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Skull fragment stored in teen's abdomen

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    Arizona 15-year-old recovers after life-threatening surgery

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Jake politics who was your typical Williams -- high school freshman went on the day after New Year's Day earlier this year he was hit by a car while riding his bike.

He was -- -- a miracle the medical center where upon arrival.

Doctors saw the entire right side of his skull was crushed he also let other skull fractures near his spinal court.

And things did not look good and doctors nurses wrong.

We wouldn't eleven days in a coma three and a half weeks in the hospital intensive care.

And months of rehab later Jake is ready to resume his former life.

Today he got his skull replaced with the piece that was removed to allow swelling it was kept for safekeeping in -- abdomen.

All right these -- and non medical science and candidates.

Right.

He looked back behind me.

Twenty years ago they can do this they had no idea how to do it it's amazing things that happened how many other stories that we have heard there are some more.

-- so it's not uncommon it's.

-- initially you know because he can now move to walk talk eat do everything he used to be able to do.

But there are few things that he's missed -- -- and golf.

And hopefully on message Anderson.

And today I've been practicing pediatric intensive care for almost thirty years and one of the things that keeps me doing what I'm doing is is the kids that.

To fight our expectations.

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