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Published March 26, 2008 11:42 pm - WICHITA, Kan. — A woman who spent nearly two years in a bathroom, sitting on the toilet so long that the seat adhered to sores on her body, remains hospitalized and in pain from medical procedures, family members said Wednesday. Kansas: Woman remains hospitalized after living in bathroom for 2 years The Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. — A woman who spent nearly two years in a bathroom, sitting on the toilet so long that the seat adhered to sores on her body, remains hospitalized and in pain from medical procedures, family members said Wednesday. Kory McFarren, 37, called the Ness County Sheriff’s Office in late February to say something was wrong with his girlfriend. When authorities arrived at the home, they found Pam Babcock, 35, stuck to the toilet, where they think she had sat for about a month. Pat Bollinger, the woman’s aunt, said she has been designated the family spokeswoman and is the only family member allowed to call Babcock at the hospital. She calls daily to ask how Babcock is doing. She asks every day to talk to her, but Babcock has agreed to talk to her just one time for about 10 minutes. She said that 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 the family in Arizona when she was in fifth grade. Babcock has not spoken about her bathroom ordeal, Bollinger said. “I didn’t bring up anything,” Bollinger said. “I just let her know how much I loved her and cared for her.” Bollinger sent her niece flowers and a willow tree angel to watch over her at the hospital. She is making a scrapbook for Babcock with pictures of her as a child. “She is in a lot of pain, and she is going to have to go through a lot to even try to have a normal life again,” said Carmen McNamara, Babcock’s cousin. “She is having all kinds of procedures. Right now, she is in the safest place she has been in 15 years.” No family members have been allowed to see her at the hospital, she said. Bollinger must use a password just to talk to her by phone at the hospital, McNamara said, adding that family members know few details about her medical condition. Babcock spends much of her time sleeping at the hospital’s intensive care unit. McFarren has said doctors told him that Babcock suffered nerve damage and is unable to walk, a description of her condition that McNamara said appeared accurate given the little medical information the family has gotten. “Her wounds are still serious. ... She is not out of the woods by any means. She is a very sick girl,” Bollinger said Via Christi hospital officials refused Wednesday to give an update on the woman’s condition. Family members 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 past 15 years. “We have been living this and fearful of this for 15 years,” McNamara said. “It is not like we haven’t been there.” 
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