puncture

My son frames houses for a living right now. He'll probably go to school in January to get his EMT certification; he wants to be a firefighter. He loves working with his hands, and he enjoys framing, went to two years of carpentry at vo-tech while still in high school (he graduated this past spring) and he's saving money.

Anyway, yesterday he was dismounting a ladder and managed to shoot himself in the thigh with his nailgun. Ouch.

He immediatly pulled the nail out - probably not a good move. He was able to drive himself to the emergency toom, they cleaned it, gave him a tetinous shot and took an x-ray. The nail grazed a nerve, and he can't feel his knee right now, but his leg works, stiffly. Thank God it didn't sever the nerve or worse, the artery. He stayed home today, but he's not bruised or swollen.

The boy is blessed.