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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 12:21 pm
LOL Rissa, I know exactly what you mean. My two teens could have easily slept 12 hours every day of Christmas break (and did sleep that long sometimes) and would have every day except that I did wake them up sometimes. (My preteen is also beginning to be like her older sisters in this way.) They aren't partying teens either. Teens just want to stay up all night and sleep all morning into the afternoon. Their body clocks change at that age. Teens actually do need a lot of sleep. 16 hours is a lot though...
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 12:48 pm
When I said "partying teenager", I meant one with lots of social stuff. Not really drinking, more like staying out late on the weekend. Yes, it's "easy" for a teen to sleep 12 to 16 hours. But other than the weekend, when does a normal teen do that? They don't. They get up, go to school, have their after school activities, dinner, watch some tv or go out for a bit, and maybe get to bed by 10 after a tv show or 2. That would be 8 or 9 or 10 hours of sleep on a normal week day. I know on occasion I would get in a nap after school and before dinner.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 1:02 pm
CTV has a beautifull picture of the Travolta Family, I thought you all might like to see: 
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 1:27 pm
CTV got the photo from John's website: www.travolta.com
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 1:59 pm
Last night I was watching Geraldo and they were discussing things the nanny was telling the public. The nanny said Jett normally sleeps 12 to 16 hours a day. Obviously that's not normal for a regular 16 child, but I also never heard of this for an autistic child. Does anybody know what kind of ailment would do that? It sounds like CFIDS (chronic fatigue & immune dysfunction syndrome) ... also with all of his allergies and sensitivities ... many of these conditions are sort of 'related' or have similar symptoms and treatment. His condition may not have neatly fit into one meaningful disease label. Lovely pic of the Travolta family, btw.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 2:21 pm
For a teenager to sleep 12 hours a day on weekends or school/summer vacation is not that unusual. But 16 hours? That is 2/3's of the day - that seems pretty excessive.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 2:44 pm
Not sure how much a teen sleeps...will probably find out in the next couple of years...but he also probably wasn't on what we would consider a "normal" schedule. As far as I know he has never gone to a public or private school (I believe he and Ella are both home-schooled) so he would not have conformed to a normal schedule.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 3:40 pm
FREEPORT, Bahamas - An official with a Bahamian funeral home says Jett Travolta's death certificate says he was killed by a "seizure." Glen Campbell is assistant director of the funeral home handling the remains of John Travolta's 16-year-old son. He tells The Associated Press that the body is in "great condition" and shows no sign of head trauma, despite police officials who said the teen may have hit his head on a bathtub. Authorities performed an autopsy Monday but didn't release the results. Campbell said the certificate was based on the autopsy findings, and gave no information on the cause of death beyond the word "seizure." Jett Travolta's body is now at the Grand Bahama airport en route for burial in Ocala, Florida.
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Frootjuuce
Member
02-24-2007
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 6:49 pm
In one of the interviews I watched with John, he stated that it was not unusual for him to be up til midnight and later with the kids, because, as a family, they kept their own schedule. It was the way that he was able to spend time with the kids and still keep his film schedule. Maybe the nanny meant that Jett slept that much when they were doing something out of the ordinary, like being on vacation. Maybe it took more energy for him and he slept more. Who knows? It's very sad though.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:24 pm
my teens can sleep 12 hours easy! why in the world are the Travolta's obligated to tell anyone whether or not their son had autism? so the autism people can use him for his name? because we have the right to know? why are we owed any explanation of his medical history? i have lived with a child with a chronic illness and frankly it was no one's business how his doctor and i chose to treat him. i also made the decision when the side effects of the treatment were worse than the benefits to stop the treatments. i couldn't imagine what it would have been like to lose my child and then to have to deal with the media speculating on whether or not i was a good parent.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:29 pm
Amen!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:37 pm
Excellent point Annie!!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:47 pm
Ya know, my question about the amount of sleep has nothing to do with being good parent or a bad parent. It has to do with wondering if it is connected with some kind of illness. Sleeping 12-16 hours a day EVERY day IS unusual. Yes, teens CAN sleep that much, but they DON'T because of school and life's every day expectations of them. The nanny said EVERY day Jett sleeps 12 to 16 hours. That IS unusual.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:59 pm
AMEN! Texannie
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:09 pm
Thoughts and Prayers go out to Kelly, John and their beautiful daughter.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:10 pm
Just because the nanny said it, doesn't make it true. There are an awful lot of "diagnoses" floating around here based on hearsay.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:15 pm
Yeah, ok. I got that info from the same sources you all even found out he is dead. Maybe he's not dead? I watched the special Geraldo had about it on Fox News last night. Now if you tell me it's false info, then any info you all all bring up in thread about anything is false. I am really annoyed anybody can consider 12-16 hours of sleep EVERY night is normal, unless someone is on some kind of drug for something.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:24 pm
One more thing to show there was something more wrong with the boy is he was 16 years old and had a baby monitor in his room at all times.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:31 pm
Oh goodness. The picture at this website is a tear-jerker: Jett Kissing John
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:35 pm
I completely understand what you're saying Naja. Anyone who's seen video of the boy can see that there was something more going on with him. Certainly the Travolta's have a right to say it is a private matter they don't want to discuss, but to pretend that there was nothing more going on with him than Kawasaki disease is just being dishonest or in denial.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:37 pm
Thanks, Brenda. That's all I meant.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:54 pm
It is absolutely their business what they want to tell the media/whole world about their son. They can even lie about it if they want to. It is NOBODY's business but their's. Period. Their son is dead and that's the only thing happening in their world right now. As well it should be.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:56 pm
Yes, all illnesses should be kept secret so no one else can learn from them.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:36 pm
Travolta's status as a movie star doesn't mean that his family's issues have to be publicized to teach us anything. I agree with Twinkie that it's nobody's else's business, and it's sad that the death of his and Kelly's son is being picked apart like it is. So what if it was Kawasaki Disease, Autism, or anything else? Jett passed away and his family doesn't owe us any explanation of what it was or how they have dealt with their son's issues over the years.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 2:34 am
The family owes "us" no explanation, but with any death that is unexpected like this, normally, the reasons for death ARE explored, because some deaths are suspecious and that is the business of other than the family. And while I personally have no great suspicion in this case when you add in previous statements that don't totally make sense and a sudden death, with a religion that sometimes espouses withholding of certain medical and psych treatments, there will be questions. I've been thinking about the problems of dealing with seizures today and I guess if I evern had to deal with that, I'd hope I'd think of getting one of those dogs who are trained to alert for seizures. They seem to sense them in time to actually warn the person at times, or to alert others if there are others around. Sadly, no matter what was done, we lose people and to lose a child is unthinkable for them, I'm sure.
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