Posted by Dan in Ore on October 10, 2008 at 09:26:44 from (69.71.182.240):
This is one of those things that just happens.
I was splitting wood. I swung the maul at the wedge and hit it solid. I felt an electric signal go through my thigh like I had pulled a muscle. I looked down and blood was flowing pretty heavy. I got up to the house and couldn't get the bleeding to stop, so I called 911.
Dr x-rayed the wound and there is a piece of steel in there about 1/8" square and about 3/8" long. It is about 1/8" from the bone.
He said it is better not to try to remove it as the surgery would do more damage than the piece that is in there.
Goes to show that you never know when and where something like this is going to happen.
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