“I remember the feeling of being told I had severe, life threatening sleep apnea. I remember reading on the internet that it just can't be cured. I wondered if I would be able to see my granddaughter Julia grow up. Severe apnea was attacking me and hard, with hypertension issues and fatigue. I crashed my car, fell down the stairs and accidently burnt myself with a candle. Something had to be done. I found Dr. Huntley through a careful search and he exceeded all of my expectations for a surgeon. When you have severe apnea, you are very, very cranky. Not getting any rest. Dr. Huntley didn't react or respond once to the angry moments I had as a result of my severe fatigue. Always helpful, very careful. He was better than Dr. House in determining what the next course of treatment should be. In a multistaged approach, he fixed all soft tissue issues that could be causing this severe apnea. When another study showed very bad results, he sent scans to his peers to get their opinions. He went above and beyond to find out how I should be treated. He sent me to Dr. David Montes, who performed an MMA surgery on me in your hospital on February 18, 2015. Dr. Montes was professional, polite but also a very kind man. He took time to answer my and my husband's questions. I didn't want to have the post op sleep study, I didn't want to know. I was filled with fear because my case had been very severe. Last week, I went into the sleep study here in the city I live in, St. Vincent's in Kokomo sleep lab.I just received the results. From a severe life threatening AHI, my AHI is now 3.5%. Anything under 5% is normal. My primary doctor is Dr. Ravindra in Kokomo. His nurse called to tell me that my sleep study was normal and that I do not have sleep apnea. On an internet filled with nay sayers that say that sleep apnea cannot be cured, that the surgeries are not effective I am living proof and write to you today to tell you that I went from severe sleep apnea to no sleep apnea and that Dr. Huntley and Dr. Montes as a team cured me of my disease. I hope you will reward them both with extra publicity a pat on the shoulder, and spotlight them. You're lucky to have both of these surgeons at your hospital. They saved my life. They cured me.It is sure nice, after many years of sleeping sitting up, to be able to sleep flat on my back and to sleep soundly, to wake up at 6 am and to see my family in joyful tears because mom is finally awake. God bless Dr. Huntley and Dr. Montes. I have no other words but to tell you I have a profound respect for both of these physicians and if the hospital does something special for physicians who have excelled in this manner, please do something for these physicians. They brought me from severe life threatening sleep apnea to a total cure. In the spirit of caring, they are yours. Celebrate them! I do! The only sad thing is that I will miss seeing them and joking around with them. I'm wide awake and ready to move on with my life now, fully rested and happy!"