Her skull almost separated from her spine during the procedure to remove the device, a condition known as internal decapitation or Atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD), which is nearly invariably fatal.
“I flew my chair back to keep gravity from decapitating me,” said King, who is currently 35. My neurosurgeon had to use his hands to hold my head in place.
I was unable to endure. My right side started trembling violently.
Doctors fused King’s skull back onto her spine after she was taken to emergency surgery.
