hold your pee for a Wii

[SixFive]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070114.wwater0114/BNStory/International/home

:com: Hope this radio station is ready for a lawsuit. I'm sure the contestants wouldn't have had to sign a waiver just to drink water, would they?? Very sad. I wonder if she didn't have something else going on though?? Seems unusual to me.
******************************************
Woman dies of water intoxication after radio contest
Associated Press

Sacramento, Calif. ? A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said Saturday.

Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead Friday in her suburban Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the ?Hold Your Wee for a Wii? contest in which KDND 107.9 promised a Nintendo Wii video game system for the winner.

?She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her real bad,? said Laura Rios, one of Ms. Strange's co-workers at Radiological Associates of Sacramento. ?She was crying and that was the last that anyone had heard from her.?

It was not immediately know how much water Strange consumed.


John Geary, vice president and marketing manager for Entercom Sacramento, the station's owner, said station personnel were stunned when they heard of Ms. Strange's death.

?We are awaiting information that will help explain how this tragic event occurred,? he said.

Initially, contestants were handed eight-ounce bottles of water to drink every 15 minutes.

?They were small little half-pint bottles, so we thought it was going to be easy,? said fellow contestant James Ybarra of Woodland. ?They told us if you don't feel like you can do this, don't put your health at risk.?

Mr. Ybarra said he quit after drinking five bottles. ?My bladder couldn't handle it any more,? he added.

After he quit, he said, the remaining contestants, including Ms. Strange, were given even bigger bottles to drink.

?I was talking to her and she was a nice lady,? Mr. Ybarra said. ?She was telling me about her family and her three kids and how she was doing it for kids.?

 

[SixFive]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

Looks like it's the hyponatremia that is deadly. It causes the brain to swell, headache, and lethargy before you die.

This article mentions psychogenic polydipsia. I once had a patient with that, and he had literally almost drank himself to death on several occasions. We had to withhold it from him and only allow him a certain allottment each day.

 

[Morris]

If I remember correctly there was a local college student that died from this several years ago. Part of a hazing :shrug:

 

[danmurphy jr]

It can also cause seizures. The morons who ran that will also provide her children and some ambulance chaser financially for the rest of their lives. "I want you to hold this gun to your head and pull the trigger, but first siign this waiver.

 

[SpursDynasty]

im not a law expert, but can't this radio station be held for negligence? :shrug:

unreal... how stupid people can be (radio station).

 

[saint]

So where is the fault on the "adults" who took part in this? Why does everyone have the blame mentality, when it's convenient to blame the radio station but not the person who made an educated decision to lift that water bottle to their mouth. And then another, and then another and then another.

What a great society this is, when we don't have to be responsible for our own actions.

Oh shit, how dare I just say that. Who am I to suggest that we be resposible for our own actions. What the hell was I thinking!

FYI...I'm sure the station made them sign consent freeing them from liability.

 

[danmurphy jr]

Gotta agree with ya, a 28 year old mother w/3 children doing something that stupid. However, her Estate still will hit the lottery. A consent form does not allow them to endanger a life. "Please buy these pills. They may cause suicide, homicidal tendencies, nymphomania, pimples on your ass or all the above."

 

[Agent 0659]

I agree you need to be responsible, but who had any idea drinking too much water could kill you? :shrug: :scared


I didn't! :scared

 

[SpursDynasty]

:com: come on now..

the % of people not knowing that water can be lethal is actually quite high if I wanted to make an educated guess.

This is not like playing with fire where the obvious danger is clear.

The fault lies strictly on the radio station not the people who did it.

 

[danmurphy jr]

How do you drown.? Anyone know? You better believe the Radio station is responsible. Almost criminal. People are stupid a good % them are. That's why so many laws are enacted to protect people from themselves.

 

[Sun Tzu]

Guarantee you a waiver was signed even if there was a case here, which there really isnt.

I do recall readin gonce about this being an issue for marathon runners....that somehow drinking too much water can f you up.

 

[Simply In The Red]

:com: come on now..

the % of people not knowing that water can be lethal is actually quite high if I wanted to make an educated guess.

