Health Update

We got the results from Christopher's sleep study. He does have a mild form of sleep apnea. The doctors do not want to do anything right now....they said that they don't do anything until he gets to a 5. Right now Christopher is at a 2.5, which means that 2.5 times an hour he stops breathing for at least 10 seconds. If he gets to the 5 that would mean it happens 5 times an hour. Christopher's apnea seems to make it hard for him to sleep through the night. He is wakes up three or four times a night, because of this he starts out in his own bed and then moves to ours. They are going to re-test Christopher in six months. Hopefully he improves and it won't be a concern anymore.

Christopher was also seen by an Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist. Everything looks pretty good right now. In a few months we are going to re-test his hearing because he was screaming way too much during the last one. It was impossible to get accurate results. We are pretty sure that he is hearing just fine, but we would rather be safe then sorry.

Christopher has an allergy test coming up at the end of April. We will see what they are saying now. I am being very care full with his medications. I don't to mess up the test again. He can't have Zyrtec for one month before the test....so he isn't taking that anymore. He does seem to be suffering from seasonal allergies more now. He can still take Benadryl, so for the moment we are using that. However, one week before his test, he can't have that either. That will be one tough, can't go anywhere, no one can visit him week.

Hopefully soon Christopher will be seen by a pulmonary specialist. Asthma is still a concern. When Christopher is playing hard or becomes more active his breathing becomes labored and he starts to cough. The doctors also noticed that does seem to wheeze a bit. Now that the sleep test is done, the next step is to find out about the possible asthma.

As always, we will keep everyone updated as we find out more.