Thank you all for responding. You've all given me very good advice. I'm going to get him onto the wait list for his sleep study and I'll bring the printouts with me to his cardiologist. I really appreciate all of the help you have given me!!!

I will definitely do that! Thank you!

His episodes are sharp jerking motions through his upper body, chest and shoulders mainly. Sometimes he grinds his teeth very loudly or chews off and on during the episode. My son is at the highest dose of his current seizure medication and there are not any more pharmaceutical options left for him....

Blood actually moves relatively slowly in the body. To demonstrate this, wear the pulse oximeter and hold your breath. It takes a noticeable amount of time for the oxygen level to drop. Those spikes are unlikely to be due to actual blood oxygen level sudden changes, and thus they have little to no ...

Thank you all for the information! I agree that his saturation looks good through the night, but I'm obviously not a professional! My son has episodes at night that I believe are seizure related, but the neurologist believes they are undiagnosed apnea events. I don't want to wait through more months...

ChicagoGranny wrote:It didn't last long.

Hahaha! It never does!

I am not trying to cause alarm or anything... but with the left ventricle issue, and having these readouts that might or might not be artifact. It couldn't hurt to bring these graphs to his doctor or preferably his cardiologist, if it's within you financial means to do so. That's good advice, Icife...

Okay- thank you! That's a relief! : )

Hello! I'm new on the forum. I hope someone will be able to help me. My 10 year old son has Epilepsy and a "spongey" spot in his left ventricle. His neurologist has ordered a sleep study because he thinks my son may also have sleep apnea. The appointment is still months away. In the mean time, he ha...