On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:34:03 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:18:04 -0500, Nancy Young
>
>> >Well, this morning on Good Morning America (I think), they had an
>> >(Atkins advocate?) doctor who mentioned this report. Whoever made
>> >the report insisted it couldn't be fluid retention. I thought,
>> >he was admitted at 195 and died at 260. Are you trying to tell me
>> >that someone on life support gained that much weight from hospital
>> >food????????????????? Yeah, I know he must have been chowing down
>> >on full sugar Jello. Come on!
>> >
>>
>> He was in a coma - of course, being in a coma probably helps a patient
>> can tolerate hospital food. (I know, I know...IV/tube only)
>
>(laughing!!) Exactly. Unless someone was sneaking in and shoving
>pasta down his throat, I don't see how someone in a coma can gain
>that much (any??) weight. Those wacky food tubes and all.
>
>nancy

If the admit and death weights were accurate, there is really nothing
other than edema that could account for it.

Boron