A San Diego staple, Scott Nelson, known popularly as Murrugun The Mystic (a sword swallower, actor, busker, all around entertainer), is in need of our help. Scott was near fatally injured during one of his sword swallowing performances. He's been in the hospital in DC for over a month unable to eat solid food. I chatted with him a bit about it, but he's a little out of it so I'm not sure I have the story straight, but in his words:

"Five Swords scissored out in my abdominal cavity. It also appears that I pierced the lobe of my liver. Good news is, I've quit smoking and lost over 50 lbs."

They had to remove most of one of his lungs and initially the doctors did not think he was going to make it.

You can read a little about it here . CBS8 San Diego just did an interview with him here as well.

Anyway, he hadn't been able to eat for a month, he'll be in the DC hospital for at least another week, and he obviously hasn't been able to work and will not be able to work for some time.