John Manley a 50 year old North Carolina man had been ill for several years. He complained of not being able to breathe. Finally, after several visits to local doctors, Duke Hospital's Dr. Mohem Wahidi was able to find the cause. Dr. Wahidi found that there was a one inch piece of plastic imbeded in Manley's lung. The article posted on abc.com stated that during the procedure the scope showed the plastic and the doctor and nurses could read the letters "amburger" and figured out that it was a piece of a spoon from Wendy's. The side of the spoon visible would read "Old Fashioned Hamburgers".
Doctor Wahidi removed the piece of plastic and Mr. Manley is doing very well. When asked if he had any idea how the plastic got into his lungs, Manley replied that he grew up in a large family where you had to take big bites and eat fast if you wanted your food. He said that he takes big drinks and probably inhaled the plastic piece while "inhaling" a drink.
Wow! How blessed is this man? In this version of the story Mr. Manley stated that there were doctors out there that had no idea what was wrong and suggested that they could remove his lung to try to find out. Manley declined. He had been sick with coughing, pneumonia and shortness of breath ever since he moved from Queens New York and had no idea it would be something as unique as this. I am flabbergasted that this man could inhale a piece of plastic and have no idea that he did it.
Dr. Wahidi stated that inhaling foreign objects is not that unusual, but that is more common in children. Dr. Wahidi also stated that this was one of the most unusual objects that he has ever removed.
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