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Upper airway stimulation therapy restores couple's restful nights

Many mornings, Jerry Wojtkiewicz woke up more tired than when he went to bed. So did his wife, Sally Wojtkiewicz. Jerry was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea in 2016, but he had never adjusted to his continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, getting tangled in the hose and constantly fighting with the mask. "I don't know what was worse ― Jerry's snoring or the noise of the machine," Sally says. Then in 2019, Jerry, 77,…