Man Impaled By Giant Hook - Recovering (WITH PIC)

[matcom]

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SAN ANTONIO -- The images were so dramatic, even experienced emergency room doctors were shocked at the sight.

The computerized tomography scan images revealed a steel hook impaled in a man's left temple and through his right eye. The hook came within millimeters of striking Gail Creek in the brain while he was taking a bucket off a backhoe in December. The bucket turned over, hitting Creek in the face, followed by the hook.

Two months after the accident, Creek knows it's a miracle he's alive.

Although the hook severed both his optic nerves, leaving him blind, Creek has not lost hope that his remaining senses will help him relearn simple tasks, like how to walk to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

"They've done a real good job at getting me ready," Creek said of the University Hospital physical therapists who are teaching him new tasks.

Creek admits physical therapy is tough, but having his wife, Barbara, makes all the difference for him.

"I couldn't do without her," Creek said.

http://www.wftv.com/news/4184891/detail.html

[johnnie]

1. Ouch

That's gonna leave a scar.

[feminazi]

2. reminds me of the "knife in the head" trauma episode

a guy was brought to the emergency with this big butcher knife stuck in his skull. the xrays were amazing.

he survived without any lasting problem if i recall correctly.

[NC_Nurse]

15. I saw that one!

That was WAY cool! He did so well, it was amazing! :D

Bet he's watched that episode a few times!

[-..__...]

3. That's gonna leave a mark.

Phineas Gage



http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=585703

"Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived to live another eleven years and become a textbook case in brain science. At the time, Phineas Gage seemed to completely recover from his accident. He could walk, talk, work, and travel, but he was changed. Gage “was no longer Gage,” said his Vermont doctor, meaning that the old Phineas was dependable and well liked, and the new Phineas was crude and unpredictable. His case astonished doctors in his day and still fascinates doctors today. What happened and what didn’t happen inside the brain of Phineas Gage will tell you a lot about how your brain works and how you act human."

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Two words: "Touching Evil." (nt)

[johnnie]

9. That's the phrase I was looking for up there

A mark...mark...mark, not a scar..you eediot.

[Spinzonner]

4. I think he was baited into it

[matcom]

5. thanks. thanks a fucking LOT!

so, just HOW do you get scotch out of a keyboard?

[Spinzonner]

12. That'll teach you to drink and post at the same time

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Is he a master at it?

which, of course, since I don't want to have fun, would make him....

[leftofthedial]

7. wow an X-ray of the little bushturd's Murka

[Blue-Jay]

10. Thanks! I wondered where I left that damn hook.

[Dogmudgeon]

11. At least ...

... he wasn't a victim of the dreaded and often-fatal Sherry Enema!

--p!

[Bullwinkle925]

13. I swear that x-ray looks more like male genitalia to me.

[Padraig18]

14. "There's not enough Band-Aids in America to fix that"

My Gran's famous quote when I had a compound fracture of my arm.