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In reply to the discussion: Obese woman told she was "too fat to fly" home, dies of kidney failure [View all]obamanut2012
(26,030 posts)44. It's teh first I've seen the pic -- her husband should be arrested
It is obvious looking at her she is one step from death, it is obvious she has insane water. Anyone blaming the airline on this is being willfully ignorant. They did the right thing.
The agony this woman was in... why didn't she seek medical care, and why did she skip dialysis?!
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She'd obviously put on a ton of water weight quickly, look how tiny her clothes were on her.
LeftyMom
Nov 2012
#6
Be very careful not to break anything when you eventually fall off that horse.
Care Acutely
Nov 2012
#17
And because you had a problem, she had the exact same problem you did? You don't know shit
Care Acutely
Nov 2012
#53
"She killed herself through sheer gluttony"????? I almost alerted on this but thought
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#18
Oh, for goodness sakes, first you blamed the victim ("sheer gluttony") without
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#37
My definition of gluttony would include eating so much that you weigh 425 pounds.
Democratopia
Nov 2012
#28
I've just alerted on the post. I will be extremely disappointed in DU if this poster is allowed to
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#38
There is only one disgusting post on here, and it is not yours. The problem is she needed dialysis
madinmaryland
Nov 2012
#22
It is a sad story. But airlines have legal responsibility for passengers and the right not to
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#23
The pictures don't show her to be just obese but suffering from some unusual medical condition.
grantcart
Nov 2012
#31
As a passenger, I would have asked to deplane as it would be obvious this would likely end up being
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#49