| Iteachextra June 21 2012 06:03. Posts 46 | Profile # |
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61009000/png/_61009041_spearinhead1.png
What kinda person has a spear gun hanging around in their back yard? o.O
A US teenager's survival after a spear was shot through his brain is a miracle, doctors say.
Yasser Lopez, 16, is recovering after he was accidentally hit with a spear gun by a friend during a Florida fishing trip this month.
Medics at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami said the 3ft (90cm) projectile entered his brain over his right eye and went out the back of his head.
He is now out of bed and speaking following a three-hour operation.
Medics said he was awake as he arrived at hospital, and became "agitated".
After sedating the teenager, part of the stainless steel spear had to be severed with a mechanical cutter so he could fit into the CT scanner.
After scan of Yasser Lopez's brain Yasser Lopez's brain scan after surgery to remove the spear
Doctors said the teenager has no memory of the freak accident.
He was shot with the projectile as he swam in a lake near his Miami area home on 8 June when his friend set off the trigger of a spear gun he was loading.
While medics are not sure of the extent of the damage to his memory and other parts of the brain, they say his condition could have been much worse.
"It's a miracle the spear missed all the main blood vessels of the brain," neurosurgeon Ross Bullock told reporters.
Also helpful, doctors say, was the foreign object's trajectory into the right side of the brain, Mr Lopez's non-dominant lobe, missing the parts responsible for speech and other important functions.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18509408Last edit: 2012-06-21 06:08:41 |
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| r.Evo Germany. June 21 2012 06:05. Posts 5233 | Profile # |
You're aiming to take over GD news, aren't you? =P
But damn, he seems lucky as hell. It seems to have hit exactly where there is literally... well... nothing.
Edit: Should add this picture to the OP, quite impressive:
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| Premier United States. June 21 2012 06:07. Posts 498 | Profile Blog # |
| Miracle is an understatement... I wonder if he's going to have permenant memory loss |
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| bailando Germany. June 21 2012 06:09. Posts 295 | Profile # |
poor boy. hes shocked for life.
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| mcc Czech Republic. June 21 2012 06:09. Posts 3763 | Profile # |
On June 21 2012 06:07 Premier wrote:
Miracle is an understatement... I wonder if he's going to have permenant memory loss
Even more important, is he going to have personality changes. It happens in similar cases and the change can be for the worse. |
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| Gogleion United States. June 21 2012 06:10. Posts 533 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Yoshi Kirishima United States. June 21 2012 06:10. Posts 9003 | Profile Blog # |
he can't remember it? well good, no trauma then right?
I guess this is bittersweet but it could be much worse, so I guess it's a happy story. Yay |
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| Promethelax Canada. June 21 2012 06:12. Posts 5230 | Profile # | |
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| plogamer Canada. June 21 2012 06:17. Posts 881 | Profile Blog # |
I would pick this kid to spearhead all my lake missions.
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Too spoon? Fork it. |
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| GreEny K Germany. June 21 2012 06:18. Posts 7264 | Profile # |
On June 21 2012 06:07 Premier wrote:
Miracle is an understatement... I wonder if he's going to have permenant memory loss
How is "miracle" an understatement?
Miracle - Definition |
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| deathr0w United States. June 21 2012 06:20. Posts 108 | Profile # | |
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| RoyGBiv_13 United States. June 21 2012 06:20. Posts 589 | Profile Blog # |
On June 21 2012 06:10 Gogleion wrote:
Look up Phineas Gage
Whats most amazing about Gage is that his demeanor completely changed after the operation to remove the spike. Before he was thought as a very kind and gentle person, and afterwards was regarded as aggressive. Wonder what will happen to this kid (assuming he lives)
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| Taekwon United States. June 21 2012 06:25. Posts 7971 | Profile # |
Another one for the psychology history books.
Dunno what happens if something goes up in the non-dominant side tho... |
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 ecstatica United States. June 21 2012 06:30. Posts 542 | Profile Blog # |
On June 21 2012 06:18 GreEny K wrote:
Show nested quote +On June 21 2012 06:07 Premier wrote:
Miracle is an understatement... I wonder if he's going to have permenant memory loss
How is "miracle" an understatement? Miracle - Definition
You sure showed him!
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 intrigue  Washington, D.C. June 21 2012 06:36. Posts 9274 | Profile Blog # |
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| Yoshi Kirishima United States. June 21 2012 06:40. Posts 9003 | Profile Blog # |
On June 21 2012 06:36 intrigue wrote:
haha someone already played the dictionary card on the very first page. impressive.
hmm is that a compliment or sarcasm xD |
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| kranten Netherlands. June 21 2012 06:40. Posts 235 | Profile # |
On June 21 2012 06:18 GreEny K wrote:
Show nested quote +On June 21 2012 06:07 Premier wrote:
Miracle is an understatement... I wonder if he's going to have permenant memory loss
How is "miracle" an understatement? Miracle - Definition
oh come on, are you serious?
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| solidbebe Netherlands. June 21 2012 06:42. Posts 3239 | Profile # |
| Damn, this explains all the movie cliche's where a bad guy gets shot in the head but miraculously survives to return someway. |
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| MassacrisM United Kingdom. June 21 2012 06:49. Posts 143 | Profile # |
There'll definitely damage for sure it seems. He sure had a stupid friend though.
Oh look a speargun. Better mess around with it aiming at my friend. |
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| Premier United States. June 21 2012 06:50. Posts 498 | Profile Blog # |
On June 21 2012 06:18 GreEny K wrote:
Show nested quote +On June 21 2012 06:07 Premier wrote:
Miracle is an understatement... I wonder if he's going to have permenant memory loss
How is "miracle" an understatement? Miracle - Definition
... Impressive, you can utilize the interwebs. Oh well, if I must explain it to you, I was stating my shock that someone had a stainless steel spear shot through their head and lived. Clear enough?
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