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I love how the wife of this man who was stuck in a recliner because he was 800 lbs blames their lack of health insurance for him staying in the recliner for that long. Wah, wah, wah, boo hoo, the mean old government should've paid for his knee surgery.
Oh, morbid obesity is a medical contraindication for knee replacement? Don't fret over small details like that. Oh, his weight ballooned up to 800 lbs while he sat in a recliner for 8 months with his flesh rotting from inactivity? It's the fault of our mean ol' healthcare system!!!
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said.
Webb told them to leave him there anyway. He would sit in that recliner, slowly dying, for the next eight months. Finally, paramedics were called back to his Greenwood home on Wednesday because he was in a lot of pain.
Webb's body was physically stuck to the power recliner and firefighters had to cut him from the chair to take him to the hospital. He died a few hours later, his body covered with sores and a "very bad odor," according to a police report.
Webb, 33, didn't ask for help for all those months, because he was ashamed and didn't have health insurance, said his wife, Ada. He slept and used the bathroom in his chair and she cleaned it every day. The former preacher would post sermons online from the chair, and it wasn't long before he decided he was ready to go home to the Lord, she said.
Oh, morbid obesity is a medical contraindication for knee replacement? Don't fret over small details like that. Oh, his weight ballooned up to 800 lbs while he sat in a recliner for 8 months with his flesh rotting from inactivity? It's the fault of our mean ol' healthcare system!!!
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