CHECK UP

So we went to our CF DR for a little check up before school started and his weight was down slightly which is no real biggy we will just adjust his food levels at night- which might i add what a releif it is to not leave there crying and falling apart fearing consequences of low weight! The other thing was that the Dr. was asking me questions about whether he snored at night and what his breathing patterns at night were. Well, after talking for a while and understanding the importance of his nose filtering the air (he sleeps with his mouth WIDE open, like he could catch flys!!) versus going directly through his throat we have decided to do a painless sleep study on Sept 25. It should be pretty easy, we will just go in at 6:30 pm, they will hook the little wires to his head so we can monitor his brain waves and oxygen levels and sleep until the morning then go home and await the results. The Doc was telling me that aside from the air not being filtered we also have to see if he is gagging or just sleeping restlessly since he cant get air through his nose (he has pollops that allow very little air to get through to his brain) because this could cause hyper activity (not my child LOL!) and lack of focus at school because he is always tired and never gets to the REM sleep. Not to mention the beeping from the feeding machine several times a night waking up the whole house! Hopefully this will be an easy A and we can go on with life as usual. Thanks for listening!