Has anyone had experience with this at all and was it success?
Plan B is further analysis of his airways and the thought of that is freaking him (and me) out. He's had a run of ailments this last year and he is getting very cranky at Drs lol. Definitely puts their child schmoozing skills to the test this boy of mine
I"m glad you've gotten a dx for him and know what's going on with your lad. Fingers crossed they are able to limit the poking and prodding and find another way to help him
I thought for kids sleep apnoea it's standard to remove adenoids & tonsils, as that's normally the cause?
DS had a sleep study, but it came up negative, and we found he had asthma which was causing him to cough all night. DH has sleep apnoea but in adults they use CPAP machines.
Part of the reason they did the sleep study is because his adenoids and tonsils don't look big enough to cause an issue. He's never had tonsillitis either so I guess they aren't wanting to take the "cut them out and see" approach because if they do and it doesn't solve the issue then he's had unnecessary surgery!
Restrictive sleep apnoea in 6yo. Help please!
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