Overnight Sleep Study

Madi has had 8 ear infections in the past year. 8!!!! So, we took her to an Ear-Nose-Throat specialist. She (ironically) wasn't feeling too well at the appointment. I think she was on ear infection #7 at the time. Anyways, she was crying a lot while he was trying to look in her ears. If any of you have heard Madi cry when she is really upset, she gets really wheezy when she is breathing in, and sounds like she has asthma. The Dr. called it stryder. Anyways, he is concerned that she has either an obstructive airway and/or that she might be having sleep apnea because her tonsils are large. So he asked that we do an overnight sleep study up at Primary Children's hospital. Well, last night our number got called, so off I went with Madi to PC in Salt Lake. She hadn't had a nap that day, so she was extremely sleepy when we got there, which was perfect- she actually just slept in my arms the whole time they were hooking her up to all the monitors. Poor kid- she had about 16 monitors just on her head, and another 10 on her chest, neck, foot, and leg. I can't believe she was so good the whole time they were hooking her up... until it came time for the nasal cannula. For those of you who know what that is, I don't think there is a soul on earth who likes it. Madi SCREAMED and pulled the thing off multiple times. I finally got her calmed down and she fell asleep again. Amazingly, I got the cannula back on her, and she slept for an hour... until she rolled onto her tummy and the cannula completely blocked her airway through her nose. Once again, she woke up screaming and was unconsolable this time. So, I opted to end the study right then and there. It was 1:30 in the morning and I was pretty tired.

So, we came home. I wanted to post some pictures of Madi with the wires & all. She looks pretty out of it, but it's just because she was dozing comfortably in my arms (they were taken pre-cannula).

I'm sure we will be getting the tubes in. Since the study was a failure, we'll have to discuss with her ENT Dr. whether or not we will be doing the tonsils/adenoids at the same time.
So, that is our current adventure with little Madi! She's such a sweet, cuddly little girl. I hate to put her through the surgery, but if it will help her breathe easier and stop her from getting sick all the time, it will be worth it!

You can see a few of the wires by her head and on the blanket here. There are about 1/4 of them showing, the rest are underneath her. Trying to hold her without getting her or my self all tangled up in them sure brought back memories of being in the hospital with her after she was born.

I can't believe she laid so still while they hooked the ones up on her neck and chest. She was such a good girl, I was really impressed- and grateful! Looks pretty uncomfortable, though.

Okay, here's her stylin' hairdo the next morning. When we got home at 2:30 in the morning, she was asleep, and I was so tired I just put her in her bed, even though her hair was a ball of sticky goo.

Fortunately, it all came out really easily in the tub when I gave her a bath after breakfast.

The funny thing is, this isn't too far off of how her hair normally looks in the morning. If anyone needs some tips on how to rat your hair, just have Madi do her roll-on-the-floor demo for you. Works like a charm, every time!