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>> Rhonda: WELCOME BACK!
ALL WEEK LONG, WE'VE BEEN
COVERING STORIES ON WHAT WE HAVE
COINED SLEEP WEEK, TO TRY AND
HELP YOU GET A BETTER NIGHT'S
SLEEP.
THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A PERSONAL
STORY.
>> Jason: OVER TO BRANDON WHO
JUST RECENTLY LEARNED THAT HIS
WIFE HAS SLEEP APNEA.
>> Brandon: A SCARY DIAGNOSIS.
YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT IT.
BUT MY WIFE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS
HAS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN JUST
BEING MARRIED TO ME.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Brandon: SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'S
NEVER RESTED.
AND IF SHE COULD, SHE WOULD
SLEEP ALL DAY.
SELFISHLY, IT'S IMPACTING ME AND
THE KIDS, BUT SERIOUSLY, IT IS A
MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH FOR THE
LOVE OF MY LIFE.
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER,
MY WIFE HAS HAD A HIGHLY
DISRUPTIVE SLEEP PATTERN.
I NOTICED HER SNORING, GRINDING
HER TEETH AND AT TIMES SHE
SIMPLY STOPS BREATHING.
>> I WAKE UP TIRED.
I AM TIRED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
I AM NOT CLEAR-HEADED, SO I FEEL
LIKE IT TAKES ME A LONGER TIME
TO GET PROJECTS DONE.
>> Brandon: SHE'S MY WIFE AND
THE MOTHER OF OUR ROULETTES.
THE FAMILY.
>> I HAVE NO ENERGY TO HELP MY
-KIDS OR DO FUN THINGS WITH THEM
OR STAY ON TOP OF MY HOUSEWORK,
AND I'M OFTEN NOT ON TOP OF IT
BECAUSE IT GETS ME STRESSED OUT.
>> Brandon: LENGTHY DAILY NAPS,
NOW ROUTINE HAVE BEN NO HELP.
THE FIT BIT TRACKS HER SLEEP ON
A NIGHT WHERE SHE THOUGHT SHE
WAS CONKED OUT FOR 10 HOURS.
>> IT WILL SAY I SLEPT 7 HOURS
AND WOKE UP 32 TIMES.
>> Brandon: A DOCTOR CONFIRMED
SHE HAS SLEEP APNEA.
>> YOU STOP BREATHING WHILE
YOU'RE SLEEPING, SO YOUR BRAIN
HAS TO WAKE YOU UP SO YOU
REMEMBER TO BREATHE.
>> Brandon: IT IS POTENTIALLY
LETHAL PROBLEM FAR TOO MANY
INNOCENT SLEEPERS HAVE.
WIN SDON'S HOME HEALTH CARE TO
THE RESCUE WITH A C-PAP SYSTEM.
THEY TRAIN US ON THE PARTS AND
PIECES, INCLUDING A DIGITAL CARD
RECORDING EVERYTHING FOR DOCTORS
PROBLEMS.
>> NOT A LOT OF STUFF YOU HAVE
TO DO, AND IT'S WORTH IT IF
FROM IT.
>> Brandon: HERE WE ARE ONLY TWO
NIGHTS INTO THE NEW SLEEP AID
AND IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
THE CREWS KNOWS A HAPPY WIFE AND
MOM EQUALS A HAPPY LIFE AND
WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR THE FIX.
>> IT WOULD MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF
LIFE FOR MYSELF BUT ALSO MY
FAMILY AND KIDS.
KIND OF INTERESTING THAT TWO
NIGHTS IN, AND I THINK THE SLEEP
IS BETTER, BUT THIS MORNING, I
WAS IN THE SHOWER AND I HEARD --
[ALARM SOUND].
>> Rhonda: BRANDON!
>> Brandon: AND I WOKE HER IN
THE MIDST OF THE GOOD SLEEP SHE
WAS GETTING.
YESTERDAY, SHE HAD AN EXHAUSTED
LOOK ON HER FACE, FROM THE
DEEPER SLEEP.
IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
BUT EVERYBODY YOU TALK TO WHO
WORKS.
>> Rhonda: AWW, GOOD FOR HER.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH RUN.
>> Brandon: IT HAS BEEN.
SHE HAS ZERO ENERGY.
SHE IS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND
SHE'S GOT TO DEAL WITH LITTLE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS ALL THE
TILE.
BASICALLY IS HOW SHE FEELS.