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NC doctor removes plastic fragment lodged in lung

by The Associated Press | 2:41 PM CDT, September 17, 2009

RALEIGH, NC — 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

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