Rhett Lamb is often cranky like any other 3-year-old toddler, but there's one thing that makes him completely different: he has a rare medical condition in which he can't sleep a wink.
Rhett is awake nearly 24 hours a day, and his condition has baffled his parents and doctors for years. They took clock shifts watching his every sleep-deprived mood to determine what ailed the young boy.
After a number of conflicting opinions, Shannon and David Lamb finally learned what was wrong with their child: Doctors diagnosed Rhett with an extremely rare condition called chiari malformation.
"The brain literally is squeezed into the spinal column. What happens is you get compression, squeezing, strangulating of the brain stem, which has all the vital functions that control sleep, speech, our cranial nerves, our circulatory system, even our breathing system," Savard said.
But seriously thats pretty sad.
Maybe his body Thetans are keeping him awake. Maybe he's the reincarnation of L Ron Hubbard, and he doesn't need sleep.
The article is misleading. It doesn't say he stays awake the whole 24 hours every day; it says "almost 24 hours".
The kid does sleep; he just has very little sleep.
To be fair, though, who wants to be up 23 hours a day? I don't see how that's any better.
"24 hours" implies that the child has NOT slept a wink for the last three years.
Furthermore, Tim's stupid comment is typical of his Scientology background - any sickness you have is all in your head - and, frankly, it's an insult to anybody who has ever experienced any sort of illness in their life.
I feel that surgery should be the last resort. Maybe, they should wait for another 24 hours to decide, whether they should proceed with the surgery.
I am not trying to sound religious or offend anyone but have they tried prayer. With prayer and a lot of faith, it goes a long ways with every part of life.
If anyone wants to poke fun at this, then do not even bother making any comments whatsoever.
This is a kid for crying out loud. Would anyone of you guys want someone poking fun at you?
I think it's time for surgery. Miracles are rarer than rare medical conditions.
@clinton robert labombard That was funny.
@Reg Chill the f*ck out dude. No one is making fun of this child. He will never read this. You will d*e alone.
Reg....THAT was dumb
matt....YOU are s****d!
how do you like that! matt will "probably never read this".