AUDIO: GIRL SNEEZES 12,000 TIMES A DAY
Katelyn Thornley, a 12-year-old girl in Angleton, Texas, can’t stop sneezing. She sneezes up to 12,000 times a day; that’s about 20 times a minute. It’s so bad that Katelyn can’t go to school. It started just a few weeks ago. “I just started in little spurts, sneezing … I’m constantly in pain with my abdomen; my legs are weak. I can barely eat,” Katelyn said. The family has talked to six doctors, who have ruled out viruses and allergies. Some experts think it may be stress-related. The only relief she gets is when she is able to fall asleep after taking Benadryl. “Sometimes I wish I could leave my body for a little while so I could watch myself sleep and be at peace because even in my dreams, I sneeze.”
* The cost of Kleenex alone is becoming insurmountable.
* It’s almost Halloween – have they tried scaring her at a Haunted House?
* On the bright side, her lungs have become so strong, she can project her germs all the way to Arizona.
* Wait, that’s not a bright side.
* How about … On the bright side, her family could get free electricity by sitting her in front of a wind turbine?
* Just trying to make lemonade from lemons, folks.
* Any chance this could qualify for “America’s Got Talent”?
* Certainly Guinness Book of Records, yes?
* Poor kid. This is nothing to sneeze at.
* Let me rephrase that.
* I also feel sorry for her friends who have to say, “God bless you” 12,000 times a day.
* Could be worse. Could be farting.
* Would you rather have this or endless hiccups? The phones are open.
* Normally I let these stories go, but I want to hear about it the minute this girl is okay. Poor kid.
CLIP: Katelyn demonstrates her problem.
