At 900 pounds, she was deemed too big for bariatric surgery. 1 doctor took a chance
By the time Katie Peterson’s weight reached 900 pounds, she knew her very life depended on getting She was barely able to breathe, let alone walk. As her weight kept rising, she spent two years confined to her home, needing help to get out of bed or walk to the bathroom. Going to a doctor’s appointment required an ambulance crew and volunteer firefighters to lift her out of the house. Without bariatric surgery, Peterson says she couldn’t lower her life-threatening weight. But when she began reaching out to hospitals in 2021 to request the ...
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