86-Year-Old Man Survives Pruning Shears Impaling
- Posted on August 30, 2011 at 8:00pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Ouch.
An 86-year-old man from the Tucson is expected to make a full recovery after accidentally impaling himself through the eye socket with pruning shears in July. KVOA 4 reports:
“Leroy Luetscher was treated at the University Medical Center’s Trauma Center after the shears penetrated his eye socket and went down into his neck. ‘You wouldn’t believe your eyes,’ said Dr. Wynne, assistant professor in the UA Department of Surgery. ‘Half of the pruning shears was sticking out and the other half was in his head.”
Surgeons were able to remove the shears, rebuild his orbital floor with metal mesh and save his eye.”
According to CBS News, the horrific accident occurred when the man lost his balance trying to pick up the shears that had fallen pointer side up. “I am so grateful to the doctors and staff at UMC,” Luetscher said in the statement.
The incredible CT scan was released by the University Medical Center, and shows the handle puncturing Luetscher’s eye socket and reaching down into his neck.
(H/T: New York Daily News)
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Steev
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:56pmYa gotta see this as a miracle, for some reason someone ( i believe it was the Lord ) didn’t want him to go yet, what are the chances of him falling in the exact right manner to do that without killing himself – one in a billion ?
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 3:02amouch
Report Post »CeUC
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:36amDarwin’s theory is disproven yet again.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 6:54amWatch it, they’ll use that as an excuse for euthanasia. the man was 86 years old, maybe he should reconsider his ability to garden.
Report Post »deanmeek
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:29amLooks like some Corona BP 3130′s to me.
Report Post »eaglesoverhead
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 11:15pmgood grief – we own a landscaping business – I just bought new handpruners for home, this makes me weak …… 86 and out pruning …….. God bless him ……. but for heavens’ sake …. ask a neighbor or relative to help you out, Sir ….. wow
Report Post »churchdog
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 10:47pmSheer luck he wasn’t killed.
Report Post »PaliLady
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 10:42pmI think it‘s God’s way of making us lighten up. We can die from the silliest thing or the most noble of reasons. It’s how we live our lives that count. Thknk about it.
Report Post »johnsell
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 10:33pmHorrific!!!! It took all I had to even read the details……….. One lucky old man and skilled medical team!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 10:30pmIs this what I have to look forward to when I’m old as dirt ?
Report Post »I can just see me arriving at the hospital with tools stuck in me.