I just realized this morning that I never did post an update on Brien yesterday.
The doctor told him he does have sleep apnea. Then they said he doesn't. Then they said that they would have to look over his results more thoroughly. He woke up 50 times in the night. The brainwave for pain showed that he had pain all night long. But, he said (to me...not to them) that his back and legs were hurting him because they told him that he could not sleep on his side, he had to lay straight on his back. So, he had a very hard time falling asleep. They had to come in and give him sleeping pills three times. He said that he had a cranky nurse that was mad at the world and she kept coming over the loud speaker in his room telling him he HAD to go to sleep, so that made it even harder to fall asleep. Anyhow, he didn't sleep well at all. They reschuled him to come back for an office visit on the 16th as well as sleeping there. So, if they couldn't come up with any results he will have to stay again. I think that next time I will go with him. I feel that he didn't really tell them how he was feeling. They asked him if he felt like his night was normal and he said yes.
IT WASN'T! He normally has no trouble falling asleep. They did give him a prescription for sleeping pills. I feel as though his non-communication with them probably only aids the fact that they couldn't really decide on whether or not he has sleep apnea and what they can do to get him a better night's sleep.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
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