Perhaps sleep apnea is the SIDS of the adult world.  Anyone else ever hear of someone as young as 31 passing away in their sleep?  It just happened to the little brother of my oldest and dearest friend.

Yesterday morning I was putting my little girl down for her morning nap when the phone rang.  When I got downstairs after getting her settled, I listened to the voice mail that was left.  It was my dear friend and I could tell by her voice it was bad news.  All she said was, "Deb, please call me today if you can."

My dear friend is currently battling colon cancer and I knew she was due for some tests so my first thought was 'God don't let it be that she got bad test results!'  When she told me the news I was absolutely shocked.  He was a seemingly very healthy person.  He had sleep apnea though and he hadn't been doing anything about it.

This person wasn't over weight, had no known health risks.  They think he just stopped breathing.  Sounds just like SIDS to me.  I do know that they say apnea is often a sign of heart problems so maybe they will discover it was his heart.  My friend wants to know.  She, of course, can't and doesn't want to believe it.

Thoughts and prayers for my dear friend Debbie who has had to handle far more than her share of tragedy lately, would be very much appreciated.  She has catscans on Wednesday.  She has to have good news...she just has to.