Cause of "toothache" was 4-inch nail in man's skull

Nancy · 01-17-2005, 12:22 PM

Cause of "toothache" was 4-inch nail in man's skull

By Erin Gartner
The Associated Press

LITTLETON, Colo. — A dentist found the source of the toothache Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth: a 4-inch nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier.

A nail gun backfired on Lawler, 23, on Jan. 6 while he was 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.

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Nancy

Roam4Life · 01-17-2005, 01:57 PM

Dang! I saw a similiar situation to this on TV before. This man kept on losing conscious and having dizziness. So he went to the hospital and found out that he had a nail inside his skull and it can't be removed because his life could be at danger if he went thru a surgery. So he is stuck with a nail in his head for the rest of his life. Scary, eh?

01-17-2005, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nancy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central FL Posts: 2,291	Cause of "toothache" was 4-inch nail in man's skull Cause of "toothache" was 4-inch nail in man's skull By Erin Gartner The Associated Press LITTLETON, Colo. — A dentist found the source of the toothache Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth: a 4-inch nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier. A nail gun backfired on Lawler, 23, on Jan. 6 while he was 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. To read rest of article, click here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...91_nail17.html Nancy

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01-17-2005, 01:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Roam4Life T.O.D. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: In middle heart of Nebraska Posts: 177	Dang! I saw a similiar situation to this on TV before. This man kept on losing conscious and having dizziness. So he went to the hospital and found out that he had a nail inside his skull and it can't be removed because his life could be at danger if he went thru a surgery. So he is stuck with a nail in his head for the rest of his life. Scary, eh?