Zach and Tori Roloff share an update on their daughter’s sleep study.
During this week’s episode Little people, big world, the couple revealed that their 4-year-old daughter, Lilah, had been diagnosed with “a moderate form of sleep apnea.” According to the Cleveland Clinic, sleep apnea is a disorder that causes a person to stop breathing while sleeping.
“Lila’s test came back and she has a moderate form of sleep apnea,” Zach said in the confessional, while Tori added, “She’s probably going to need her tonsils out, and then supposedly the apnea will go away after that.”
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LPBWZach Roloff admits he’s ‘nervous’ as he takes daughter Lilah, 4, to her first sleep study (Exclusive)
Earlier in the episode, the couple explained why they took Lilah to do the study in the first place.
“People with dwarfism, I think a sleep study is just recommended to make sure there’s no obstructive sleep apnea,” Tori said.
“I think it’s also to make sure she’s safe when she’s under anesthesia,” Zach added. “Our airways are built a little differently than other people’s, and there might be a greater danger that, you know, something might go wrong.”
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Going into the sleep study, Zach and Tori, who are also parents to sons Josiah, 21 months, and Jackson, 6, were initially worried about how Lilah would handle the experience.
In another confessional, Zach admitted he didn’t see it going well. He said to get Lilah ready, he told her they were going to the hospital where the nurse would cover her with stickers.
“She gets it in her head, and then she gets scared and then she has a hard time recovering,” her dad explained.
To their surprise, Lilah did very well during her studies. After returning home, Zach told Tori how well it went while sitting on the couch with her. “She never pulled her air thing out…a nurse never had to come in because she pulled something,” he said.
Little people, big world airs Tuesdays at 9pm ET on TLC.
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