600-Pound Woman Dies After Being Surgically Removed From Couch - VGF

Link47 · 08-11-2004, 08:25 PM

Source: http://www.wftv.com/news/3643877/detail.html

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STUART, Fla. -- A dramatic rescue ended tragically in Stuart, Florida, a rescue so difficult firefighters say they have never seen anything like it.

It happened late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning at the home of a 600-pound woman who was having trouble breathing. Rescuers went in not knowing how difficult it would be to get her out. 40-year-old Gail Grinds was literally stuck to her couch and had to be removed surgically at the hospital.

Authorities estimate she had been on the couch anywhere from two to five years.

Martin County Fire amd Rescue crews faced what seemed to be an impossible mission. Everyone going inside had to wear protective gear. The stench was so powerful they had to blast in fresh air.

They tried to cut out the front door, but at four-and-a-half feet wide, it wouldn't work. They had to cut plywood since a normal stretcher wouldn't do.

An ambulance was too small, so they brought in a trailer to get her out. While rescue crews came up with a back-door rescue plan, detectives secured what had become a crime scene, questioning family members about how it got so bad.

Using planks, they loaded the woman on to the trailer, still attached to the couch. Removing her would be too painful, since her body is grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin has literally become one with the sofa and it must be surgically removed.

Detectives are investigating whether they have a case of neglect, or if it is simply a very sad story.

Grinds was taken to the Martin Memorial hospital where doctors removed her from the couch, but she died in spite of all the attempts to save her life.

Thats ****ing disgusting.

UserGoogol · 08-11-2004, 08:42 PM

The woman and the couch had merged to form a higher form of life, the Couchanoid.

I support all people who merge themselves with technology, even if the merging is with furniture and is due to extreme neglect.

Parrakarry · 08-11-2004, 08:51 PM

Maybe I should lay on my computer for two-five years...

nah, by then it'll be obselete.

Sim Kid · 08-11-2004, 11:27 PM

Disgusting. Next time my dad gripes about me watching TV on the couch I'll just show him this article.

...and I wonder if that'll happen if you lie on the ground for 2-5 years. Maybe you'll literally become one with nature.

GRENTLEMEN · 08-12-2004, 10:19 AM

Seriously? What about going to the bathroom? ... Eeeewww....

Koga · 08-12-2004, 10:51 AM

I clicked on the link at it said 480 pounds.

Still really sick, though.

Codiekitty · 08-12-2004, 10:56 AM

...I'm not sure whether to laugh or throw up...

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

Cham Zord · 08-12-2004, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by CodieKitty:
...I'm not sure whether to laugh or throw up...

The Doctor · 08-12-2004, 12:47 PM

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Originally posted by DUDE10 I CHOOSE YOU:
Seriously? What about going to the bathroom? ... Eeeewww....

Sim Kid · 08-12-2004, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by DUDE10 I CHOOSE YOU:
Seriously? What about going to the bathroom? ... Eeeewww....

Gamer Chris · 08-12-2004, 05:31 PM

...urgh.

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~Gamer Chris

Beam Yosho the Drunkard · 08-12-2004, 09:18 PM

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Originally posted by UserGoogol:
The woman and the couch had merged to form a higher form of life, the Couchanoid.

I support all people who merge themselves with technology, even if the merging is with furniture and is due to extreme neglect.

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Tain · 08-12-2004, 09:26 PM

Viceroy Nute Gunray · 08-12-2004, 10:35 PM

Seriously, AI brings up a good point.

El Barto · 08-12-2004, 11:17 PM

The problem with AI's point is that it makes you think. How did that person go to the bathroom?!

Not fun.

Juliet · 08-13-2004, 02:22 PM

This isn't all that funny when you consider why someone would do this to herself.

The link says that a man and some children lived with her. That guy could and should go to jail for this.

[ August 13, 2004, 02:27 PM: Message edited by: Elphaba: Wicked Witch of the West ]

Swordmaster Link · 08-13-2004, 09:59 PM

I have mixed emotions of laughter and sheer astonishment when I read that...

***ZeldaGirl*** · 08-14-2004, 04:25 PM

...

My goodness...

Rattan · 08-14-2004, 05:03 PM

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Originally posted by El Barto:
The problem with AI's point is that it makes you think. How did that person go to the bathroom?!

Not fun.

The ***** became one with the couch. What do you think she did to go to the bathroom? She shat on herself and pissed on herself.

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That guy could and should go to jail for this.

No because you can only do so much to help someone. The guy did try to rouse her. But by that time the woman was too far gone.

Its good that she died. Because from the way it sounds she never really lived. She didn't sit on the couch for six year. She became the couch. She wasn't human. She just sat there for six years and wallowed in her own **** and whatever loathing caused her to choose to become a ****ing couch.

Alink - VCR Man. VCR. · 08-14-2004, 05:05 PM

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</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by CodieKitty:
...I'm not sure whether to laugh or throw up...

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08-11-2004, 08:42 PM	#2
UserGoogol Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Greater Boston Area Gender: Posts: 4,024 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 5,043.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,543.00 Donate	The woman and the couch had merged to form a higher form of life, the Couchanoid. I support all people who merge themselves with technology, even if the merging is with furniture and is due to extreme neglect.

08-11-2004, 08:51 PM	#3
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,683 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,799.81 Bank: 597.55 Total Points: 9,397.36 Donate	Maybe I should lay on my computer for two-five years... nah, by then it'll be obselete.

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Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 32,876.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 33,376.04 Donate	Disgusting. Next time my dad gripes about me watching TV on the couch I'll just show him this article. ...and I wonder if that'll happen if you lie on the ground for 2-5 years. Maybe you'll literally become one with nature.

08-12-2004, 10:19 AM	#5
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Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,093 Thanks: 104 Thanked 176 Times in 118 Posts Points: 104,359.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 122,111.82 Donate	I clicked on the link at it said 480 pounds. Still really sick, though.

08-12-2004, 10:56 AM	#7
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08-12-2004, 11:17 PM	#15
El Barto Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,708 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 1,484.12 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,984.12 Donate	The problem with AI's point is that it makes you think. How did that person go to the bathroom?! Not fun.

08-14-2004, 04:25 PM	#18
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08-13-2004, 02:22 PM	#16
Juliet Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Vinkus Posts: 1,238 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,737.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,237.00 Donate	This isn't all that funny when you consider why someone would do this to herself. The link says that a man and some children lived with her. That guy could and should go to jail for this. [ August 13, 2004, 02:27 PM: Message edited by: Elphaba: Wicked Witch of the West ]

08-13-2004, 09:59 PM	#17
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