Fatora, a heavily overweight woman, had been smelling something horrible for days. Regardless of how many times she showered, she still smelled a horrendous stench.
A week later, the odor got worse. After a google search led her imagination to jump to all kinds of conclusions, Fatora decided to visit the Emergency Room.
Doctors found a six-inch toad hibernating in between one of her fat rolls. Alive.
Apparently Fatora had gone swimming in a pond several weeks back.
Bret A. Nicks, MD, Spokesperson for the American College of Emergency Physicians & Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine
Dr. Bret said it is not uncommon to find various items or debris in skin folds of morbidly obese patients that struggle to maintain good hygiene.
“While a living creature would be unusual, I have found missing clothing items, small electronics, food items (like donut holes or hot dogs), along with unidentifiable debris in these large pannus areas,” he said.
“In those situations, cleaning the area and ensuring no secondary skin infection or injury is essential – followed closely by discussions around family/friend assistance with cleaning or perhaps a need for a social work home visit to assess the living situation – all the while reiterating the need for the patient and their primary care provider to work toward a healthy living plan that changes the scenario completely.”
Disclaimer: All characters appearing in this short story, excluding interviews, are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
