Orthopedic decapitation cured

The_Minister

Just a good news story to counteract some of the endless murder/rape/traveller threads in AH
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/22/earlyshow/health/main4681572.shtml

All But Decapitated, Boy, 9, Recovers
CBS) Jordan Taylor is being called a medical miracle.

The nine-year-old Hillsboro, Texas boy was nearly decapitated in a car crash three months ago, but doctors reattached his head to his neck and now he's made virtually a full recovery.

Doctors said Jordan had a one -to-two percent chance of surviving his horrific injury.



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"As far as I'm concerned, he has a full recovery -- he is neurologically intact. He walks -- that's one of the biggest things. He isn't weak and is active; it's amazing. He also has youth on his side. Being young, he has better tissue than someone who is 60 or 70."

Basically the kids skull detached from his spinal cord in a car crash (first few seconds of video have an animation), yet he survived and is healing.

seanybiker

that happened ages ago. Well maybe not that fella but there was another child a few years ago, same thing happened

Senna

seanybiker wrote: »

that happened ages ago. Well maybe not that fella but there was another child a few years ago, same thing happened

Seen they have a name for that type of injury, i'm guessing it happened more than once.

amacachi

Aye, remember something about a similar, or that, case on BBC news a few years back.

seanybiker

Senna wrote: »

Seen they have a name for that type of injury, i'm guessing it happened more than once.

Touchy touchy. All i said was it happened before. Go find your dummy

The_Minister

Senna wrote: »

Seen they have a name for that type of injury, i'm guessing it happened more than once.

Yes, but normally you die from it, or end up horrible crippled.

This kid can play air hockey.

Xiney

That's amazing

Insect Overlord

seanybiker wrote: »

Touchy touchy. All i said was it happened before. Go find your dummy

No need to get condescending about it :rolleyes:

Cool story, not really going to cheer up many people though.

antodeco

The_Minister wrote: »

This kid can play air hockey.

Yeah but he's crap at 'heads and volleys'.

javaboy

Senna wrote: »

Seen they have a name for that type of injury, i'm guessing it happened more than once.

What you mean "orthopedic decapitation"? Not exactly a fancy name in fairness. Orthopedic tells you it's to do with them bones and decapitation tells you there's some kind of disconnect between head and body. That is probably the same term that a million different doctors would arrive at independently if they were asked to think of a suitable name.

So the fact that it has a name doesn't really prove anything about past occurences.

Fizman

Seems like a clever kid, even though at the time it is believed that he didn't have his head firmly screwed onto his shoulders.

javaboy

Fizman wrote: »

Seems like a clever kid, even though at the time it is believed that he didn't have his head firmly screwed onto his shoulders.

It's like playing Hearts. Once puns have been 'broken' it's open season!

IBSS (in before sharpshooterH)

davyjose

My favourite kind of decapitation.