I learned that back in high school and that was more than 15 years ago. :shrug:

 

[SixFive]

So where is the fault on the "adults" who took part in this? Why does everyone have the blame mentality, when it's convenient to blame the radio station but not the person who made an educated decision to lift that water bottle to their mouth. And then another, and then another and then another.

What a great society this is, when we don't have to be responsible for our own actions.

Oh shit, how dare I just say that. Who am I to suggest that we be resposible for our own actions. What the hell was I thinking!

FYI...I'm sure the station made them sign consent freeing them from liability.

Not like it was drinking shots until you have to pee, is it Saint? I wholeheartedly agree that adults need to be responsible for their own actions. In this case, however, I would have never imagined this could kill somebody, and I understand what "water poisoning" is. You can guarantee there will be a lawsuit filed though, and I bet they'll win. Not saying that's right, but that's how it is.

 

[SixFive]

Guarantee you a waiver was signed even if there was a case here, which there really isnt.

I do recall readin gonce about this being an issue for marathon runners....that somehow drinking too much water can f you up.

yep. That's why they drink gatorade or some other type of sports drink rather than just straight water.

 

[SpursDynasty]

I learned that back in high school and that was more than 15 years ago. :shrug:

you doesn't = majority

i feel real bad for the kids tho and family, just tragic.

 

[saint]

Don't get me wrong, it's unfortunate that it happened and I'm sure they'll sue and win. That's how it is in this country.

When something goes wrong, people don't look in the mirror. The think, "who did this to me and how I am I gonna get mine".

When I'm good and old and don't feel like living anymore, maybe I'll go to an all you can eat buffet. I'll just sit down and eat until my organs shut down and I die right in the golden corral.

Who knew eating could kill me? It's not my fault, surely they should have warned me! At least my kin can sue for the world and be 'aight.

there's no basis for her lawsuit, she could have stopped at any time. You and I could drink water right now till we die, but we stop. is a wiii grounds to say the station is liable for forcing her to drink that water?? I'd be surprised. The argument that she didn't know too much water can kill her doesn't hold water (haha, sorry I had to). But really, there are people out there that don't know too much alcohol or coke can kill them. Lack of knowledge is not a reason to sue.

maybe edward can come in here, since he's the one who feasts off america's love of the lawsuit.

 

[Glferboy21]

This actually happens more than you think with marathon runners. The difference is that there are medical staff on site that know what the signs are. I watched a show on how the symptoms are very similar to dehydration and amatuer runners will continue drinking water.

I believe the Frat boy that was killed doing this during hazing was at TCU, I could be wrong though.

 

[Agent 0659]

Don't get me wrong, it's unfortunate that it happened and I'm sure they'll sue and win. That's how it is in this country.

When something goes wrong, people don't look in the mirror. The think, "who did this to me and how I am I gonna get mine".

When I'm good and old and don't feel like living anymore, maybe I'll go to an all you can eat buffet. I'll just sit down and eat until my organs shut down and I die right in the golden corral.

Who knew eating could kill me? It's not my fault, surely they should have warned me! At least my kin can sue for the world and be 'aight.

there's no basis for her lawsuit, she could have stopped at any time. You and I could drink water right now till we die, but we stop. is a wiii grounds to say the station is liable for forcing her to drink that water?? I'd be surprised. The argument that she didn't know too much water can kill her doesn't hold water (haha, sorry I had to). But really, there are people out there that don't know too much alcohol or coke can kill them. Lack of knowledge is not a reason to sue.

maybe edward can come in here, since he's the one who feasts off america's love of the lawsuit.

I gotta say, that is a dam good post....

 

[Simply In The Red]

you doesn't = majority

i feel real bad for the kids tho and family, just tragic.

I never said I was the majority but common sense should have played a factor in knowing you can only take so much of anything at one time. That's why people have to train to become competitive eaters. You can't just decide one day that you want to eat 50 hot dogs and expect everything to be great. The same goes for drinking large amounts of liquids.