Steven Assanti, 33, from
Cranston, was getting the help he desperately needed to combat his ‘eating
addiction’ at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
The Rhode Island man who
weighs almost 800 pounds was kicked out of a hospital after ordering a pizza
and is now being forced to live out of his father’s SUV.
Over the past few months
there, he had managed to lose 20 pounds.
But when he broke the rules
of his care plan by ordering the takeout meal, Assanti – who weighs 778 pounds
– was told he could no longer stay.
He told NBC10: ‘It’s an
addiction and I realize that. And it’s a disease.’
Assanti explained that he
was supposed to remain at the hospital until his weight dropped to 550 pounds,
at which point he could undergo gastric bypass surgery.
His father Steven Veilette
said he can’t take his son home – but has no idea what to do.
‘I just don’t know who to
turn to,’ he told NBC10. ‘I called everybody, everybody you can think of in the
state of Rhode Island and nobody seems to be able to help me.’
He added that even if he
was able to get his son up the stairs of his home, it would almost certainly
mean returning to his previous eating pattern.
Veilette managed to get his
son into the back of his SUV and vows to keep driving until he finds a permanent
solution.
He took his son to the ER
at Kent Hospital, but they were not permitted to spend the night.
A social worker at the
hospital told the pair that a facility in North Attleborough may be able to
help, which Veilette said they intend to visit.
Following coverage in the
media of his plight, Assanti took to his Facebook page to thank his supporters.
In a video posted online
yesterday, he said: ‘Hopefully, in the near future there will be a positive
follow-up with my weight loss.
‘I would like to thank all
my supporters as well on my Facebook page and also to all the negative comments
that give me a thicker skin.’
Daily Mail Online
if he cannot help himself who want to help him
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