3/14/2022 11:01:00 AM Trip will ascertain ROHHAD diagnosis
Lachland Lennis, 3, sits with his mom and dad, Kristin Scheiber and Chuck Lennis, at the family’s home in Stewartville. Lachland is scheduled to meet soon with a team of specialists in Chicago to ascertain if he has ROHHAD, a very rare condition that includes rapid-onset obesity.
Sitting in his Stewartville home, Lachland Lennis flashed a big smile as he played a video game with his dad, Chuck Lennis. Kristin Scheiber, Lachland's mother, sitting nearby, described Lachland as "very rambunctious and a quick learner." "He's caring, and he likes to have fun," she said. "He's very set in his own ways." Now 3 years old, Lachland began having health problems at 6 months, when his heart would fully stop beating and he would stop breathing. In September 2019, he had a pacemaker implanted in his chest. Then, in January 2021, when his primary physician noticed he was gaining weight at an unusually rapid pace, she referred him to an endocrinologist... For more on this story pick up your copy of the March 15 Stewartville STAR.
