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The results from the sleep study have revealed that Josiah stops breathing over 29 times an hour. They are all obstructive apneas. His oxygen saturation is dropping to 80% so his pulmonary wants to put him on Cpap until the obstructions can be removed (adenoids and polyps). His surgery was scheduled for 5/19 and on the day before as we went in for the pre-op physical he was denied for surgery. He had a temperature, an ear infection and tonsillitis. He was put on an antibiotic and surgery is postponed to this Thursday 5/26/11. So learning he had to suffer through his sleep apnea yet another week was agonizing. The thought of him not getting adequate oxygen during sleep, gave this mama just one more reason to fear.
Thursdays surgery is typically just an outpatient one, of minimal risk. However Josiah is a 9 month old with apnea, scar tissue, and a known sensitivity to Anesthesia. The typical adenoidectomy is preformed on a 3-6 year old. Emily has had it done twice (there was regrowth, because she was so young the first time- 18 months and 2.5 yrs old). I was once a person not to over-stress on the risks of a procedure and was over confident in the Doctor's ability. That has since changed, in recovery, post op from the last surgery he coded multiple times in which we thought we had lost him. It was a rough 24 hours, followed by 3 days of ICU. So naturally I am anxious and frightened for what awaits us in recovery.
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He will have another sleep study after the surgery in hopes that having removed the obstructions, his apnea will have subsided. If not, he will be placed on supplemental Oxygen at night.
He will probably be admitted and we are only expecting to stay one night, as long as everything goes as expected.
I will update after the procedure.
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