Madison had her 2nd sleep study Sunday night. I thought that her apnea had gotten some better since she had her tonsils & adenoids out, but I wasn't sure how much. I was nervous how the results would turn out, especially since she had a pretty high fever when we did the study.
We are meeting with her ENT & pulmonologist December 11th to go over the results of the study & next steps... but I heard from her pulmonologist today with some preliminary results.
He was really pleased with how much better things looked! Last time, her apnea index (obstructive and central apnea combined) was 63%. On the recent study this number dropped to 1.9%. That is a HUGE improvement!!! She still had some episodes (we didn't get into the number today), but it is so much improved that she doesn't have to be on her oxygen at night unless she needs it!
This doesn't mean that she won't have some type of surgery to improve this number even more, but it should be minor. I was very worried that if the apnea had not improved, she could possibly be getting a trach put in. Thankfully this doesn't seem to even be on the drawing board anymore!!
I am so thankful for all the many prayers for Madison. We were expecting improvement but not to this degree. God continues to have His hand on Madison & we are so grateful!
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