Sad story indeed. Many health care practioners become bitter and frustrated due to facing situations like this on a daily basis. It can be hard to have compassion for people who choose to eat themselves into morbid obesity, a poor quality of life and an early death. I am sorry that this young man may never know the joy many of us in this group share in riding our bikes.
I feel blessed that, at age 50, I am fit and in good health and am surrounded by people in my life who value healthy living and an active lifestyle. My love for riding bikes has contributed in no small part to keeping my weight at a healthy level even though I occassionally splurge on calories that I probably should avoid. Dave On Apr 18, 12:07 pm, Me <[email protected]> wrote: > **If this is too far astray for this group... Jim, go ahead and pull > it, but I thought -somehow- it needed posting: perhaps for no other > reason than to purge it from my brain** > > My wife is an RN. She works in PACU [basically to the common person, > that's the recovery room after one has surgery]. > > Last night she was on-call. Sure enough, at 11:15pm her pager goes > off and she needs to go in. My daughter and me kiss her and off she > goes. > > She arrives back home at 3:30am after recovering a 21yr old male who > had to have his gull bladder removed. He had come through the ER, > straight into emergency surgery, then to my wife. > > He weighs 431 pounds. > > His history is approximating about 16,000 calories per day, mostly > fast food, the rest 'homemade' food 'by mom' in the form of mac-n- > cheese, fried fish, lots of potatoes in the mashed variety, meatloaf, > fried chicken, biscuits, loves his vegetables [according to mom] with > butter & Velveeta cheese... etc. > Favorite Activity: video games. > > Yesterday he had eaten 44 'Buffalo' chicken wings and 3 orders of > 'chili' fries, a couple fried 'breaded' salmon steaks and cauliflower > with cheese when he began having extreme middle-back pain. After his > mom gave him 'a large bowl of ice cream & 2 TBSP of Pepto Bismol to > help ease the pain' and the pain didn't ease up, he was brought to the > ER where it was discovered his gull bladder was enlarged, discharging > bile, and about to bleed-out. > > He did okay in surgery. The surgeon had difficulty getting to his > gull bladder as his liver was so enlarged due to his size. > > My wife had difficulty with him in recovery do to his size... his > wound site kept bleeding because of his size, the pliability of his > abdomen due to fat, and he was reacting poorly to meds [stopped > breathing many times, and she had to 'bag' him 5 different times]. He > also vomited up his entire day's intake of food because of not > reacting well to the various agents given to him during his procedure. > > After my wife stabilized him, she transported him to his room. The > patient was lucid by this point, in discomfort, curious what had > happened to him, and asking for food, "something spicy". My wife > explained what had happened, and that spicy food was -more than > likely- not ever going to be in his day to day menu again -- due to > not having a gull bladder in his body any longer. > > When she got him to his room, his mom & dad were there waiting. > > His parents asked the usual questions. My wife answered them. > > As my wife was leaving the room with the boy's parents, his mom began > opening and emptying out a large grocery bag with the statement, "just > a little something for him, for the morning, when he wakes up". > > She pulled out 2 large bags of Doritos, a store-bought deli container > of 'Buffalo' chicken wings [24-count], a large squeeze bottle of > Hidden Valley ranch dressing, a 2-litter bottle of Coke and a 12" > double layer chocolate cake. > > My wife explained that this wasn't a good thing. That this food was > not going to do him any good favors, and especially after the gull > bladder removal. > > The mom looked at my wife and said, "You obviously don't have > children, boys just like to eat!" > > This kind of thing is heartbreaking to me. > > -Scott > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
