severed a vein and triggered serious bleeding. fortunately, ambassador lippert was able to emerge from the hospital room about five days after he received the/s to the face and to the arm. we're talking about a four-inch glacier to his face. and he was smiling and said he felt pretty darn good. take a listen. >> i feel pretty darn good all thing considered. it was obviously a scary incident. but i am walking, talking holding my baby hugging my wife so i'm -- i just feel really good. i've got a little rehab left to do on the arm, the face feels really good. thanks to the great medical professionals, i feel like i said pretty darn good. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador says he wants to get back to work as soon as possible. he appeared to have a transparent bandage on his face over the gash.