A 63 year old who tried to perform surgery on himself with a butter knife is waiting for a real surgeon now.
A Los Angeles man was hospitalized in stable condition after he tried to perform surgery on himself using a butter knife.
The 63 year-old man, whose name was not released, was trying to remove a protruding hernia from his stomach using a six inch butter knife.
His wife told investigators that her husband was tired of waiting for the surgery and decided to cut it out himself.
Police found the man naked and lying on his lounge chair on the patio of his home. The handle of the knife was sticking out of his stomach.
While officers waited for paramedics to arrive, the man pulled out the knife and stuck a lit cigarette inside the open wound.
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