Apparently he was in a fight and didn’t even notice getting stabbed. He was later told that he had a knife in his neck. The end of the knife passed directly under the skull and just missed the cervical spine and spinal cord.
I have seen 2 similiar cases in my Nursing career, a woman with a knife through a eye orbit exit wound behind ear on same side , stabilized, transported to Level 1 Trauma Center.....& Bar Owner with a machete @ top of skull horizontal through brain tissue, poor outcome - vegetative state.