Doctors: Nail Penetrates Man's Brain
Man Fell Off Roof
POSTED: 8:18 am CST March 2,
2005
UPDATED: 8:32 am CST March 2,
2005
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A construction worker is recuperating in a hospital after doctors removed a nail from his head.
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X-rays showed that the nail penetrated about ¼ inch into Jose Areola's brain.On Monday, Areola fell off the roof of a house and hit a board with a nail in it.Doctors said they pulled the nail out with a sterile vice grip.The man might be back home in a couple of days, doctors said.
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