the boy who couldn't sleep [rare disorder]

A toddler who can't sleep undergoes risky, life-changing surgery. |

Not long ago, saying goodnight to his mom and dad was nearly impossible for 3-year-old Rhett Lamb. In a case that baffled doctors, Rhett was awake nearly 24 hours a day.

"His body would give out but his mind wouldn't; he'd still be awake," said Rhett's mom, Shannon Lamb. "He'd still be alert. It was extremely scary."

One of the side effects of Rhett's lack of sleep was bad behavior.

"He was in a bad mood all the time," Lamb said. "He couldn't play, he didn't interact with other children. His frustration level was so high, and it just kept getting worse and worse and worse. He couldn't communicate with anyone. It was heartbreaking."

Rhett's temper got so bad he would hit his mother, even giving her black eyes.

"He would hit you, he would bite you, he would head butt you and anything else around him, and you didn't know from one minute to the next what was going to happen," she said.

Rhett's dad David Lamb said, "It was like he was losing his mind and there was nothing we could do to help him."

The Lambs, who live in St. Petersburg, Fla., arranged opposite work shifts so one of them could stay home and take care of Rhett.

"You get to the point where you can't function anymore and you can't think straight, and you get up in the morning and you take a shower to go to work and you drive to work and you're a robot," Shannon Lamb said. "You are an absolute robot. And then you dread coming home 'cause you know it's the same thing."

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[Detoxicsify]

cannabis...

[drummerkidder]

Was he awake during the surgery?

[Tibedogtibe]

I did that one night and it scared the shit out of me I was holusinating because I was looking at my closeit.

[LoudestWhispers]

Why so sad? This is great news! He is cured! Be happy people! Now other who have this disease or know someone who has it can finally get help!

[lilmissbarbieboo]

@dreadynatty15 ikr thats to sad :(

[lilmissbarbieboo]

thats soo sad :(

[dreadynatty15]

i feel SOOOOOOOOO SAD i am crying

[hopethurston]

thats horibile!!

[yesimdyslexicyoucunt]

@ajaykeer23939 THATS CUZ NIGGERS ARE SELFISH

[TheGaaraiskool1]

I've done some searching of info on a topic called "lucid dreaming where you become aware or conscious when your dreaming at night.

one method of becoming lucid, or aware, is to let your body fall asleep before mind goes to sleep. having tried this I know something shocking about this.

if you let your body sleep before your mind does like I did, many people have reported feeling an 'evil presence' including myself. It's the scariest thing i've ever had happen to me, and this boy must have...

[ajaykeer23939]

Aren't there injections or pills to make u sleep??? I like how the black kid does not share in his bag to that once upon time necrleptic kid LOL

[Feilskapt]

@Detoxicsify was just about to propose that lol