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480LB Woman Dies During Surgery To Remove Her From Couch
480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years On Couch
STUART, Fla. -- A 480-pound Martin County woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the couch where she had remained for about six years. Gayle Laverne Grinds, 40, died Wednesday, after a failed six-hour effort to dislodge her from the couch in her home. Workers say the home was filthy, and Grinds was too large to get up from the couch to even use the bathroom. Everyone going inside the home had to wear protective gear. The stench was so powerful they had to blast in fresh air. A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death as "morbid obesity." But officials want to know more about the circumstances inside the home. Investigators say Grinds lived with a man named Herman Thomas, who says he tried to take care of her the best he could. He has told them he tried repeatedly to get her up, but simply couldn't. No charges have been filed, but officials are looking into negligence issues. Emergency workers had to remove some sliding glass doors and lift the couch, with Grinds still on it, to a trailer behind a pickup truck. Removing her from the couch would be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed. She died at Martin Memorial Hospital South, still attached to the couch. Neighbors say they had no idea Grinds lived at the duplex, though they had seen Thomas and some children outside. |
dude thats jacked up
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480 at 4'10"!?!??!!:eek: :eek: :eek:
Holy shit! She must have looked like a pink pumkin... I dated a girl in high school that was 4'9" and "big"...But no where near 480... (big hooters, though :D) |
God damn. :eek:
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am i the only one thinking.... "damn..."
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Jesus Christ!
EXERSISE PEOPLE!! |
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http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news...95/detail.html http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/...move_0815.html http://www.wftv.com/news/3643877/detail.html Some of these news agencies reported her to weigh up to 600 pounds...Apparently it wasn't possible to get an accurate weight...So, anywhere from 480-600 pounds... |
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yeah i know, but by the time you have problems getting in and out of a god damn coutch that should motivate you...
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If she was motivated, she wouldnt have ended up in the couch in the first place ;)
However, if she had lived and lost the weight... she could have used all the loose skin to become a super-hero! she could fly like a bat with the left-overs from her torso.... "Flabby-bat girl"..... God damn, i am an asshole.... And I am going to hell.... But i dont care who you are, that thar is funny :) (to quote Larry the cable guy) git r' done! |
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Only in America would something like this happen.
We Americans are so lazy that it astounds me. I really can't believe the amount of obese and obscenely fat people I see on a daily basis in America. I fucking hate Americans, but I'm one myself. |
on her couch for 6 years wtf
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