The human body requires a certain amount of rest each day to function normally. The average human adult does not get enough sleep. To compensate for the lack of adequate rest, some people ingest foods and beverages that contain chemicals known to increase alertness. Others, such as the subject seen in the photo above, multi-task by sleeping while babysitting a toddler who plays 'blocks' on his person. The ingesting of chemicals or the multi-tasking both have side effects.
One of the side effects of multitask sleeping is having your spouse sign you up for a medical study where wires are attached to various locations on your person and then you are monitored for a 24 hour period while you try to sleep and nap. On the Uncomfortable While Sleeping (
UWS) scale, a toddler playing blocks
on top of you is only a 4 while wires glued all over your body and a night vision camera tracking you is a 9.
The nurse who attached all of the wires on the test subject was a large islander from Guam. The next morning the nurse commented that he had never heard so loud of snoring come from such a tiny person.
These pictures come from my second visit to the Center for Sleep Disorders Clinic, which was November 23-24, 2007. My first visit was October 18-19, 2007.
The human body requires a certain amount of rest each day to function normally. The average human adult does not get enough sleep. To compensate for the lack of adequate rest, some people ingest foods and beverages that contain chemicals known to increase alertness. Others, such as the subject seen in the photo above, multi-task by sleeping while babysitting a toddler who plays 'blocks' on his person. The ingesting of chemicals or the multi-tasking both have side effects.
One of the side effects of multitask sleeping is having your spouse sign you up for a medical study where wires are attached to various locations on your person and then you are monitored for a 24 hour period while you try to sleep and nap. On the Uncomfortable While Sleeping (UWS) scale, a toddler playing blocks on top of you is only a 4 while wires glued all over your body and a night vision camera tracking you is a 9.
The nurse who attached all of the wires on the test subject was a large islander from Guam. The next morning the nurse commented that he had never heard so loud of snoring come from such a tiny person.
These pictures come from my second visit to the Center for Sleep Disorders Clinic, which was November 23-24, 2007. My first visit was October 18-19, 2007. 
3 comments:
Are you kidding me? Does he really snore? Did Shawn really stand for that!? That is so crazy! I always love reading your blog; it's hilarious!!
Andrea you crack me up! I just love the stories behind all your pictures. Thanks for sharing. Jules
Shawn wrote this ladies, he's the funny one!
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