Gayle Laverne was a woman who measured just 148 centimeters and, between the ages of 34 and 40, she gained weight drastically. When the woman of Florida He died in the middle of an operation, weighing about 215 kilos. In addition, the weight of him made it almost impossible for him to move and walk.
She spent six years sitting on a couch that she couldn’t move from and this also caused his house to be permanently messy, since he could not even get up to go to the bathroom. With the sweat and the lack of movement, Gayle’s skin ‘stuck’ to the seat and, despite the efforts of rescuers and doctors to separate her, the woman He lost his life in the operating room.
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In 2004, according to ‘The Sun’, the brother of Gayle and his girlfriend decided to call different emergency medical services, as they reported that she was having difficulty breathing because he had developed a lung condition called emphysema.
This condition occurs when the alveoli in the lungs deteriorate progressively, until there is obstruction in breathing. According to the Mayo Clinic, although it cannot be studied, its progress can be delayed with respiratory therapies.
Among the rescuers were twelve firefighters as they could not lift Gayle, there were no stretchers or wheelchairs that could support herso they decided to build a wooden stretcher with the dimensions or load capacity so that she could go comfortably.
Finally, they never used said stretcher, since when trying to help Gayle to get up they realized that with the passing of the years, Being seated in the same position caused the skin on her back and legs to stick to the fabric of the seat.
Rescuers had to uninstall the sliding glass doors of Gayle’s home in order to get her out along with the furniture.. They attached a trailer to a van with a platform to be able to take her to the hospital, since the 40-year-old woman did not fit in an ambulance.
Family neglect?
We opened an investigation because the circumstances of his death were very unusual, “said the sheriff of Martin County, Florida, according to the English media ‘The Sun’.
The argument for initiating an investigation was due to the fact that, Although his death was the product of his health condition, they suspected that there was negligence and abandonment by his family. Gayle’s autopsy revealed that she was indeed obese at the time of her death, but they wanted to consider family conditions as well.
Although some Internet users have dedicated themselves to discussing him on platforms and forums, harshly criticizing Gayle Laverne’s brother. To the date, they found no conclusive evidence of negligence on the part of their relatives.
According to the aforementioned English medium, Herman Thomas, a 54-year-old man with whom she lived, reported that on several occasions he tried to convince her to move or help her up, but unfortunately they never succeeded.
The efforts of the surgeons were unfortunately unsuccessful and Gayle Laverne Grinds died on August 11, 2004.
Obesity: a difficult disease to cure
Today it is known that personal diet is only one of the factors that make a person obese. It is also related to the metabolism of each individual, if they have genetic conditions in the thyroid or psychological illnesses that make it difficult for the patient to exercise regularly.
The scientific article ‘Obesity: psychological and behavioral aspects’, published in the ‘Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría’ in 2006, points out that some psychiatric drugs also generate fluctuations in the patient’s weight.
In case of Gayle Laverne It is an extreme case, in which emotional, family and physiological conditions came together in the same body. Unfortunately, the obesity condition in this woman led to her death.