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June 11, 2010 10:10 a.m. EST
Topics: human interest, people, medical conditions, injury, health, human mishap, United States
 
Ayinde O. Chase - AHN News Editor
West Hartford, CT, United States (AHN) - A Connecticut man trapped on the floor pinned under his furnace was forced to start amputating his arm. Jonathan Metz began cutting after two days when his arm reached a gangrenous state.
 
 Metz, 31, told doctors he was slipping in and out of consciousness during the two day ordeal. He succeeded in using several tools nearby to begin cutting just below the shoulder on his left arm. However he couldn't finish and left some fat.
 
 A concerned friend called police and firefighters to Metz's home after the trapped man missed a softball game and a co-worker said Metz hadn't shown up at work.
 
 Upon entering the home, authorities found Metz in the basement and proceeded to finish the amputation. Doctors were unable to reattach the limb but Dr. Scott Ellner, a trauma doctor at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, said "It was the right thing to do."
 
 He went on to say that the infection could not be allowed to spread, "This man saved his own life."
 
 Metz survived by drinking water that had leaked out of the boiler. Neighbors say they didn't hear any yells or screams.  The first signs pointing to something wrong, they said, was when they say saw his friend and teammate pacing outside the home just before police and an ambulance arrived.
 
 Metz is described as a quiet bachelor who sometimes walks his dog late at night.
 
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