Sleeping Beauty? Not in Your Life

A 15 year old girl in Britain had the flu in the fall of 2008. Since that time, she has developed Kleine-Levin Syndrome, or Sleeping Beauty Disease. It appears that the teen sleeps for up to 10 days at a time. Her parents wake her (to some degree) every 22 hours to feed her and take her to the restroom.My first thought - How does this differ from every other teenager in the world?

My second thought - How can a mom come down with this syndrome?

Just imagine. What if you could go to bed and not wake up for 10 days? You could just lie there and snooze in your lovely bed and finally begin to catch up on some of that sleep we handed over the minute a baby was dropped into our arms. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
No. And here's why.

Do you really think another living soul would do one single piece of laundry during those 10 days? Would anyone go to the store and buy any food item? Would any homework get done and turned in? Would the cats and dogs be fed, the trash taken out, the bills be paid?No. You would wake from your lovely 10 day rest to find your family standing by the bed wearing disheveled, dirty clothes. No one would have bathed for 10 days and their faces would be coated in chocolate and fried foods which would be all they would have eaten during that time. Bill collectors would be knocking on the door but you wouldn't be able to open it because the trash would be piled up blocking your path. Also, the dog and cat would be lying in the way, comatose from lack of food and attention.

But, at least you would have slept for 10 days. And you'd need that rest since you'd have 10 days worth of work to catch up on.

I guess Sleeping Beauty Syndrome really is best left to the teens. They never do anything productive anyway.