In a true example of medical ingenuity, surgeons in Australia were able to reattach a toddler’s head after he was internally decapitated in a serious car accident last month. Other than having to spend the next eight weeks in a head brace, 16-month-old Jackson Taylor is expected to make a full recovery and live a normal, healthy life following his life-threatening injury. Recently, the car carrying Jackson Taylor, his 9-year-old sister Shayne, and his mother Rylea was involved in a serious accident. While traveling at about 110 km/h (68 mph) around a highway bend, the family’s vehicle collided head-on with an oncoming car.
The teenagers in the opposite car and Rylea escaped from the accident with only minor injuries. Although Shayne sustained more serious injuries, it was likely she would pull through. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for young Jackson. “The second I pulled him…
