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A 500-pound woman’s skin grew into her couch

Gayle Laverne Grinds weighed nearly 500 pounds and was bedridden on her couch for six years and her skin eventually grew into her couch.

The 39-year-old woman was technically declared dead after a six-hour rescue effort that failed. The cause was “morbid obesity” and her husband says when he noticed she was not doing well he tried to pull her off the couch but she wouldn’t budge.

Grinds was only 4 foot 10 inches and had not moved in over six years. When the rescue was occurring, workers wore protective gloves and masks because the odor in the apartment was so bad.

The woman could not be taken off of the couch, so a six-foot wide hole was cut in the wall and the entire sofa was taken to the hospital. Only later did they discover that her skin had grown into the couch.  


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