December 6, 2006: Halved gent lives on

Undertoad · 12-06-2006, 10:57 AM

Yes, that's half a guy up there, being placed on his cart by his son as they head out on a tour of Beijing.

The very fine Spluch finds this news item at Xinhua, and translates for us:

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On 9 March 2004, this 46-year-old man was hit badly by a truck causing the bones below his abdomen to be crushed in Shenzhen, China. Doctors spent 7 months trying to rescue him from death and they succeeded. Due to the lost of the lower half of his body, his height has been reduced from 1.62 meters to 0.78 meters and now weights only 33 kg.

Apparently they were able to transplant enough skin to cover all the exposed bits, and then they literally built him new plumbing for both liquid and solid waste.

I'm not sure how much time I would spend in public, if it were me. I'd just wobble in front of the monitor. But it's remarkable that the guy lived at all, much less to the point where he could get around with help.

Shawnee123 · 12-06-2006, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I'm not sure how much time I would spend in public, if it were me. I'd just wobble in front of the monitor. But it's remarkable that the guy lived at all, much less to the point where he could get around with help.

Wobble...snort snort!

Well, there you halve it...modern medicine is amazing.

LabRat · 12-06-2006, 11:50 AM

Wonder if the increased blood flow to his (second) brain increased his mental abilities at all?

milkfish · 12-06-2006, 12:24 PM

I had been wondering where all the Asian threads had gone off to.

They should put an angled mirror on his cart so that he can enjoy the view better as his son wheels him around town.

Elspode · 12-06-2006, 02:20 PM

You know, some days I have trouble figuring out why it is worth it to go on, just because things aren't going exactly peachy for me. Then I see half a man, and have to feel incredibly guilty that I ever do anything besides sing Zippadedoodah and tap dance.

"I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man with no feet" - Unknown

"I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man with no cock" - Mr. Mike

Spexxvet · 12-06-2006, 02:25 PM

I'm gonna have to try that diet. He lost half his body weight in no time!

xoxoxoBruce · 12-06-2006, 02:29 PM

I guess the doctors felt it was a challange..... but I can't help wondering if the guy appreciates it or not.

Trilby · 12-06-2006, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I'm gonna have to try that diet. He lost half his body weight in no time!

barefoot serpent · 12-06-2006, 03:39 PM

The Cellar: finding out how the other half lives.

Clodfobble · 12-06-2006, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I guess the doctors felt it was a challange..... but I can't help wondering if the guy appreciates it or not.

I'd imagine so... there are lots of people with no legs in the US who are happy to be alive. This guy's situation is a little worse since apparently a wheelchair is not an option, but at least he's not like that IOTD of a little girl awhile back who had to crawl around with only half a basketball protecting her lower edge. At least this guy's got a cart and a family to help take care of him.

astrodex · 12-06-2006, 04:01 PM

Good thing he wasn't in Haiti with the face tumor girl. The doctors would have shaken a dead chicken at him and sent him on his way. Isn't modern superstition wonderful?

SydneyBoy · 12-06-2006, 04:10 PM

I was in Cambodia once and I was having lunch at some lunch stall place and a small boy pushed up a wheelchair containing a man with no arms and no legs - just a torso with a head on top. It tore my heart out to see... poor man unable to do anything but rely completely on his young brother to move him around.

Im not sure if he lost his limbs in a landmine accident (there are lots of those in Cambodia) but it seems a little unlikely to lose all four limbs neatly at the shoulder/hip joint and still survive the explosion. Then I started hearing stories about parents who do nasty things to their children when young to increase their begging potential and wondered if his parents had done it deliberately.

I gave him some money but wondered if I should have because they have begging syndicates and such where the beggars don't actually keep the money they beg, it goes to some master beggar somewhere.

Then I thought wouldn't it be amazing if I could get some money together and buy the guy a motorized wheelchair that he could steer with his mouth and give him a little independence from his brother. But someone would just nick it off him.

Damn its a cruel world.

DanaC · 12-06-2006, 05:22 PM

Y'know...when you just skim read a title, cause like you've been on the computer too long and your eyes are tired......I entered this site expecting to see a halved giant, so I am somewhat disappointed.

Ibby · 12-06-2006, 08:23 PM

blech, cambodia, that reminds me... im getting dragged there after christmas.
hooray for forced vacation...

Q baby · 12-06-2006, 09:51 PM

i think it's cool his dad takes care of him like that. especially since there are so many dads out there who don't do that.

12-06-2006, 11:50 AM	#3
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Wonder if the increased blood flow to his (second) brain increased his mental abilities at all? __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

12-06-2006, 12:24 PM	#4
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	I had been wondering where all the Asian threads had gone off to. They should put an angled mirror on his cart so that he can enjoy the view better as his son wheels him around town. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

12-06-2006, 02:20 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	You know, some days I have trouble figuring out why it is worth it to go on, just because things aren't going exactly peachy for me. Then I see half a man, and have to feel incredibly guilty that I ever do anything besides sing Zippadedoodah and tap dance. "I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man with no feet" - Unknown "I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man with no cock" - Mr. Mike __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

12-06-2006, 02:25 PM	#6
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I'm gonna have to try that diet. He lost half his body weight in no time! __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-06-2006, 02:29 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I guess the doctors felt it was a challange..... but I can't help wondering if the guy appreciates it or not. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-06-2006, 03:39 PM	#9
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	The Cellar: finding out how the other half lives. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

12-06-2006, 04:01 PM	#11
astrodex May Ter Dee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 26	Good thing he wasn't in Haiti with the face tumor girl. The doctors would have shaken a dead chicken at him and sent him on his way. Isn't modern superstition wonderful?

12-06-2006, 04:10 PM	#12
SydneyBoy Pithy Euphemist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19	I was in Cambodia once and I was having lunch at some lunch stall place and a small boy pushed up a wheelchair containing a man with no arms and no legs - just a torso with a head on top. It tore my heart out to see... poor man unable to do anything but rely completely on his young brother to move him around. Im not sure if he lost his limbs in a landmine accident (there are lots of those in Cambodia) but it seems a little unlikely to lose all four limbs neatly at the shoulder/hip joint and still survive the explosion. Then I started hearing stories about parents who do nasty things to their children when young to increase their begging potential and wondered if his parents had done it deliberately. I gave him some money but wondered if I should have because they have begging syndicates and such where the beggars don't actually keep the money they beg, it goes to some master beggar somewhere. Then I thought wouldn't it be amazing if I could get some money together and buy the guy a motorized wheelchair that he could steer with his mouth and give him a little independence from his brother. But someone would just nick it off him. Damn its a cruel world. __________________ At night rave near the guard's compartment naked with a blue light.

12-06-2006, 05:22 PM	#13
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Y'know...when you just skim read a title, cause like you've been on the computer too long and your eyes are tired......I entered this site expecting to see a halved giant, so I am somewhat disappointed.

12-06-2006, 08:23 PM	#14
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	blech, cambodia, that reminds me... im getting dragged there after christmas. hooray for forced vacation... __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

12-06-2006, 09:51 PM	#15
Q baby I'll just put the tip in Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NC Posts: 39	i think it's cool his dad takes care of him like that. especially since there are so many dads out there who don't do that.

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