(ABCNEWS.GO) — No morning alarms were necessary in the home of Stephanie Witsken, 41, of Trenton, Ohio.
Her daughter Mallory’s “loud snoring and disruptive breathing” kept Witsken and her family awake throughout the night ever since the girl was 2 years old.
“Mallory snored so loud it disturbed our entire household,” Witsken says. She recalls Mallory “gasping for breath throughout the night,” so much so that during a school sleepover Mallory’s teachers took turns keeping watch on her as they felt she was “unsafe” from the gasping spells.