Friday, April 20, 2007

Prayer Request

Some of you know that after years of sleepless nights, Brian finally went to a sleep specialist a couple of weeks ago for a sleep study. We recieved the results yesterday and it is as we expected,
Brian has a "significant case of sleep apnea." He stops breathing an average of 9 times per hour, for anwhere from 25-45 seconds at a time. He only gets an average of 50 minutes a night of REM sleep.

He is going in to spend the night at the clinic again tonight for more testing. We will know more after tonight, but it looks like his two options will be 1)to sleep hooked up to a breathing machine for the rest of his life or 2)have surgery to open up his throat a little. Since he is young and in excellent shape, he is a prime candidate for the surgery.

Please be in prayer that this will be taken care of well and quickly. We are both always exhausted because of this, and it's really not fair at all to the kids.

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