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April 21, 2006

You know you've had a bad day when you've got 12 nails in your skull

Oy:

An Oregon man who put a nail gun to his head and pulled the trigger twelve times survived a first-of-its-kind surgery at a Portland hospital.

An X-ray shows the nails lodged in the man's head.
The man went to a hospital complaining of a “small headache” the day after he tried to kill himself with the nail gun, authorities said, and doctors didn’t even see the nails at first.

But once X-rays were taken of the man’s head, doctors quickly realized it was critical to get him into surgery fast, and the patient was flown to Oregon Health and Science University for specialized treatment.

There, doctors said they peeled back the patient’s face and removed the nails with pliers and a high-speed drill.

Ewwwwww.

When the surgeon has to use multiple power tools to fix you up, that's not good.

And a "small headache"? How very understated.

(via The iStanton Weekly)

Posted by Carla at April 21, 2006 04:08 PM

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