After the 12-year-old boy’s head was “almost completely disconnected” in a bike accident, doctors reattached it. Here is the PEOPLE Puzzler crossword! How soon can you figure it out? Play now!
Although King survived the terrifying experience, she has subsequently had 37 operations as part of her recuperation. She is unable to move her head in any direction due to the accident,
which fused her skull to her pelvis. She said, “I’m a human statue, literally.” “I have no movement in my spine. However, it does not imply that I have ceased to exist.
Doctors informed King that her internal decapitation was probably caused by a combination of her high school fall and her weak joints from living with hEDS, according to the U.K. daily.
Twenty years later, King is gradually beginning to resume her regular hobbies, claiming that she was recently able to go bowling. On my first attempt, I bowled a strike.
My pals celebrated wildly, clapped, and yelled. They weren’t only rejoicing over the strike. According to the publication, she said, “They were celebrating everything I’ve survived.”
“I’m still learning what my new body can do,” King said. I’m adjusting, but it’s not easy. And my ability to still do things surprises me every time.
