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Woman Eats £7,000 Life Savings To Spite Cheating Husband
A woman in Colombia has eaten her entire life sav- ings to stop her cheating husband getting his hands on the money.
Sandra Milena Almeida wolfed down £7,000 ($9,000) in cash after finding out her husband had been unfaithful.
The 30-year-old's actions were only discovered after she was taken to hospi- tal suffering abdomi- nal pains.
Doctors then found bundles of notes inside her stomach.
Mrs Almeida appar- ently hid the cash after finding out about her husband's infidelity.
She took the extreme steps of
eating the $100 bills after he discovered the hiding place and demanded half of it.
Relatives and doc- tors only discovered she'd eaten them after carrying out tests.
Director of Surgery at the University Hospital of Santander, Juan Paulo Serrano, told reporters: "57 $100 bills were found and extracted by the ori- fice opened in the stomach.
"Some extra rolls (of money) were found in the intestine, which advanced to the colon."
"She ate rolls of bills, they were not wrapped up for any form of illicit trans- port," he added.
"It seems it was an
act of desperation by this woman, due to the problem she was facing, to ingest these elements, and this of course affects the patient's normal intestinal functioning and life."
Mrs Almeida, from Piedecuesta in the north-east of the country, is expected to make a full recov- ery.
"The dollar notes were washed and are in good condi- tion, but the rest of the money was lost because of the gas- tric fluids," said Mr Serrano.
Following the suc- cessful procedure to remove the cash, Sandra Milena Almeida said she was now saving for a luxury holiday.
Stressed-Out High Schoolers Advised To Try A Nap Pod
By Patti Neighmond - NPR
When 18-year-old Hannah Vanderkooy feels extremely tired or anxious, she heads to a space- like capsule for a nap — during school. Like many teens struggling to get good grades and maybe even a college scholarship, Vanderkooy doesn't get enough sleep.
And she's not alone. Various stud- ies indicate that chronically sleepy and stressed-out teenagers might be the new normal among U.S. adoles- cents who are com-
peting for grades, colleges and, even- tually, jobs.
Studies have shown teenagers actually need between nine and 10 hours of sleep a night. But the vast majority (69 percent) aren't get- ting it.
Enter "napping pods." They're essentially egg- shaped lounge chairs that recline, with a circular lid that can be pulled over the chest to shield against light.
"It just sort of envelops you in a really nice dark- ness, with soft light-
ing behind you," says Vanderkooy, a frequent user of the pods. She says she typically gets only four to five hours of sleep a night.
There's soft music playing in the pod and "you just feel extremely relaxed," she says. The 20- minute experience is a wonderful "oasis" amid all the worry and stress of school, she says.
"Being a senior, I have to apply for scholarships, do all my homework," she says — noting that
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