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Ethan's Sleep Apnea

Another day, another doctor. And another excellent outcome!!! Appearantly, sleep apnea is fairly common in Down's kids and there can be a 10% drop in IQ in kids with sleep apnea. We were concerned that Ethan may have it, as he was a very noisy baby and on occasion it sounded like he snorted himself back to his regular sounding sleep (hope that description made sense).

Anyway, we met with a Pediatric Pulmonologist to have it checked out and learned that as of now, there are no signs of sleep apnea. Of course, this can always change, but for now he's good. But we were glad to have met with the doctor as he gave us lots of info.

Ethan does suffer from reflux and while our regular pediatrician wasn't concerned about it, this doctor gave us some tips on dealing with it and what to look for. He wants Ethan to get a bit of food or cereal with each feeding (all I can think of is more colored spit up on my carpets, but I'll try it...).

At this point, we'll just keep our ears out for lots of coughing and any snoring and then we'll go back to see him in 4-5 months for a follow up. He said Ethan looked really good, was doing everything developmentally for a typical baby his age. He even commented that lots of Down babies have high IQ's and there's nothing to suggest that Ethan's won't be typical. So, of course, Jason and I are again thrilled with this doctor's appointment.

Sorry for no pictures with this post ... seems to be a problem with the site. I'll try to post some tomorrow.

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Anonymous said…
What good news Ellen. I like the way you and Jason are being so proactive with Ethan. I am not surprised by the reflux diagnosis, since that is basically what you had at that same age. And, as far as the comment about Downs children being highly intelligent, I personally think he will be a little computer genius, specializing in long distance communications!
(As you can see I figured out that I can use OpenID to post since I'm an AIM member) - Nana
August 5, 2008 at 11:24 AM
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