Obese Woman Dies Stuck To Couch

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Obese Woman Dies Stuck To Couch

POSTED: 6:52 am CDT August 12, 2004
UPDATED: 3:41 pm CDT August 12, 2004

A dramatic rescue ended tragically in Florida Wednesday when a woman died after being stuck to her couch.

Rescuers responded to a call at the Martin County home of a woman who was having trouble breathing.

The difficulty arose when emergency workers failed, after six hours, to dislodge 480-pound Gayle Laverne Grinds, from the couch in her home.

Workers said the home was filthy, and Grinds, 40, was too large to get up from the couch, even to use the bathroom.

Authorities estimate that she had been on the couch anywhere from two to six years. Her skin had reportedly grafted to the fabric in the couch.

Rescuers removed a sliding glass door in order to lift the couch, with the woman on it, and load it onto a trailer behind a pickup truck.

She died at Martin Memorial Hospital South, Orlando, still attached to the couch.

A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death as "morbid obesity."
 
RE: Obese Woman Dies Stuck To Couch

Words fail me.

Alexander
Board of Directors
Lincolns of Distinction
 
RE: Obese Woman Dies Stuck To Couch

Hey, that was a scene on nip tuck a couple weeks ago.

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
 
RE: Obese Woman Dies Stuck To Couch

[div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong]Workers said the home was filthy, and Grinds, 40, was too large to get up from the couch, even to use the bathroom.[/div]

I noticed that they didn't give us the rest of the story on this little tidbit. Not that I want to know... ::wtf::
 
RE: Obese Woman Dies Stuck To Couch

A more detailed article can be found here: http://www.aarrgghh.com/no_way/couchPotato.htm .

I had some doubts whether this story was true, as I was thinking of the volume of waste that would accumulate over a few months, let alone years. Who was feeding this person? An article with pictures is found here: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/martin_stlucie/epaper/2004/08/18/s1a_mcbody_0818.html

http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/09/68/32/image_832689.jpg

This article details who was feeding her: http://socialitelife.com/mt/archives/480pound_couch_dweller_dies.php .

Alexander
Board of Directors
Lincolns of Distinction
 
RE: Obese Woman Dies Stuck To Couch

This blog states "But public health experts predict that by 2010, one person in three will die this way, and that 72 per cent of all schoolchildren will be one with sofas of their own."

http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/006535.html

Time for everyone to get off the couch.

Alexander
Board of Directors
Lincolns of Distinction
 
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