Why one man decided to have WLS...

Obese Man Undergoes Weight Loss Surgery in Attempt to Win Adoption Case

A 558-pound man who was claims he was denied the right to adopt a child because of his obesity underwent gastric bypass surgery in Dallas Friday in hopes that the procedure would spur the weight loss necessary to increase his chances.

According to the Associated Press, 34-year-old Gary Stocklaufer and his wife had taken baby Max into their home since he was a week old. The infant, now 4 months, is related to the Stocklaufers, who live in Independence, Mo., the wire service said.

When it came time to proceed with the adoption, Max was given to another family, and the Stocklaufers told the AP they believe it is because of Gary's obesity, a charge on which Missouri officials declined comment. The Jackson County Mo. court is required "to consider the welfare and best interests of the child" which is a "complicated determination," court spokeswoman Kelley Carpenter said in an e-mail to the wire service.

"They have legally kidnapped this child," the AP quotes Cindy Stocklaufer as saying Friday after her husband's surgery. "There's no guarantee losing the weight will change anything, but we have to try."

Chris,

Where do you find all this stuff?  What kind of job do you have?

Or is it "non-ya"?

 

 

I use igoogle.com from google.com.  It has a nice little news summary section where I browse headlines and read for hours.  I'm a database administrator for Transamerica Reinsurance. I maintain both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server production, development, UAT and parallel environment databases. Most of the time I have a lot of spare time on my hands so I get to surf and read a lot! heheh  It's not that I don't work hard but rather that I'm a big fan of automation so I've automated most of my job.  Did all the hard work up front so I could sit and surf all day! hahah

 

www.igoogle.com  <-- I have my homepage set to this instead of google.com. http://news.google.com <-- If you just want to browse news then this may work better for you. It's more detailed.

I saw this on a talk show- I want to say Prime Time or something like that. I wondered if he'sd be able to get WLS. As an adoptive mom- and a slightly PUDGY one at that... this whole case sickens me!  I'd like to know what difference it would make , I mean, are they afraid he'll die and the kid will have no dad? Cause they let single parents adopt. They let gay parents adopt. WTH? It just doesn't make sense and I hope they  sue the cr*& out of that social worker! The baby is their nephew if I remember right... or great nephew? 

I'm not sure about the relation but I have a hard time believing they're denying him soley on his weight.  I should think that perhaps they are very unhealthy and the worker fears for the child's nutrition.  Don't know..  I do know the above story is incomplete but I thought it was neat to see a 'new' reason for having WLS.  It's similar to "I want to have WLS so I can play with my kids."