Woman shot in the head makes tea

[depakid]

These sorts of deals make headlines down under....

A woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said. Tammy Sexton, 47, remained in hospital three days after being wounded by her husband, who killed himself after he shot his wife. She is expected to fully recover.

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"She was at her bed, and he shot her right in the head," Byrd said. "Then he went out on the back porch and shot himself."

The slug from a .380-caliber handgun struck Tammy Sexton squarely in the forehead, passed through her skull and exited through the back of her head, Byrd said. A deputy arrived within minutes and was greeted by the woman. "When the officer got there she said, 'What's going on?' She was holding a rag on her head and talking. She was conscious, but she was confused about what had happened," he said. "She had made herself some tea and offered the officer something to drink."

Byrd said the bullet apparently passed through the lobes of the woman's brain without causing major damage. She was rushed to a Mobile hospital by a helicopter. While such cases may be rare, medical journals confirm people have been shot in the head with little or no lasting injury.

"It's bizarre. You just don't hear of something like this. Somebody gets shot in the head and they're dead," Byrd said.

More: http://www.smh.com.au/world/woman-shot-in-the-head-makes-tea-20090418-aahc.html

[Warpy]

1. If it had been a .22, she'd be dead

because those things go in and then bounce around, ripping up everything inside the skull.

I've seen people do really well after gunshot wounds to the head if the bullet passed through.

They're not usually together enough to make a cuppa, though, not right after the shooting, although some have given police a description of who shot them.

[depakid]

3. "They're not usually together enough to make a cuppa"

One would think not!

But brain injuries are curious things. I'm reminded of some xrays I've seen over the years with objects impailed in people's heads, and they've been described as reasonably coherent.

e.g.





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1025743/I-fired-2-5-inch-nail-head---doctor-removed-using-claw-hammer.html

[DemBones DemBones]

2. A neighbor of ours shot himself in the head

while drinking and playing Russian roulette and he lived, wore the bullet on a chain for some time. Talk about youthful indiscretions. Now he's sober, got his own business, grandkids.