Doc, this tooth really hurts
January 18th, 2005 at 8:14 am by Preston Taylor Holmes
DENTIST in Colorado found the source of the toothache that construction worker Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth: a 10cm nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier.
A nail gun backfired on Mr Lawler, 23, on Jan 6 as 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 Mr Lawler did not realise that a second nail had shot through his mouth, said his sister, Ms Lisa Metcalse.
Following the accident, Mr Lawler had what he thought was a minor toothache and blurry vision.
‘I mean, he had been eating ice cream to help the swelling.’
January 18th, 2005 at 8:57 am
You know, I’ve had this story shoved down my throat (pun totally intended) for the last three days and I’m still befuddled. How do you NOT KNOW that you’ve nail gunned a nail up into yourself?
Minor toothacre? Blurry vision? “Eh…don’t worry about it. It’ll go away.”