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Man survives roto-tiller pin through his brainNew York TimesWednesday, July 9, 2008 | |
A 19-year-old Penrose man is back at work as a volunteer firefighter and training to be an emergency medical technician, a little more than two months after an accident that could have killed him.
Chris Clear was moving a roto-tiller April 22 when something snapped, and he felt what seemed like a rock hitting him in the face. Later, pain moved to the back of his neck, and Clear began to experience other, more serious symptoms.
A second trip to a hospital, and an X-ray, revealed that a pin from the roto-tiller had come loose, entered his nose and passed through his brain.
Clear was given a grim prognosis, but nine hours of surgery to remove the pin proved successful.
Today, Clear has lost some of his peripheral vision, and, he no longer eats sweets.
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