Boy who stops breathing when asleep has 'defied all odds'

12-year-old Liam Derbyshire can't nap or nod off; needs respirator at night

When he was an infant, doctors told Liam’s parents that the boy probably wouldn’t make it past six weeks because he was born with a rare condition called central hypoventilation, which makes it impossible for him to draw a breath automatically. That means that when he nods off, he could stop breathing.

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