If you ever had doubt that doctors are capable of performing miracles, this should surely change your mind. A child has made an astounding recovery after his head was internally decapitated in a crippling car crash. One-year-old Jaxon Taylor could have easily died after the crash. The toddler was with his mom and nine-year-old sister Shayne when they collided head-on with another vehicle.
The impact of the collision was so intense that Jaxon’s head was pulled apart from his tiny neck in an internal decapitation, according to spinal surgeon Dr. Geoff Askin. During a six-hour surgery, Dr. Askin and his team attached a halo device to Jackson’s skull, holding him completely still while reattaching his vertebrae using a tiny piece of wire.
Medical staff then took a piece of Jaxon’s rib to graft the two vertebrae together. The doctor said in an interview with local reports, “A lot of children wouldn’t survive such an injury in the first place, and if they did and they were resuscitated then they may never move or breathe again.”
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He also attested to the fact that Jaxon’s condition was the worst injury of its kind that he had seen thus far. Jaxon now wears what his family the “halo” to keep his body stable, which will be removed after eight weeks.
His sister Shayne also underwent surgery to stop internal bleeding, and will be in a body frame for eight weeks as well.
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The siblings mother, Rylea, 30, said it best, “It was a miracle!” Everyone in the crash survived!
The family was heading to Maronbah, Queensland, when their vehicle collided with a Ford Falcon driven by an 18-year-old man, according to local Australian reports.
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