A construction worker is lucky to be alive after a nail gun fired a nail into his skull.
The Bismarck man was transported to St. Paul Minnesota just days ago, for emergency surgery.
WCCO reporter James Schugel has his dramatic story of survival.
It went nearly all the way into Jeff Luptak's head.
He wholeheartedly believed what would be in store for him moments later.
Friday (2/3), from his hospital bed in St. Paul, Minnesota, Luptak said he felt like he was going to die in that basement.
He was building a home in Bismarck, North Dakota, last Wednesday.
His partner lowered the nail gun to him in the basement.
Luptak hit the trigger, and he believes the safety button was unlocked.
The nail lodged in his head, nearly the entire thing, almost three inches.
His construction partnered called 911, and Luptak called his wife.
She met him at a local hospital.
Luptak was then flown to the National Brain Aneurism Center at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul.
By keeping the nail inside, Luptak kept the blood inside his brain and helped save his own life.
Dr. Nussbaum and another surgeon carefully removed the nail during surgery and also repaired the damaged vein in two spots.
That nail pierced the area of Luptak's brain that affects motor function on the opposite leg, his left leg, so he will have some weakness in that leg.
Dr. Nussbaum says he expects Luptak will make a complete or near complete recovery.
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