“Sorry, I Left A Knife In Your Head”
Ever have one of those headaches when it feels as if there’s a knife in your head? Well, you guess that’s it feels like. But some people actually have knifes stuck in their heads, so they have a basis of camparison. Such a person is Edith McQueen, who was stabbed in the head twice during a viscious assault in August 2005. Fortunately, she was rushed to a medical center. Unfortunately, a piece of the knife was accidentally left in her noggin, around her jawbone.
Can You Say “Lawsuit”? Sure, You Can
Edith McQueen intends to sue the Shands-Jackson Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida. She claims that she never was given an x-ray as a part of treatment. She claims that she was given some wound-cleaning and some stitches and released the next day.
Then, the headaches started. I can imagine that conversation. “Can you describe the pain?” “Incredibly accurately, doctor.” Her personal doctor was on the ball and ordered her to get an MRI. That showed there was part of a knife blde in her head. Since McQueens claims that she hasn’t been stabbed in that area since August 2005, it’s a pretty good bet that knife piece came from that attack. Well, at least it wasn’t a pencil.
So, What Can We Learn From This?
The good news is that the human head is incredibly resiliant. Just in case you have a nagging fear of getting stabbed in the head or having a pencil jammed in it, the odds of you surviving for years afterwards are pretty good.
The bad news is that, if what McQueen’s claims is true, then emergency care can be pretty damn shoddy. But, if you do get stabbed in the head, be sure you insist on getting an X-ray — and lots of good drugs.
January 19th, 2009 at 11:58 am
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