Toilet-woman
This is next article of unbelievable story about women who had been sitting on toilet for almost two years, in Kansas, USA. I write about that here. I’ve found bit more about this story.
Boyfriend name is Kory McFarren and he’s 37 and woman is named Pam Babcock, 35. Kory called authorities on February 28th, 2008 to say something was wrong with his girlfriend. He claimed that she didn’t want to come out of the toilet and he bring her food and drink. Babcock sat on the toilet so long that open sores developed and caused her to become attached to the toilet seat. Doctors at a Wichita hospital where Babcock was taken told McFarren that an infection in her legs damaged her nerves and could leave her in a wheelchair. When the police came they needed to remove whole toilet with woman.
After police call, Kory McFarren was arrested for alleged lewd and lascivious behavior and spent the night in jail before bonding out. McFarren has been charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult. He appeared in court on April 7th, 2008.
McFarren was charged last week with a misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a dependent adult.
Pat Bollinger, the woman’s aunt, said she calls daily to the hospital to ask how Babcock is doing and asks every day to talk to her. Babcock has agreed to talk to her only once for about 10 minutes, she said.
During that one call, Babcock spoke little and mostly listened as Bollinger recounted happy family memories — time spent swimming, camping and boating — from the year Babcock lived with them in Arizona when she was in fifth grade.
Babcock has not spoken about her bathroom ordeal, said Bollinger, the family spokeswoman.
“I didn’t bring up anything,” Bollinger said. “I just let her know how much I loved her and cared for her.”
“Her wounds are still serious. … She is not out of the woods by any means. She is a very sick girl,” Bollinger said.
Relatives tried many times to contact Babcock during the 16 years she lived with her boyfriend, McNamara said. They had limited contact the first year, but have not been able to see her during the last 15 years.
She blamed McFarren for Babcock’s refusal to see her relatives. McFarren has said in the past that it was Babcock’s choice not to see her family.
About three or four years ago, worried relatives sent the sheriff to their house to check on her welfare, Bollinger said.
“She was still on her feet,” Bollinger said. “When the deputy came back he did say he got to talk to her. But she was very upset with me that I had sent the sheriff — but I also note her boyfriend was there when she called me back.”
McFarren told authorities that Babcock feared leaving the bathroom and may not have left it in two years, although he said he was unsure how long exactly she was in there. He said that he took her food and water daily, and that he repeatedly asked her to come out but that she usually replied “maybe tomorrow.”
“The only thing I am guilty of is I didn’t get her help sooner,” McFarren told The Associated Press earlier this month.
“We tried many times to contact her — to let her know we loved her, to send her clothes, to send her presents — but we didn’t hound her,” McNamara said. “She is an adult and she isn’t mentally retarded or slow.”
Source: International Herald Tribune and Google News
