sylvia had sleep apnea, which made her continue to be failure to thrive after she had her fundo. originally after her fundo, she wouldn’t eat well because she had gotten esophageal thrush, which was not obvious in her mouth. we treated that, and she started to gain weight, eat, and sleep—but then she developed obstructive sleep apnea. she sounded like she was struggling for breath at times when she was sleeping. her tonsils were huge. when she turned 2 years old she only weighed 22 lbs. she had her tonsils and adenoids removed a week after her second birthday and she has done fantastic ever since. i think that only my oldest son has seen the doctor less than sylvia—-at least during the age period of 2-5.
the pediatric ENT told us that we produce most of our growth hormone when we are in the deepest stages of sleep. a child with sleep apnea is constantly being roused from that deep sleep, so they are not getting enough growth hormone produced, which can make them become failure to thrive.
i would recommend seeing a ped ENT rather than a regular ENT.
also, if your son is making a rapid growth in his heighth, this could explain why his weight % is dropping—-all his growth is going up instead of out.
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