HAZE Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 LITTLETON, Colorado (AP) -- A dentist found the source of the toothache Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth -- a four-inch (10-centimeter) nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier.A nail gun backfired on Lawler, 23, on January 6 while working in Breckenridge, a ski resort town in the central Colorado mountains. The tool sent a nail into a piece of wood nearby, but Lawler didn't realize a second nail had shot through his mouth, said his sister, Lisa Metcalse.Following the accident, Lawler had what he thought was a minor toothache and blurry vision. On Wednesday, after painkillers and ice didn't ease the pain, he went to a dental office where his wife, Katerina, works."We all are friends, so I thought the (dentists) were joking ... then the doctor came out and said 'There's really a nail,"' Katerina Lawler said. "Patrick just broke down. I mean, he had been eating ice cream to help the swelling."He was taken to a suburban Denver hospital, where he underwent a four-hour surgery. The nail had plunged 1 1/2 inches (4 centimeters) into his brain, barely missing his right eye, Metcalse said."This is the second one we've seen in this hospital where the person was injured by the nail gun and didn't actually realize the nail had been imbedded in their skull," neurosurgeon Sean Markey told KUSA-TV in Denver. "But it's a pretty rare injury."Lawler was recovering Sunday in the hospital, where he was expected to spend several more days.Despite his lack of medical insurance and hospital bills between $80,000 and $100,000, Katerina Lawler said her husband is in good spirits."The doctors said, 'If you're going to have a nail in the brain, that's the way you want it to be,"' she said. "He's the luckiest guy, ever."http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/16/nailgun.accident.ap/index.htmlWTF? How the fuck don't you realize:1. You shot yourself with a nail gun.2. It's still in your fucking head!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted January 19 Author Report Share Posted January 19 I guess I'm the only one who finds this amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomembername Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 I guess I'm the only one who finds this amusing.yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuGaRNSpIcE Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 i find it crazy how u wouldnt know, i mean how??? and how did it get there was his mouth like wide open around the thing??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misk Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 .....what a fuckin moron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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