
Doctors say a North Carolina man who was plagued with coughing fits should be OK now that they have removed a 1-inch piece of plastic from his lung, where it had rested since he apparently inhaled it nearly two years ago while sucking down a soft drink at a Wendy's restaurant.
Doctors at Duke University Medical Center say the plastic fragment of an eating utensil — with the Wendy's logo still legible on the side — was likely to blame for the coughing, fatigue and pneumonia spells that plagued John Manley for almost two years.
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Griffin says he's suffered embarrassment, loss of sleep, and depression over the past two years. Even though he's been encouraged to let the incident go by friends and family, he says he can't. He couldn't find a lawyer to take his case. He says the attorneys he spoke with said he would lose in court because he didn't suffer any permanent physical injuries, so he's representing himself. What he'd ultimately like to see happen is a kickboxing match between himself and the deputy who tased him.