I wanted to call her to schedule an interview for my program, but she was sleeping… I should have known.
She is known to her family and friends as ‘Sleeping Beauty’ – but her life is no fairytale.
Louisa Ball, 15, sleeps for two weeks at a time because she suffers from an incredibly rare disorder.
She misses school exams, dance lessons and even missed an entire week’s holiday away with the family as she slept the whole way through.
The syndrome is a rare form or periodic hypersomnia, where sufferers have periods of prolonged sleep.
When she’s awake Louisa loved school and her regular dancing classes – but she’s had to miss dance competitions and school exams because she has been asleep for them. Read the full article…
