Hello my names Dawn i live in the uk and am new to the site, my daughter Wren is 27 months old

Edit: Just thought i would add Wren is very small for her age currently weighing 21lb and is a co sleeper

After visiting the pediatrician a few weeks back (regarding my daughters allergies) i mentioned to him that my daughter is a terrible, terrible sleeper and snores very loudly he arranged for her to have a pulse oximetry test done.

When visiting last week for the results i was shocked to find that over the period of the night which was a fairly good night poor Wren had stopped breathing 130 times, he has refered me to the ENT for an emergency appointment to see a speacialist and to arrange Wrens tonsils and adenoids removed.

So im left sitting here kind of dumbstruck and with no idea what is going on and whether the removal of her tonsils and adenoids is necessary and if it will actually work?

Any advice, help or parents in a simular situation will be gratefully recieved
Thankyou
Dawn

((HUGS)) to you -- I knew from seeing it happen that my son (now 28 months) did not breath sometimes while sleeping, but I will never forget how shocked and distressed I felt when he had a sleep study and I discovered how frequently it was happening.  We co-sleep also, and he has always been a horrible sleeper, though not one to snore.  It just upset me so much to think that he was lying right next to me not breathing and I didn't even know how often it was happening.

I have a couple of questions for you based on your post.  First, was a complete sleep study done, or just pulse oximetry?  It sounds from your post as though it was just a pulse oximetry, which would only really show that she was experiencing desaturations.  A complete sleep study would yield a lot more information about what is causing that.  How low was her oxygen saturation?  
An ENT should be able to tell if her tonsils and adenoids are large, but without a full sleep study, it's not possible to know for certain if she is experiencing obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea or a mixture of the two -- very significant information to have when deciding what should happen next.

I'm glad you found this site, as there is a wealth of information and support here.

Thankyou for your reply.

It was a rather rushed appointment and a bit of a bolt out of the blue as i wasnt expecting it, obviously when getting home i had a million questions. No sleep study was done just the pulse oximetry and untill i started putting sleep apnea in google i didnt even know what it was, let alone know there was more than one type.

I have no idea what her oxygen levels were, the pediatrician just said that it wasnt his field and was refering her to an ENT to have her tonsils and adenoids removed.

I see that your son is a very simular age to my daughter, i hope its okay to ask? Has he had his tonsils and adenoids removed or does he wear a mask at night? which sort does your son have. If you would rather drop me an email than put it here my email is princessgoat@hotmail.com.

Thankyou again for your reply
Dawn