He spent four days of celebration without knowing he had a bullet in his head

In the last few hours the name of Mateus Facio has made the rounds on social media after his unusual case became known. The young Brazilian university student received a strong blow to the head and thought it was a stone. Nothing to see. When he finished days and days of partying in bars and clubs he discovered the truth: he had been shot.

After four days of partying, the 21-year-old man decided to see a doctor because he was having spasms in his right arm.. The young man explained that he went to hospital two days after the trip during which he had to stop driving several times due to spasms. According to him, the journey took seven hours instead of the usual four and a half hours.

When a CT scan was performed, doctors found a secretion lodged in the brain. He immediately underwent life-saving surgery and spent two days in intensive care. The young man is now recovering in southern Brazil.

Neurosurgeon Flavio Falcometa explained that “part of the bullet penetrated his brain, causing compression in that area and causing involuntary movements of the arm.” “If it had ended up a few millimeters from where it fell, it could have caused much more serious damage and left an arm or side of the body paralyzed,” he explains.

Falcometa explained that the young man would need a month of recovery to “continue with his normal life”.

Cabo Frio investigators are trying to clarify who fired the weapon that could have killed the young man. His relieved mother said it was “inexplicable how someone could have a bullet lodged in their head for four days and survive.” “I feel like my son has been born again,” she said.