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03-15-2008, 09:34 AM
Kansas woman stuck to toilet seat after 2 years in boyfriend's bathroom
The Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. — (some portions have been omitted) Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who stayed in her boyfriend’s bathroom for two years, spending most of her time on the toilet — so that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.
It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman’s skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman 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."
"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body," Whipple said. "It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself."
The boyfriend McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom.
"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,"’ Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."
"She is an adult; she made her own decision. I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said. He said she had a phobia about leaving the room because of childhood beatings. But McFarren said Babcock moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He said they conversed and had an otherwise normal relationship — except that it all happened in the bathroom.
Police found Babcock clothed and sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to her mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked as if they had atrophied, Whipple said.
"She said that she didn’t need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said.
She was reported in fair condition at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.
McFarren said his girlfriend has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and that she has no feeling in her legs. She may wind up in a wheelchair, he said.
http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080314/FON0101/303140042
DO YOU THINK THIS WOMAN IS mentally or physically disabled? :confused:I am always surprised that there are so many enablers who are as responsible if not more responsible for the troubled person's condition. Oprah and the other talk show hosts have hideously obese people on their shows who have not been able to get out of bed for years. These large people have been fed their big meals by some caring(?) enabler.
The Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. — (some portions have been omitted) Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who stayed in her boyfriend’s bathroom for two years, spending most of her time on the toilet — so that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.
It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman’s skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman 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."
"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body," Whipple said. "It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself."
The boyfriend McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom.
"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,"’ Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."
"She is an adult; she made her own decision. I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said. He said she had a phobia about leaving the room because of childhood beatings. But McFarren said Babcock moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He said they conversed and had an otherwise normal relationship — except that it all happened in the bathroom.
Police found Babcock clothed and sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to her mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked as if they had atrophied, Whipple said.
"She said that she didn’t need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said.
She was reported in fair condition at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.
McFarren said his girlfriend has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and that she has no feeling in her legs. She may wind up in a wheelchair, he said.
http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080314/FON0101/303140042
DO YOU THINK THIS WOMAN IS mentally or physically disabled? :confused:I am always surprised that there are so many enablers who are as responsible if not more responsible for the troubled person's condition. Oprah and the other talk show hosts have hideously obese people on their shows who have not been able to get out of bed for years. These large people have been fed their big meals by some caring(?) enabler.