Ill. man in joking mood despite nail in brain

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http://news.yahoo.com/ill-man-joking-mood-despite-nail-brain-214046828.html


OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) — Gail Glaenzer still can't believe that her fiancé unknowingly shot a nail into his skull, let alone that he posted a picture of the X-ray on Facebook during his ambulance ride between hospitals for surgery.

But she was joking about the circumstances Friday, a day after doctors successfully removed the 3 ¼-inch nail from Dante Autullo's brain.

"Dante says, 'I want it to make a necklace out of it,'" Glaenzer said....


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Bessie's article says the 2005 incident was the second time it happened in the same Denver hospital. :eek:
 
I'm glad I don't own a nail gun. I need a nail in my brain like I need another hole in the head. :banghead: <---- Me trying to dislodge the nail if it ever happens to me.
 
I really don't get how that happens. Can't they feel it going in?
 
My first glance at the X-ray pic and I swear my brain thought "Homer Simpson" and "DOH!"
 

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