Friday, July 31, 2009

Sleep study nightmare

So because of the other night Erik had to have a sleep study done. The doctor put a rush on it and got him in last night. It was horrible! They had to hook up a whole bunch of wires and he did not like it one bit. They said that the kids they have done this to before did alright and once the wires were on and he was asleep the wires would stay on. They were wrong! Our appointment was at 8:45 and he did not get fully hooked up until about 12:30-12:45am! As soon as he would fall asleep they would get a few of the wires on then he would wake up roll around and then get tangled up in all of the wires. They were everywhere around his arms, neck, stomach, and legs. It was scary. And the most important thing he needed on, the nasal cannula, he would not keep on. I finally had to hold him down so they could tape it on to him. Thankfully he did keep them on for about an hour and a half to two hours. They were supposed to get 6hrs of sleep study. Where he was sleeping in REM sleep or dream sleep. They only got 1! So hopefully they will be able to get what ever they needed to see why he stopped breathing the other night.

This is how it was all night. Every time we would try to untangle him would wake up and then get tangled all over again. The wire he has a death grip on in his hand is his nasal cannula. He would not let us keep that on him for anything. All the little gold things on the wires should be on his head.

Daddy untangling Erik for what seemed like the thousandth time.

1 comment:

Lisa said...

He lookes like a cyborg! Poor little guy, I really hope they got what they needed from the whole thing.