SLEEPING BEAUTY MY NAPS LAST 20 HOURS
It’s a sunny afternoon in Auckland as mother-of-two Jane Callaghan sits on the edge of daughter Alex’s bed, brushing hair off her sleeping face. Any sign of daylight is shut out of the teen’s bedroom, where she lies in a coma-like state.
Anyone who didn’t know that Alex, 16, has Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) – or “Sleeping Beauty syndrome” – would find it a worrying sight. She doesn’t flinch and is unable to wake, despite her mother’s attempts to tap, prod, wriggle and shake her
