Scott Got Nailed!!!!

Well Scott got back to trying to finish the handicap ramp at his mom's house yesterday and even got home a little early so he would have a couple of extra hours to get as much of it done as he could but after only about an hour of him starting to work on it again I received a phone call that he had hurt himself. Before he let me know what he did I could tell from the tone of his voice and the fact that I could hear his mom in the background saying just tell her to take you to the emergency room that he had hurt himself pretty good. Once he told me what happened I rushed home to take him to the emergency room. Now what he did will gross many people out as it did me and what he did was he was using an air nailer with 3" nails and he shot himself in the knee!!! All he told me on the phone was he shot himself in the leg but when I got there and saw only about 1" of this 3" nail sticking out of his knee was definitely a sight to see. Mom and I got him to the hospital about 4:15 and after x-rays, shots and putting him on crutches we were out of there by 6:40 which wasn't too bad for the emergency room. The Dr. said after looking at the x-rays and conferring with another Dr. they decided that they would just pull out the nail out and watch to make sure he didn't get an infection but that he felt surgery wasn't necessary since it appeared the nail didn't hit the bone or the joint in the knee. He stressed the importance of making sure he doesn't get an infection and that he has to see an orthopedic specialist Friday morning and to stay off of the leg for a couple of days. I have included a couple of pictures and when I first looked at them they were hard to see. Well if nothing else Scott keeps things interesting!