We had our Riley appointment on the 14th and met with Dr. S. He heard Connor's noises and recommended setting up some tests, and since Connor hadn't been fed yet they opted to do them that day since we were there. He had a brochoscopy and a nap study. Be forewarned the nap study photo isn't pretty but trust me he did just fine! It was just a lot of wires and tape sticking to him...take a look!
We headed back upstairs for a follow up with Dr. S and according to him they didn't see anything major, but diagnosed him with a moderate case of larengo malaysia. Basically his epiglotis is omega shaped and flops into the airway causing obstruction. At the time we left last week he wanted to see us back in a month for a follow up but again nothing major. Basically we left with some cool pictures of Connor's nose and throat. :)
Fast forward to yesterday and the nurse finally called with the "official" results of the nap study. Evidently they want to take the most extreme precautions because there were very few incidents of concern so now Connor is on an apnea monitor and oxygen while he sleeps. I'm coming to terms with it - I have some great stories on communication if you want to hear it - but I'm glad we have good insurance and we have the equipment and it's here if we need it. Connor doesn't mind it too much, I'm sure he will get used to it. He slept with the oxygen last night but by 7:30a this morning he'd had enough and got his arm out of the swaddle and pushed the oxygen off. I must say it was funny. We have a follow up sleep study in October, the follow up with Dr. S at the end of November and his 2-mo peditrician appt with baby Dr. B next week. We'll keep you posted.
Connor also enjoyed his first Monday Night Football game - the Colts eeked out a win. Here he is in all his Colts gear! Isn't he cute? The little black and white wires are for his monitor so they aren't too invasive. He evidently had control of the remote for the night too.
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