(This is the second of a four-part series on sleep. See Wednesday’s edition to learn more about sleep and health.)
The rumble strips on the other side of the highway woke Darrin Ashmore, Chanute, from a short slumber. In the mere seconds that he nodded off, his vehicle drifted into the other lane.
Fortunately, no other vehicles were in the immediate area, but Ashmore then knew it was time to see a specialist about his habit of falling asleep at inappropriate times.
Ashmore was diagnosed first with sleep apnea and later with narcolepsy, a rare sleep disorder…
