A friend's teenage son was shot by a friend with a pellet gun and removed the pellet with just a pair of tweezers... that's what I would have done.
He's in the hospital now, they're saying tetanous. I'm not sure of his condition, but my friend was pretty bummed when he told me about it. I'm going out tonight to visit them in the hospital.
I called up a nurse friend and asked her what happens with tetanous. After explaining the story she told me that a tetanous shot lasts for 10 years. I asked how a LEAD pellet could be rusty and have tetanous...she said that it's just a wives tale that it has to be rusty metal to have tetenous. Any would is just as susceptable to tetanous as any other infection, but if you get a shot every 10 years you pretty much eliminate the possibility. She said that it is very possible to die from tetenous.
Not sure if I'm spelling it right...tetenous is also known as 'lock jaw'. She also noted that since it was a lead pellet, heavy metal poisoning could also be an issue. She said that on many occasions a gun shot victim may experience heavy metal poisoning because surgeons miss a part of a bullet that broke off.
She also noted that it's best not to be shot in the first place. I told her my friend is very responsible with his kids and guns but it was just a pellet gun and it was his son's friend who was being reckless. The kid is probably about 15. Keep an eye on youngens, even with pellet guns.
He's in the hospital now, they're saying tetanous. I'm not sure of his condition, but my friend was pretty bummed when he told me about it. I'm going out tonight to visit them in the hospital.
I called up a nurse friend and asked her what happens with tetanous. After explaining the story she told me that a tetanous shot lasts for 10 years. I asked how a LEAD pellet could be rusty and have tetanous...she said that it's just a wives tale that it has to be rusty metal to have tetenous. Any would is just as susceptable to tetanous as any other infection, but if you get a shot every 10 years you pretty much eliminate the possibility. She said that it is very possible to die from tetenous.
Not sure if I'm spelling it right...tetenous is also known as 'lock jaw'. She also noted that since it was a lead pellet, heavy metal poisoning could also be an issue. She said that on many occasions a gun shot victim may experience heavy metal poisoning because surgeons miss a part of a bullet that broke off.
She also noted that it's best not to be shot in the first place. I told her my friend is very responsible with his kids and guns but it was just a pellet gun and it was his son's friend who was being reckless. The kid is probably about 15. Keep an eye on youngens, even with pellet guns.