Solution to his toothache

[sligoman]

A dentist found the source of the toothache Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth: a four-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 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.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050116/ap_on_re_us/nail_gun_accident

[dcfcsteve]

The local surgeon is quoted there as saying :

"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,"

Once is an accident. Twice is seriously disturbing. Touch of the "fell over whilst doing the hoovering naked, Doctor" about it all.

We may all rest easy in our beds tonight - safe in the knowledge that good, solid, decent guys like these are keeping the world safe for us all out there.....