Update on the Hubby

I just had to go back through my post to realize that I haven't updated on Hubbies sleep study! Remember this post? I thought this weekend was going to turn into that! We got a phone call last Tuesday that Hubby does indeed have Sleep Apnea and could he come in again on Saturday for another night so they could put him on the oxygen machines and test that out. Could he please be there at the same time as last weekend...around 9:30. We said sure, no biggie.

Well, my mom decides to come hang with us and stay the night since her hubby is out of town and mine is gone for the night. He drives over an hour away for his study to get there and see that the clinic where the study is at is CLOSED! He calls me asking if maybe we had a message that they cancelled it...I said no. We haven't had any! So, he calls the number he has and they tell him that his appointment is set of for the NEXT weekend and not this weekend. I know that I didn't not have the wrong date because when the lady called last week to schedule the appointment hubby was right beside me and I asked with her still on the phone, if he thought this weekend would be okay. He said yes, and then she gave me time and date again.

Well, here is my husband an hour away and extremely tired already and the place is closed! The lady asked him if he could just come next weekend and he says, "well yes, I can, but I just drove over an hour to get here." And this is where they get HUGE kudos from me....the lady herself called one of the technicians who was willing to come in and they got him in that night! I thought wow, even though I know it was initially their screw up, how awesome is that, that they are willing to fix it! The lady apologize a dozen times and came in herself and started setting things up for when the technician got there. Isn't that awesome!?!

Anyways, hubby brings his results home from the initial test and goes over it with me and let me tell you. SCARY! He stopped breathing 115 times in five hours! They considered the not breathing indicator at not breathing for more than 10 seconds. The paper does not show how long he stopped breathing each time, we just know that it was more than 10 seconds. For the average person that does not have sleep apnea, the normal range for this is below 25 for the five hours and he had 115! It states that he has severe apnea in his stage 3,4 and rem sleep. He woke himself up forty times in the 5 hours without even realizing it. So, all this pretty much goes to show why he is sooooo tired ALL the time. He never feels rested when he wakes up and now we know why!

So, they tried the oxygen study this weekend to see if it will help and then we go from there depending on if it does or not. I am praying that is all he needs and not surgery! I am hoping we get some results back today!