Lauren Lee Svatos Bad Reputation

When I was three I moved to Dubuque because my dad got a job in Dubuque I lived at my grandparents’ house while my house was being built. I spent most of my time during this time playing with my friends I went to the pool with my neighbor Lauren we met because her dad build my house and we went to the same school and then my brother and her brother would get picked up and would go to the pool.

I could sit here and share with the board a sad story of a young child whose single mother worked the graveyard shift every day of the week, just to provide for her four young children. I could also share how despondent that I felt growing up, and how my mother shopped for my clothes from thrift shops, how she would get excited when she found something named brand for us. But I won't do that, instead I would like to introduce you to a delightfully chaotic little girl named Audriana- Faith. On August 15, 2012 Audriana-Faith was born at 1:41 am, weighing in 6 pounds and 12 ounces. The day my daughter was born was a day embedded in my memory, but it was not the best day of my life. I know that's what you're supposed to say, but becoming a mother

On January 29, 2001 at around four o’clock in the afternoon, a beautiful little girl named Leslie Arreaga was born. It was the first time I was able to hold and see a baby so up close. When I saw her for the first time I didn’t know what to say. All I told my parents was “ I love her and she is perfect.” My parents laugh at me because I was only four years old when she was born. I just couldn’t believe that I was finally an older sister. I remember that every time a person would come in and try to hold her I would give them a look saying “ If you hurt her, I will hurt you.” Leslie was the most precious little baby I had ever seen in my little four year life. She was so chubby, with big brown eyes and a little heart shaped mouth. The day my

I was born on the thirteenth of May in the year 2000 to Clair and Jay Brake. At the time, my parents still lived in Mocksville, North Carolina, so I was born in Davis Hospital. I weighed 6 pounds. When I was three, on August the twenty ninth, my little brother Jason was born. My earliest memory is of Dad holding Jason on the first night back from the hospital, and I asked why Mom hadn’t come home with us yet. Dad said she needed to heal from Jason, and I went to bed.

Up in the wide open spaces of nature my brother, mother, father and I would hike, bike, ski, sled, and tube. Depending on the season there would be a new adventure to pursue. During the summer months, my favorite activity was tubing down the San Juan river that cuts and carves through the town. One certain summer my cousins came to visit. With them came their children, Meredith and Aaron. I was the baby of the kids by only being six at the time but I still loved hanging out with my vastly older cousins and

I was born in November 2000 in Mena, Arkansas, the first child and only daughter of Tommy and Sonya Kyle. I was a fast learner right from the get-go; I began speaking and walking before I was a year old. I was also very curious, and I was constantly asking questions. I spent the days of my childhood at my grandparent’s house, watching PBS TV shows and playing with puzzles and legos, while my parents were at work. When I was three years old my brother Braxton was born, and he joined our grandparents and I during our days.

I was born June 21, 1999, at Rainbow Children’s Hospital. When I was born, my feet were bent crooked. I had to wear casts on both of my feet until I turned one year old. I still even have my casts to this day. My Aunt Tricia chose my full name, Deja Monae Kent. I do not know how, but my mom thought I was a little boy and she was going to name me Devante (NO, the doctors did not tell her incorrect information). I really do not know where Deja came from, but Monae came from this baby at our church. The first couple of years of my life were beautiful. I was passed around from family member to family member on my mother’s side of the family every week; they just could not get enough of me or my smile.

Sleep apnea is a condition in which breathing pauses or becomes shallow during sleep. Sleep apnea screening is a test to determine if you are at risk for sleep apnea. The test is easy and only takes a few minutes. Your health care provider may ask you to have this test in preparation for surgery or as part of a physical exam.

Imagine having issue breathing during sleep, and being unaware it is even happening. That is what happens to those who suffer from one of the most common and underdiagnosed sleep disorders today, sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is when a person stops breathing multiple times during sleep, not allowing them to reach a deep, restful sleep. Over 19 million Americans suffer from the most common form of sleep apnea, and many of them are unaware. With the first descriptions being released in the late 1960’s, sleep apnea is a relatively new diagnoses but it is also a silent killer, increasing a person’s “chances of dying prematurely.” (Sleep apnea, 2007) This is because sleep apnea can only be diagnosed when someone is asleep. But to know to get a sleep

Since the dawn of time humans, for some reason or another has had difficulty with sleep. The cause could vary from the rock pillow was too hard to a pea under the mattress. We have now come to learn that a disorder called sleep apnea could be the reason. According to the National Institutes of Health approximately 12 million United States citizens were afflicted by this disorder (Singer). The Greek word Apnea means without breath and sleep apnea is an involuntary cessation of breathing that occurs while a person is asleep (American Sleep Apnea Association). There are three different types of sleep apnea, when the back of the throat closes called Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), for Central Sleep Apnea the brain “forgets” to signal muscles to

Hello, Am I Natasha Youell, the mother. In February I took a test which told me that you were on the way. I was scared at first then filled with utter joy. Your father’s family and mine were all in support and buying things for you. Even though I didn't know if you were a boy or girl. I would take a healthy baby any day now. On May 1 2016, the news was like a death bell ringing constantly in my ears. Not once did I think this would happen to me. I took care of you the best I could. The next day was the night I let go of unborn child. Never did I get to meet this child, but only in dreams. Nothing could have prepared me for the stinging pain that would run up my veins, like pumping blood. Once seeded inside me, creating a home which was meant

My cousin Wyatt was supposed to be a girl and his name is going to be what mine is now. Instead, Wyatt was a boy! My parents still liked the name, but when they found out my cousin was going to have it, they had to think of another name for the little baby girl my mom was pregnant with. She had my older sister, Alayna. My aunt was adamant about not having another child so when my mom was pregnant with another girl, she would use the name. I am not Katherine, Katie, or Kaitlyn. I am Kate.

Almost half of children’s life is spent asleep. Therefore, it is important for the clinicians to know the effect of sleep on respiratory diseases. (Marcus, 2001) Sleep disordered breathing may lead to serious and miserable complications such as sleep fragmentation, cognitive and behavioral changes, growth retardation, pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale. Unfortunately the prevalence of sleep related breathing disorders is high (3-12% of pediatric population); obstructive sleep apnea syndrome alone affects 3% of children.(Church 2012) Before the development of sleep studies, pediatricians mainly depended on history and physical examination for the diagnosis of sleep disorders. Researchers have tried to formulate clinical score questionnaires as an alternative to polysomnography. For the first time in 1984, the role of history and physical examination in the diagnosis of OSAS was assessed by Brouillete. However, several studies have demonstrated that clinical presentation alone cannot differentiate sleep related breathing disorders such as primary snoring from OSAS. Brietzke SE (Brietzke, Katz et al. 2004) showed that only 55.8% of patients were identified by clinical presentation as OSAS; were confirmed by polysomnography later. This unreliability could be caused by several factors; the most significant one is inaccuracy of history as some parents may overestimate difficulties in

On October 20, 2000 I was brought into the world 1:38 in the morning at Hurley Hospital. I was around 8lbs. My mother likes to tell my siblings and I that she had all of our names planned ever since she was a little girl. She ended up naming me Alexa Rae Odom. She says the she named me after the singer Billy Joel’s daughter, Alexa Ray Joel. My mother also like to tell me that I interrupted the poker game she was winning just before she went into labor. She says that we could used that money to pay the hospital bill.