Zach and Tori Roloff shared a health update concerning their daughter Lilah.
They opened up about the topic on a recent episode of Little People, Big World.
The episode came out on March 26th and is titled This Will Be a Disaster.
Zach and Tori Roloff’s, Stars of Little People, Big World, Daughter, Lilah, Has Sleep Apnea
Although Lilah’s health update is not the only topic that the episode touches on.
Zach and Tori shared that they had Lilah participate in a sleep study.
They explained that it’s recommended for people with dwarfism to undergo a sleep study.
The reason is that because of their slightly different anatomy, they’re at a higher risk of having sleep apnea.
And sleep apnea is exactly what the tests determined that Lilah has.
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Zach and Tori shared that after her sleep study, Lilah was diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea.
If you don’t know, sleep apnea is a disorder where your breathing repeatedly stops and starts again while sleeping.
And, according to Mayo Clinic, it can potentially be a serious health risk.
Luckily, there are ways to treat and prevent sleep apnea.
Tori said on the episode that there is a procedure that should help Lilah to no longer struggle with the disorder.
She said that she will most likely need to have her tonsils removed.
And that should make the sleep apnea clear for her, hopefully.
Lilah’s Parents, Zach and Tori Roloff, Said They Are Worried
Zach and Tori also opened up about their experience with Lilah’s sleep study itself.
They said they were worried about how the whole thing would go.
Lilah is only four years old.
And her parents explained that she tends to get in her head about things, which then leads to her being scared.
They thought there would be issues, especially since she would need to be covered in various sensors for the sleep study.
Zach said that they tried to prevent her from getting scared by explaining the procedure in fun terms to her.
He said they told Lilah that in the hospital, the nurse would cover her in stickers.
And luckily, the sleep study ended up going better than Zach and Tori expected.
Zach said that Lilah actually behaved really well during the study.
She didn’t interfere with any of the monitoring equipment that was attached to her.
Zach’s Concerned Comment About His Daughter Undergoing Anesthesia
And Zach said that the nurse never had to go in and fix any of the sensors.
Both of the parents were pleasantly surprised with how well Lilah handled the testing.
And now that her sleep apnea has been diagnosed, it can be dealt with and treated.
Zach also said that there’s another reason why it’s important to keep Lilah’s sleep apnea in check, besides the effect it can have on her during sleep.
He said that it’s also important for when she has to go under anesthesia.
He said:
“Our airways are built slightly differently than other people, and there is maybe a higher threat of, you know, maybe something going wrong.”
Why Did Zach Have to Have Emergency Brain Surgery?
Just last year, Zach himself had to have emergency brain surgery.
He and Tori opened up about this on a recent episode of their podcast, Raising Heights.
Leading up to the surgery he was suffering from intense migraines.
And for a while, doctors could not determine what was wrong with him.
But eventually, they figured out there was a problem with an implanted shunt that he has in his brain.
Zach has had this implant since he was a baby himself.
And he already had to have it fixed once when he was 13.
But on the podcast, Zach and Tori said they didn’t suspect that the shunt was the cause of his migraines.
The whole experience was actually a serious health scare for Zach and it left both him and Tori afraid for his life.
But luckily, in the end, the doctors figured out what the problem was and were able to fix it.
And Zach said that since his emergency surgery, the migraines haven’t come back.
