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Girl stable after operation to excise pencil
from heart
10/30/2000
Associated Press
HOUSTON – The 6-year-old girl who was saved after a pencil pierced
her heart was in serious but stable condition over the weekend and was
expected to be discharged within two weeks.
The pencil lodged in her chest in a freak fall but was not removed by
firefighters or teachers. Destiny Lopez probably would have bled to death
had they removed the pencil, doctors said.
"The pencil is the proverbial finger in the dike," said Dr. Todd Maxson, a
pediatric trauma surgeon. "This is an amazingly brave young lady."
Destiny was turning in papers at Youens Elementary School on Thursday
when she tripped and fell on her pencil, which pierced the right ventricle of
her heart.
The pencil was buried 3 inches in the little girl's chest. Doctors at Ben
Taub General Hospital performed open-heart surgery, removing the pencil
and repairing the hole.
First the Guns, then the Pencils, now the arrows...
Father accidentally shoots son with
arrow while deer hunting.
Associated Press
October 29, 2000
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. -- A
Kosciusko County man was killed Sunday on
a hunting trip when his father mistook him
for a deer and shot him with an arrow.
Frederick C. Searfoss, 28, of Syracuse
was pronounced dead early Sunday morning
at the scene of the accident in an area near
North Webster, about 30 miles northwest of
Fort Wayne.
The Indiana Department of Natural
Resources reported that Searfoss was bow
hunting with his father, Jerry Searfoss, and a
friend, Daryl Gans. While Frederick Searfoss
was on his way to a tree stand he was
mistaken for a deer by his father, who later
told conservation officers he thought the
sound his son was making was a deer
walking.
Jerry Searfoss fired his bow and said he
thought he saw a buck take the arrow, but
then Frederick Searfoss called out to the
other hunters that he had been hit. Jerry
Searfoss and Gans located Frederick
Searfoss, and while one of the men
attempted to control the bleeding, the other
hunter sought help.
Emergency crews dispatched a Lifeline
helicopter, but Searfoss died before he could
be transported. DNR officials said the
incident is considered an accidental shooting
and is no longer under investigation.
Hunters are not required to wear orange
during bow hunting season.
USP45usp
*this is kind of on topic.. deals with what they will try to ban next... for the children you know.
[This message has been edited by USP45usp (edited October 30, 2000).]
Girl stable after operation to excise pencil
from heart
10/30/2000
Associated Press
HOUSTON – The 6-year-old girl who was saved after a pencil pierced
her heart was in serious but stable condition over the weekend and was
expected to be discharged within two weeks.
The pencil lodged in her chest in a freak fall but was not removed by
firefighters or teachers. Destiny Lopez probably would have bled to death
had they removed the pencil, doctors said.
"The pencil is the proverbial finger in the dike," said Dr. Todd Maxson, a
pediatric trauma surgeon. "This is an amazingly brave young lady."
Destiny was turning in papers at Youens Elementary School on Thursday
when she tripped and fell on her pencil, which pierced the right ventricle of
her heart.
The pencil was buried 3 inches in the little girl's chest. Doctors at Ben
Taub General Hospital performed open-heart surgery, removing the pencil
and repairing the hole.
First the Guns, then the Pencils, now the arrows...
Father accidentally shoots son with
arrow while deer hunting.
Associated Press
October 29, 2000
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. -- A
Kosciusko County man was killed Sunday on
a hunting trip when his father mistook him
for a deer and shot him with an arrow.
Frederick C. Searfoss, 28, of Syracuse
was pronounced dead early Sunday morning
at the scene of the accident in an area near
North Webster, about 30 miles northwest of
Fort Wayne.
The Indiana Department of Natural
Resources reported that Searfoss was bow
hunting with his father, Jerry Searfoss, and a
friend, Daryl Gans. While Frederick Searfoss
was on his way to a tree stand he was
mistaken for a deer by his father, who later
told conservation officers he thought the
sound his son was making was a deer
walking.
Jerry Searfoss fired his bow and said he
thought he saw a buck take the arrow, but
then Frederick Searfoss called out to the
other hunters that he had been hit. Jerry
Searfoss and Gans located Frederick
Searfoss, and while one of the men
attempted to control the bleeding, the other
hunter sought help.
Emergency crews dispatched a Lifeline
helicopter, but Searfoss died before he could
be transported. DNR officials said the
incident is considered an accidental shooting
and is no longer under investigation.
Hunters are not required to wear orange
during bow hunting season.
USP45usp
*this is kind of on topic.. deals with what they will try to ban next... for the children you know.
[This message has been edited by USP45usp (edited October 30, 2000).]
