600-Pound Woman Dies After Being Surgically Removed From Couch UPDATE 8-18-04

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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.


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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.


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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.
 
Wow, that is sad. I can't believe that her family left her on the couch for years and that the skin actually attached to the couch. I've never heard anything like it.
 
i heard about this on the radio like 4 hours ago and was trying to find it on the internet to post, but had no such luck....very interesting story...sad...disturbing...weird...etc
 
Whats the link for that article? I wanna see those other weird pictures its talking about.
 
[quote name='StealthySeal']LMFAO

oops! i mean... uhhh..... thats sad[/quote]

That's what I was thinking. But damn she was ONE with the couch. That is crazier than the 1000 lb pound guy.
 
[quote name='crazytalkx'][quote name='StealthySeal']LMFAO

oops! i mean... uhhh..... thats sad[/quote]

That's what I was thinking. But damn she was ONE with the couch. That is crazier than the 1000 lb pound guy.[/quote]

the 1000 lbs guy is awesome, he lost like 400 pounds in 2 months! thats like me not existing 3 times!
 
how do people allow themselves to get that fat? i understand some people are lazy,but when you are so lazy that you become stuck to the couch after being there for 2-5 years,that is just very wrong. with that said,it is very sad that it happened.
 
[quote name='WhipSmartBanky']http://images.ibsys.com/2004/0811/3643906.jpg

What I want to know is, who kept feeding her?[/quote]

Another: did she go to the bathroom by using a bedpan or what?
 
hmm not much of a life if she been sitting on that couch from 2 to 5 years...
I mean it's sad that she died, but why would anyone stay on one spot for 2-5 years?!?! That's just ridiculous!!
 
Today is officially Gross Stories about Fat People Day... if ever there was a time to request a headshot, it'd be now...
 
[quote name='Moxio'][quote name='WhipSmartBanky']http://images.ibsys.com/2004/0811/3643906.jpg

What I want to know is, who kept feeding her?[/quote]

Another: did she go to the bathroom by using a bedpan or what?[/quote]

no dude....no...just no!!!
 
[quote name='Moxio'][quote name='WhipSmartBanky']http://images.ibsys.com/2004/0811/3643906.jpg

What I want to know is, who kept feeding her?[/quote]

Another: did she go to the bathroom by using a bedpan or what?[/quote]

I know if *I* planned on getting that fat, I'd cut holes in the bottom of the couch and the floor, then dig a privy under the house. Man, get one of those helper-monkeys and I'd be set.
 
[quote name='Graystone']I call bullsh*t I think that is one of those things you see on the front of the papers at the store in the checkout line.[/quote]

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

Not so weird, on an EMT call once to this old coger out in the country rolled up his sleeve to do vitals and thought.. man this skin feels weird.. turns out it was long underwear that he NEVER took off, it became a part of his skin.hair, stunk to beat hell. He was very nice (for a backwoods hermit type) and didn't think anything was wrong. Not sure what they did if they tried to get the shirt off or just leave it (to take it off man I suppose they would have to cut off layers of skin!)
 
yeah, i once had gauze on my knee(you could see the bone, it was a bad accident.....but thats another story)

i had the gauze on for 3 days and it was just stuck to my skin and i had to end up ripping more off and you could see my bone, that was the nastiest thing ever because i was sitting in a bloody bathtub trying to get this thing off and it wouldnt stop bleeding
 
What I want to know here is how do you stay on the couch for 2-5 years? Do you still eat or go to the bathroom? Someone answer this and I'll believe this story............more than I do now.
 
[quote name='suko_32']What I want to know here is how do you stay on the couch for 2-5 years? Do you still eat or go to the bathroom? Someone answer this and I'll believe this story............more than I do now.[/quote]

Yeah, is this one of those tabloid stories?
 
Is it even physically possible to have a couch become attatched to your body? I have to go with Graystone on this and say that this was made up.
 
I hate to be the person that has to help this fatso! Jeez...Talk about a bad day at work.

Can you imagine all those rolls of fat jiggling around like that. It looks like a scene from the Blob (except there is no young Paul Newman).
 
largest one I've helped was about 400 and (this is just an obervation) the stench in the house was unbelievible) this was actually one of my first runs... she fell out of bed.. so I stupidly didn't put on gloves....I'm not lying but my hands reeked for hours!
 
Reminds me of the Meat King from Hitman: Contracts.

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Good lord!
Strangely enough, I went couch shopping today. We went to several stores but didn't see any couches with 600 lb. woman cushions.
 
Been getting about 7 magazines a week.. mostly from your links.. can't read em all.. they are 'polluting the house'
 
just don't be surprised if you get a slap on the back of the head sometime... you're warned dude... :)

(I'm leaving freaking Golf magazines all over town ! ) :)
 
[quote name='WhipSmartBanky']http://images.ibsys.com/2004/0811/3643906.jpg

What I want to know is, who kept feeding her?[/quote]

From what they said on the radio this morning, there's a criminal investigation going on for neglect. Someone had to feed her. They also had to pump fresh air in there from all the stank, during the rescue.
 
10 bucks says somebody like Lieberman decides that she was enthralled with some videogame and that's what caused her to let herself go like that. Did anyone else happen to catch his site when it claimed that Dead or Alive XBV let you customize that breast size of the girls and let them appear topless (the game does neither)?
 
[quote name='eldad9'][quote name='Moxio']Lol next time I'll include a warranty that you cannot sue me for using my links. :D[/quote]

Disclaimer.[/quote]

Bah, disclaimer. Thanks for making me feel dumb lol.
 
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