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Sheriff: Woman sat on toilet for 2 years March 12, 2008

Posted by dhconcerts in About Life, Health, Peace, Justice and Equality, Quoting Others.
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You know, stories like this are so weird. But, it’s also believable. WHY IS THIS BELIEVABLE? What kind of world do we live in that we just totally accept that this happened. Yet I do accept that this happened.

WICHITA, Kan. - Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend’s toilet for two years — so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the boyfriend finally called police.

Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said it appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman’s skin had grown around the seat. She initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.

“We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital,” Whipple said. “The hospital removed it.

There was a story a few years ago about a woman who was stuck to her couch. (She’d not been off the couch for a few years. Finally, someone called 911 and after a lot of time and effort by firefighters, police, EMT’s and others, this woman was removed from her house, still attached to her couch, and transported to the hospital (where she died, probably from the stress and humiliation of the experience!)

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How is it that a caretaker would allow a person to sit on a piece of furniture, or on a toilet, for two years without calling for help? What was the mental status of that person? Did the person on the couch or toilet not have access to a telephone? Were there no other people who saw these women over the course of the years they were stuck? WHY DID NO ONE DO ANYTHING FOR TWO YEARS????

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It’s just so weird. I don’t get it.

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How tragic and sad for the people who were imprisoned by those circumstance.

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What do you think? Why did this happen? Why do things like this happen?

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Please note: This is not an invitation to post anti-heavy-people comments. I’m more curious about the thought process of the people who did not call for help for two (or more) years.

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1. Fuming - March 12, 2008

I think the boyfriend should be prosecuted. This kind of thing makes me very angry. Lazy people need to get help if they’re not going to properly take care of someone. I can’t even imagine the physical and emotional damage that has been done to this woman.