Bo's ENT Dr.Forsen called back last week. Bo does not have sleep apnea. His oxygen levels looked ok during the sleep study. However, the study did show that Bo was a very "restless" sleeper. His body movements during sleep are not normal. Dr. Forsen said he doesn't specialize in this area. He gave us the number to another doctor who does specialize in this area. We asked Dr. Forsen if it was really warranted to see someone for restless sleep?? He said for Bo it would be because he showed significant movement and he might offer solutions that could help him sleep better thus improve Bo's activity level during the day.
This morning we took Bo to see the Pulmonary doctor. He went over the specifics of the sleep study since he is the one who really reads the results. Most of the activity during Bo's sleep was normal except for limb movements was very high. The first thing they check with this is diet. A lot of times restless legs is caused by an iron deficiency. They took blood to check this. It took two nurses to hold him down while they drew blood. He screamed very loudly. The results of his iron level came back normal so he is prescribing another drug called Gabapentin that they have seen success. We are to monitor him for a week and see if he does better.
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