sleep apnoea - Real Mum story on MoM

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My 2 1/2 year old daughter has been diagnosed with Sleep apnoea. She stops breathing (which I have witnessed) every few hours when asleep for up to 3 seconds before gasping awake. Its horrific! She has surgery next week to remove tonsils and adenoids in an initial attempt to deal with it. The hospital did not put her down as urgent and I struggle with this. How can a toddler stopping breathing and not using any assistance like a CPAP machine etc not be classed as urgent. I hope and pray that this surgery resolves the issue although info I have received has also told me the lack of sleep has probably affected her brain activity and learning ability. My poor sweet angel

Posted by angel_mon, 7th February 2014

18 Comments

- - mum888 said
  - 21 Jan 2016
    1:13 pm
My sister in law and her siblings only just found out 30 years later that they all had serious apnea and it was only found out by accident as she snores frequenty ( one of the signs ). Thank goodness , it is found out now . I would ask them what is classified as urgent so not sure how it is assessed , The machine was a total of $2000, but lucky she could claim back most of it . She says she looks like a star war character when she sleeps with the mask .

- - Kell said
  - 19 Jun 2015
    10:56 am
That is so scary … good Luck

- - mom113055 said
  - 12 Apr 2015
    6:40 pm
great to read this story

- - mom113055 said
  - 11 Apr 2015
    2:10 pm
nice story to have a read

- - mom57522 said
  - 10 Jan 2015
    7:33 pm
I don’t think I’d be able to sleep if I was in your position.

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 16 May 2014
    4:20 pm
love and hugs to you hun, I had a friend diagnosed with it cause I witnessed it, and I know how scary that it, even more so in a child, I hope everyhing works out

- - scottie said
  - 15 May 2014
    2:37 pm
wishing you positive thoughts and hope all goes well

- - christial said
  - 01 May 2014
    12:00 am
Hope it all went well! It is horrible to think such a little person will be going through surgery of any kind! Good luck with everything!

- - kathryn said
  - 30 Apr 2014
    9:56 pm
I would be beside myself – hope the surgery was a success

- - coppin85 said
  - 30 Apr 2014
    6:32 pm
That is so horrible, you poor things! I would think that is a priority

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 27 Apr 2014
    5:11 pm
You poor, poor thing. Sometimes the system is so unfair with its classifications. It must be terrifying for you as a mother to see this happen. Send my prayers out to you and your daughter. xxx

- - fatheroffaprincess said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    7:03 pm
i hope all is ok

- - yyon4699 said
  - 29 Mar 2014
    1:16 pm
My baby just had an episode but I dont think is sleep apnoea. Thank GOD it was only a once off and scared the s**t out of me.

- - jodie80 said
  - 28 Mar 2014
    1:37 pm
thats no good i hope its all ok now

- - yyon4699 said
  - 14 Mar 2014
    10:51 pm
I hope everything went well!!

- - bubble6369 said
  - 16 Feb 2014
    2:39 am
How did surgery go? Don’t forget ice cream an jelly

- - angel_mon said
  - 08 Feb 2014
    8:40 pm
Thank you for your understanding and words of encouragement

- - bubble6369 said
  - 08 Feb 2014
    1:54 am
I have friends kids who have had the surgery and had improvement right away. I must admit I would be furious if it wasn’t listed as urgent too! My husband has servers obstructive sleep apnoea and it’s heart breaking he will be using Cpap machine for the rest of his life your daughter is young and removal of tonsil annonoids will resolve the issue. Hope it all goes well x