Texas boy survives near decapitation

[Susie Hamilton]

http://news.aol.com/article/texas-boy-s ... 1200994465

This is incredible.

[MacUser]

Ouch

[jessicacook]

Wow.

[Tim Elston]

Wow.

What I didn't get from the details was the condition of his spinal cord. Oddly, the report didn't give us enough details to understand the extent of the injury. He was nearly decapitated, and his head was severed from his neck bones. In what condition did that leave his brain's connection to the spinal column? Whoever wrote that report did a poor job, insofar is it did not address that most basic question.

[TW]

Tim I watched the embedded video and Jordan was playing air hockey. Although all of the connective tissues between his skull and spinal column were destroyed in the wreck, the spinal cord itself was basicly undamaged.


TW

[pastorables]

Wow.

What I didn't get from the details was the condition of his spinal cord. Oddly, the report didn't give us enough details to understand the extent of the injury. He was nearly decapitated, and his head was severed from his neck bones. In what condition did that leave his brain's connection to the spinal column? Whoever wrote that report did a poor job, insofar is it did not address that most basic question.

According to the report, the boy was only given a 1 to 2 percent chance of survival. Does that help answer your question?

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[Tim Elston]

Tim I watched the embedded video and Jordan was playing air hockey. Although all of the connective tissues between his skull and spinal column were destroyed in the wreck, the spinal cord itself was basicly undamaged.

Ah, thanks, TW. Now I know what happened: I scrolled down to the still pictures before the video screen had loaded and didn't see that a video was available. The video definitely clears things up. Kinda nice to know that our spinal cords have a little stretch to them.