California Teen With 'Sleeping Beauty Syndrome' Struggles to Stay Awake
November 28, 2018
A 19-year-old woman struggles with an incurable disease that causes her to fall asleep for long periods of time. Jayne Butler of Thousand Oaks, California, was diagnosed with Kleine-Levin syndrome or KLS. It's sometimes known as "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome," but Jayne says there is nothing beautiful or romantic about living with the condition. "I can be trapped in REM sleep for up to 24 hours a day," she says. InsideEdition.com's Mara Montalbano (https://twitter.com/MaraMontalbano) has more.
