[Hip Priest]

Woman Survives 'Internal Decapitation'!!!

DENVER - Even her surgeon calls her a miracle. Shannon Malloy was critically injured Jan. 25 when a car crash slammed her into the dashboard. Her skull separated from her spine, although her skin, spinal cord and other internal organs remained intact.

The rare condition is known as clinically as internal decapitation, and it left her with no control over her head.

Her injuries left Malloy with nerve damage that made her eyes cross, and she has difficulty swallowing. She was not paralyzed. She told her story to Denver station KMGH-TV.

Dr. Gary Ghiselli, an orthopedic spine surgeon at the Denver Spine Center, said he and his colleagues had never seen such an injury in someone still living.

"I've seen it once before," Ghiselli said, "and, unfortunately, the patient didn't make it."

Even after the crash, physicians in Nebraska, where Malloy lives, told relatives they should prepare to say their goodbyes.

Ghiselli said a will to survive kept Malloy, 30, alive long enough for surgeons to insert screws in her head and neck and attach a halo to minimize movement , no easy task.

"My skull slipped off my neck about five times," Malloy said. "Every time they tried to screw this to my head, I would slip."

Doctors eventually stabilized her head and strengthened her neck. The halo has since been removed.

"It's a miracle that she was able to survive from the actual accident," Ghiselli said. "It's a miracle that she's made the progress that she's made."

[Danny Himself]

Wow. Internal decapitation sounds like a metal band.

[schizophrenicroom]

"my skull slipped off my neck"... i can not imagine what that must have been like to go through.

i was at school way too long today. had to help fit cute little freshman for band uniforms.

[drrrtyboots]

I hate freshmen, I say obscene things to them so they don't talk to me ever again. I'm terrible.

[schizophrenicroom]

i like the ones coming on our drumline next year. they're ok.

[drrrtyboots]

There's a group of upcoming freshmen girls who call themselves the barbies, trying to copy the plastics from mean girls. I think i might've actually talked about this before...but this is what makes me want to die right here and now.

[schizophrenicroom]

that's just awful.

fuck myspace and its horrible silver surfer ads that take up THE WHOLE SCREEN and move my page around. gah.

[Everyneurotic]

sorry for not staying on topic, but, have you ever had a day where everyone around you brainfarts and start going against you for no reason other than you said something that seemed normal?

[SynthethicalY]

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

sorry for not staying on topic, but, have you ever had a day where everyone around you brainfarts and start going against you for no reason other than you said something that seemed normal?

Yeah, I hate that.

[Everyneurotic]

i was talking to my editor about some work shit and he starts going against me, not doing a good job recommending commercial bands for the magazine (when he hired me because i didn't listen to that) all thru msn and actually came to terms when we got on the phone to discuss things.

then i called my friend, told her about this, like casually and she starts yelling at me for no other reason and she never yells at me.

it's been beyond bizarre

[SynthethicalY]

That sucks, you are just having an odd day.

[Everyneurotic]

very!!! now i'm afraid to talk to anyone because i think they might just explode against me for some stupid reason.

[SynthethicalY]

AH, don't worry, when things go hectic for me, I usually meditate, which I might do tonight. I have so many bills to pay. Ah.

[Everyneurotic]

i could never meditate.

i'll listen to yellow swans and smoke cigarrettes.

i hope today is a one off.

[SynthethicalY]

I can, I have so much anger in me, that I can only release it by meditating. I am finding that I get so much angry almost everyday. And meditation helps me. I could never smoke cigarettes, I can't stand it. And music usually makes me more angry, so I need complete silence.

[Everyneurotic]

oh well, every person has different ways of dealing with stuff.

[SynthethicalY]

True, ah well I have to drop off my mom somewhere, i'll be back later.

[Everyneurotic]

'k







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[king_buzzo]

Hello you lunatics.

[Inhuman]

Byye everyone. I'm leaving on my bike trip with my gym class in a few minutes, I'll be back in 3 days!