The show was terrifying. I couldn’t move my head at all when I woke up,” she stated.
Since her skull and pelvis are fused together after 37 surgeries, she is unable to move her head to the left, right, or up or down.
Two or more vertebrae, or bones in the spine, are fused together to prevent movement in a spinal fusion.
“I am literally a human statue,” King declared. There’s no movement at all in my spine. However, that does not imply that I have ceased to exist.
The first or C1 vertebrae in the spine, the occipital bone at the base of the skull, separates from the atlas to cause AOD.
In more than 90% of instances, the injury results in death because it interferes with nerve signals that travel from the brain to the body, paralyzing and weakening the operation of essential organs like the heart and lungs.
