Friday, March 14, 2008

Extended Stay

There is nothing like some strange news out of Wichita Kansas.

Authorities there are considering charges in a bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years. She had sat so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the boyfriend finally called police.

Her boyfriend said she had a phobia about leaving the bathroom.

Her skin had apparently grown around the seat and the rescue workers pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and then the hospital removed it.

The woman reportedly moved around in the bathroom during the 2 years, bathed and changed into the clothes her boyfriend brought her and she would eat and drink the food he brought. Their entire relationship evidently just took place in the bathroom and there was no mention of whether any intimate relations occurred.

Her boyfriend finally called police when she began acting groggy

Reportedly, EMS found her clothed and sitting on the toilet with her sweat pants down to mid-thigh. She was disoriented and had some muscle atrophy in her legs and she initially refused treatment.

She is being treated for an infection in her legs and some nerve damage

The prosecutor is debating on filing charges against the boyfriend. Some of his statements have been:

"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."

"It just kind of happened one day; she went in and had been in there a little while, the next time it was a little longer. Then she got it in her head she was going to stay - like it was a safe place for her"

When asked how long she had been in there, he replied "time just went by so quick I can't pinpoint how long."

He insisted that he tried to coax her out of the bathroom every day but said that the beatings she received in her childhood caused her phobia. He said her reply was always “Maybe tomorrow”

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