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This was posted on the Sig Forum site Jan 22 from Jimmah V. (OP)

This happened to a friend of my family, an early seventies woman, about a week ago. She is now out of ICU with more surgeries to follow.

38 Derringer fell out of a coat pocket.

Background Story (from family communication)
As many of you know, last Thursday night my mom (addded after posting: not my mom, but a friend of the family) and dad were having dinner at xxxxx in xxxxxxx celebrating their dear friends birthday. After a lovely dinner and talking about ordering desserts, there was a loud BANG. A gun had been dropped by a man at the next table and when the gun hit the floor, it discharged. Unfortunately, the bullets upward trajectory hit my mom on the left buttocks and then continued through her hip, into her abdomen and ended at the right side of her chest. She was immediately transferred to Ben Taub Hospital (the best hospital in Houston for gun shot wounds) where she went into emergency surgery to stop the internal bleeding and to see how much damage there was. Thankfully, the bullet barely missed a major artery and missed all vital organs (liver, kidneys, heart, spleen) but made a mess of the small and large intestines. The initial surgery stopped the internal bleeding, removed several parts of both intestines, fixed other areas and got her stable. The second surgery on Saturday rejoined her small intestines and removed another part of her large intestines. She will have a colostomy for approximately six months.
This message has been edited. Last edited by: Jimmah V, January 22, 2011 05:30 PM

Jimmy