Career
Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States, Deuel is a former restaurant manager. At one point, he had not left his house (in Valentine) in 7 years. He stands at 170 cm (5 ft 7 in).
He measured at 1,072 pounds (486 kg), at his peak.
He was so enormous that his bedroom wall had to be cut out to extract him from his home. Then, he was rushed to a Sioux Falls, South Dakota hospital in an ambulance with extra-wide doors and a ramp-and-winch system that had to be dispatched from Denver.
Gastric bypass surgery was thought to be his best chance for permanent weight loss. A second operation removed a mass of fat and skin hanging from his midsection.
After 12 months, Patrick lost 260 kilograms (570 lb).
