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Gardener falls down, impales face on pruning shears
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TUCSON, ARIZ.—Hospital officials say an 86-year-old Arizona man is lucky to be alive after he accidentally impaled himself with pruning shears.
University Medical Center said that Leroy Luetscher of Green Valley was working in his yard on July 30 when he dropped a pair of pruning shears, which landed point-side down in the ground.
When Luetscher went to pick them up, he lost his balance and fell face-down on the handle. The handle penetrated his eye socket and went down into his neck, resting on the external carotid artery. Half the shears were left in his head, while the other half was sticking out.
Luetscher was rushed to the hospital, where surgeons removed the shears and rebuilt his orbital floor with metal mesh, saving his eye.
Doctors say Luetscher still has slight swelling in his eyelids and minor double vision but has otherwise recovered. |
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| Banora |
| It is shear luck he survived! |
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| Meat187 |
| He should have kept an eye on those shears. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
He should have kept an eye on those shears. |
Hey, this is a serious thread! Cut it out! :mad: :p |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Cut it out! |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Some snippy responses, here. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Now that's one old feller who eats his prunes. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Good to see he's got a handle on things, though. |
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| nefardec |
| every year, the fall brings a tear to mr. luetscher's eye. |
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| EddieZilker |
| That's one way to get prune in your die...........et. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
That's one way to get prune in your die...........et. |
Disqualified! |
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