Althouse: "Toddler's Head Reattached After Internal Decapitation."

October 9, 2015

"Toddler's Head Reattached After Internal Decapitation."

"In a six-hour operation, surgeons used a fragment of one of Jaxon's ribs to graft the severed vertebrae together... But the boy seems to be making a remarkable recovery, kicking a balloon, laughing and hugging his parents...."

16 comments:

Laslo Spatula said...: The link brings me to a story on North Korea.

I am Laslo.; 10/9/15, 8:19 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Ministry of Internal Decapitation unveils 70 year old headless toddler as the new model citizen for People's Republic of Korea.; 10/9/15, 8:33 AM
H said...: Reattached when the obstetrics team realized that the body had a higher resale value with head attached.; 10/9/15, 8:34 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: The word decapitation had a definition. Why use a word in a situation where it does not apply?

Must... resist... urge...; 10/9/15, 8:38 AM
MadisonMan said...: Ignorance is Bliss, I had the same reaction.

Decapitate means to cut off the head. 'Internal Decapitation' must means it happened indoors?

Would it be so hard to find the real term for severing the spine from the skull?; 10/9/15, 8:51 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Is this how the RickRoll people in Madison?; 10/9/15, 9:18 AM
Gahrie said...: The word decapitation had a definition

Internal decapitation is when the skull becomes disconnected from the spinal column. It usually results in the severing of the spinal column and death.; 10/9/15, 9:28 AM
SayAahh said...: Medical malpractice: Surgeons correct internal decapitation of Mr. Barry Soetoro but put the head at the wrong end.; 10/9/15, 10:10 AM
Big Mike said...: I think this is a case of the Hangman's fracture, which apparently happens a lot in auto accidents. If the baby's head had moved just a little in the wrong direction, the story would not have turned out so well. But I've read of other cases of people surviving this type of fracture.; 10/9/15, 11:01 AM
Mary Beth said...: The not-the-North-Korean-party-planners link.; 10/9/15, 11:01 AM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...: Unless the baby is now busy planning the 70th anniversary party for communism in North Korea, your link is bad.; 10/9/15, 11:07 AM
Kevin Walsh said...: The Kid with the Replaceable Head...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8pKfwuc_kc; 10/9/15, 12:06 PM
Drago said...: In Glorious Leftist/Progressive Peoples Paradise, decapitation always find you....; 10/9/15, 12:17 PM
Nichevo said...: not for nothing, but God bless the child and his mother! Hello! And the medics!; 10/9/15, 10:24 PM
Nichevo said...: That's the kind of thing that Dr Carson does.; 10/9/15, 10:25 PM
Cushing said...: Such an over sensational headline. This was not a decapitation.; 10/11/15, 1:07 AM