Sometimes you enjoy spending time with your child. I'd even go as far as saying most of the time it's enjoyable. But then there are those other times... It's 5am. I know because I've checked the phone, undetected, hopefully, as The Silent Shuffle Monster makes his way through the darkness. The Lodger is awake. I always check the time in trying to understand this next crazy symptom of Prader-Willi Syndrome. The dreaded early waking. I not sure on the specific reasons or causes for this. Possibly hunger or a low blood sugar level or possibly anxiety relating to the ' Will they remember to give me breakfast?' A consistent worry in the world of PWS. Ive captured this moment before, the waking and slow approach, It happens like this. The Lodger wakes, reaches out turns off his sleep apnoea machine and carefully removes his mask. He then slips carefully from the bed making sure not to wake Walter and pulling the covers back up on him. Imp...
Our life with our son The Lodger, who just happens to have Prader-Willi Syndrome