Winning Season Please! Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 "(My husband) has the day shift and I kind of have the afternoon shift," mother Shannon Lamb said. "We share the night shift because no one can sleep in the house when he is up anyway." Soooo nobody in the house sleeps?:doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUforREDSKINS Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Soooo nobody in the house sleeps?:doh: :laugh: Right? Seriously I'd pump this kid full of valium or something. And I agree with KB, he has to nod off sometimes in REM. He probably just never gets that deep sleep or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateCitySkin Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 my theory would be that the brain itself has adapted to the neurological condition -- if the kids still alive its developed an alternative method of processing its environmental information... in fact, i would say if the kid is healthy with the condition i would not bother with an experimental surgery. the surgery strikes me as something thats more for the benefit of the parents than the child in this circumstance. of course, there is no specifics on the medical status of the child -- i'm just basing this off of my knowledge of how the brain is able to develop at a very early stage in life and create flexible "work arounds" for some conditions (such as being born without half of your brain) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAbrendan Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 That kid is gonna go wild in college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracelander Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 put a quarter tab of ambien in his bottle and lights out. I should be a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedlightG20 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Well in more serious cases of chronic insomnia, people are known to go years without sleep. I think for most people, lack of sleep can prove fatal, but the human body is resilient and in many cases becomes adaptive to conditions. For people who suffer from these sleep-deprivation conditions, they can still survive, though who knows how effective their brain is when it comes to daily living activities. Also, I think in general, people who suffer from sleep deprivation disorders take mini-naps, which can last seconds to mere minutes, and that's all they get. In most cases they probably don't even know they had a lapse. EDIT: I also wonder what sort of measures they have taken to relieve the pressure on this kid's brain. I guess medications haven't helped this far, so would the next step be drilling a hole in the skull so the brain has room, much like they do in cases of severe head trauma? Maybe that's too risky and unrealistic :whoknows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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