Hospital encounters of the fat kind As mentioned in previous posts my mom is a nurse and because of her specialisation, encounters fat on a regular basis. I have here two stories for you! Some weeks back, she was starting her shift at 8am in the near by hospital and was called in for an intubation assistance (i dont work with medicine so just describing what she said) This intubation was on an older male who weighed a lot! As in regular hospital beds did not fit him and he was only in his 40's but sharing room with an 80 year old because he needed constant supervision.  Turns out, he had ruined his esophagus because he kept  stuffing food down his gullet even AFTER he had an gastric operation. My mom was disgusted by this, also he smelled so bad due to gangrene on his toes. He was also scheduled for an amputation in the coming weeks... The next one is actually very sad. This couple arrived with their 6 year old daughter saying she had problems breathing and kept waking up in the middle of the night because she could not breathe properly. The kid had apnea, her fat was restricting her airways and she could not sleep lying down fully, otherwise her chest would be compressed to such a degree that it interfered with her breathing. Mom spoke to the couple and asked them why their daughter was expiriencing this, they told her, and i kid you not "She probably has pollen allergies" motherfucker! it's too cold for pollen! the trees and flowers have NOT started producing that yet here in this part of the world. Anyways, I had to make some calming tea for my mom yesterday and tell her she ought to be even more vocal about fat shaming. The little girl was given a night at the hospital so they could monitor her breathing and i'll try to check with mom how it went. She was too upset to talk more about it.