Re: Harris construction worker shoots nail through eye into brain - and miraculously keeps sight

On 02 Feb 2022, Wendy <[email protected]> posted some
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> He's the perfect Biden / Harris immigrant candidate.  

He really hit the nail on the head — and not in a good way.

A construction worker miraculously survived — and kept his sight — after a 
3-centimeter nail shot through his eye and became lodged in his brain when 
a nail gun malfunctioned.

In a nail-biting surgery, doctors in Malaysia were able to safely remove 
the nail — and the 30-year-old man even regained his eyesight after the 
freak on-the-job accident, according to a medical study published this 
week. 

The man, a foreign worker, was using an air-pressured nail gun without 
wearing protective goggles. The equipment jammed, and when he peeked down 
into the gun barrel to inspect it, he accidentally fired a nail into his 
left eye.

Besides complaining of obvious pain in his left eye — which was 
extensively bleeding — and a headache, he had no other apparent issues 
when he arrived at the hospital and was completely cooperative and 
cognizant, doctors said.

The patient was unable to see out of the eye, they noted.

Doctors immediately gave him a tetanus jab, antibiotics through a drip and 
anti-seizure medication.

Shocking X-ray images show the nail, measuring 3.2 cm, stuck deep into the 
frontal lobe of the man’s brain — which is vital for movement and speech. 
The bleeding had spread to other parts of his brain.

He also suffered wounds of the lateral canthus of the left eye — where the 
two eyelids meet — and fractures of the left orbital roof and floor, 
according to the study, which was published in the medical journal Cureus.

The nail somehow missed vital arteries and nerves, and he escaped any 
long-term damage, the study said. 

He underwent emergency brain surgery, which was successful, and doctors 
repaired his eyelids.

“The nail was successfully removed as a single piece, and there was no 
active bleeding after removal of the nail,” doctors wrote.

Doctors kept the eye hydrated and dressed it daily during his stay at the 
hospital. He was discharged after five days.

“He recovered well during his postoperative period with no neurological 
deficit,” doctors said.

While the eye appeared to be healing well, the man was still unable to see 
light through the left eye and could not shut it properly a week later. He 
returned to his home country for further treatment.

“This case highlights the importance of wearing proper personal protective 
equipment at work,” the study confirmed.

https://nypost.com/2024/01/13/news/construction-worker-shoots-nail-into-
brain-through-eye-and-keeps-sight/