Sleep Apnea

Shortly after Eliana's massive seizure I noticed at night she would sometimes hold her breath.   3 years later and it has become sleep apnea.  Recently we've noticed she has been snoring very loud and sounds of like being choked.  It got to the point where we noticed she would hold her breath for long periods of time. My husband and i took her into the Dr to schedule a sleep study  

just checked in the sleep center

we bought her a new Doc shirt to make her feel extra special 

Ana's meal of choice.... SALAD!

and One Direction P.J.'s!

  After getting comfortable with the new environment Eliana got hooked up.  All these wire will detect seizures, what type of sleep she is in , oxygen levels and to see what type if any sleep apnea she is having.

The Results came in and i was and wasn't shocked! The study shows Eliana had stopped breathing 163 times  anywhere from 25-40 seconds at a time! I was so scared to here that my daughter was experiencing that! What makes things worse it that since the sleep study we have noticed that she has gotten even worse with her breathing and her asthma has been flaring up which doesn't help this situation.  At least we know the severity of this and we are going to have surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids.  We believe that after this short in and out surgery she will have more energy. she will do better in school and will help with her seizures!