Sleep Study Update (part 1)

Well our day didn’t go exactly as planned yesterday, but we’re learning to roll with the punches as Lane would say. We left over 30 minutes early and got stuck in traffic for over 45 minutes on 96 because an over sized load tipped over ahead of us. Big bummer especially with the distance we have to travel to these appointments. By the time we arrived at Saint Mary’s the Pulmonary office had closed, thus no pulmonary function test took place:( There was some good that came from this though, as we were able to grab dinner and stop by MFB for a few minutes to see some old Nursing staff friends. As Lane and I ate dinner overlooking the GR skyline at St. Mary’s (one of our favorite GR views),  we were reminded once again ALL that God has faithfully done throughout the past 16 months. Just 9 months ago we were overlooking this same view with an IV pole in tow, a heart monitor on Lane’s chest, and Lane’s CCU nurse behind us in case anything went awry with his acute kidney failure. Even at Lane’s sickest moments we tried to get away to this beautiful view and spend precious time in the word—which put every bit of our momentary suffering in perspective.

8 o’ clock rolled around and it was time for the sleep study prep to begin. They set Lane up with his leads and by about 10:30p we were both sleeping. Around 5:30a we heard Lane’s tech announce overhead that she had successfully kept track of him sleeping over 6 hours. This was honestly the worst part of the night because we had to pack up and leave :/ She also said she wasn’t allowed to give us the technical results but it was apparent that he had no/minimal apnea or periods of hypoxia because he didn’t need any CPAP/BIPAP devices or supplemental oxygen. Praise God! We’ll know the full results in 7-10 days. We are praying the doctor will give us tips or wisdom as to what we can be doing to majorly improve Lane’s sleep.

Thanks for praying and have a wonderful Saturday!

Emily (for Lane too)