Dangers of running with sheds!

I'm sure this young man's mother told him to never run with scissors...but she said nothing about shed antlers!

Glad to hear that he made a complete recovery!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2007/11/27/blankenfield.ut.boy.antler.ktvx
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MuleyMadness
Wow, that is a FANTASTIC story! :thumb

Thanks HAWK!
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bigbuck92
Wow hes a very lucky boy!
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wilecoyote76
WOW! It's good to see that the little boy made a full recovery. All I can say is OUCH, OUCH, OUCH!
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AGCHAWK
Here's the news article about the young man.

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A 5-year-old Utah boy who sustained a life-threatening injury after a deer antler punctured his brain has made a miracle recovery, KTXV in Salt Lake City reports.

Connor Schick was on a camping trip with his family in July when he found a set of deer antlers while fishing, the station reports.

Connor picked up the antlers and was running back to the campsite to show off his new treasure when he tripped and fell. The antler pierced Connor's left eye and bore a hole into his brain more than two inches deep, according to the report.

Connor pulled the antler out of his eye when he reared back from the fall, and was rushed to a local hospital. Doctors initially feared that Connor—who became known as "Deer Antler Boy" during his stay at the hospital— would likely suffer brain damage and vision loss, but miraculously, the antler entered the brain at an angle that spared him his sight and avoided neurological impairment.

But the wound inside his brain had become infected, and doctors told Connor's mother that brain surgery would be required.

However, in a second miracle, an intense treatment of antibiotics cured the infection and Connor was able to avoid surgery. He has made a full recovery, according to the report.
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Utahbowhunter
Very very lucky!!!
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brn2hunt
wow that is crazy glad he was ok
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GPWDeer
Great story, but the next thing somebody needs to tell him (right after they tell him not to run with shed antlers) is to look both ways before you ride your bike out into the street...

Side note...I have a big scar on my back from when I was about 13 and my buddy pushed me onto his bed. I bounced off the end and landed on a set of elk antlers that were sitting on the floor. There was a 3-4" cheater point that cam off of the side of the rack which stuck through my ribs. I thought I was going to die, turns out it didn't go deep enough to do anything but bleed a little. Freaked us all out though. Antlers are dangerous...
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supersiderjr
that is pretty amazing can we say (**!!)
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