measures around a sent meter down. that would be that titanium rod that she was talking about. that will stay in there forever, is that right? typically. it s rarely necessary to remove it it. sometimes there will be irritability from locking screws or bolts that go above or below the fraukt you are, but that s not necessary. you ve done this procedure yourself? yes, i have. what s the recovery time? what can we expect in the day, weeks, month aed. if the fracture is extensive and commonuted with several pieces we ll be slow with allowing the patient to am bull eight. and the patient will start within four to six weeks and do an elliptical. so he will be heavy for rehabilitation for months and months and months. that s correct. and when do you think, and we all hope that he ll be able to get out of a basketball court and start playing ball? extensive athletic ability and functional demands necessary
he had a rare form of bone cancer during his time in college. herzlich had part of his leg replaced with a titanium rod and went through rounds of chemo. now he is thinking about being on the field on sunday. that s all he s thinking about now. what a comeback, love that. yeah, how are you f fling, rob, are you okay? i m hanging in there. you re hanging in there? it s all right. it was a great game, though, great start to the season. it s going to be a rough morning for rob, we ve got to support the team. here we go, let s just read this sad news. the last two super bowl champions squared off. the packers and saints. and they didn t disappoint. who dat. this one hurt to watch. randall cobb made it very interesting. they were in a position to score on the final play of the game thks to a pass interference ca in the end zone. the packers defense, yeah, they held. and that s the way it bitterly ended. packers fans, you got lucky. final score, green bay 42, saints 34. it
for me i have to wear closed shoes because i feel like they re staring at my long toe. you feel you have a freakish, ugly toe? yeah, i do. reporter: that is all about to change. the doctor is about to shrink here second toes, make it shorter than the big one. we should warn you this is where it gets a little gross. he actually dislocates the toe. based on what i ve seen i m going to go another extra 2 millimeters. reporter: saws out a 2-millimeter chunk of bone. he ll then stick in a titanium rod to bring the shortened bone back together. i have to just make sure it s precisely oriented. there it is. reporter: we ll check back in to see how it turns out in just a minute. but before that, let s check in on kelly. she s having fat injected into
this space shouldn t be here. reporter: micah needs emergency surgery to reattach his skull to his spine. his parents are terrified. but they received words of comfort from micah s surgeon at the barrow neurological institute. he turned to us and he said, i m going to operate on him as if i were operating on my own child. and we were you know. we believed him. this was a very intricate and delicate surgery. because with each breath that micah took during surgery, we could see his skull and spine moving as two separate entities. reporter: to perform the four-hour-long reattachment procedure, micah s doctors used wires, a small titanium rod, and a piece of bone from his rib to reattach his skull to the spine. every aspect of this surgery is high-risk. one little mistake and micah could lose his life. the surgery is successful. but now micah s parents wait by his side, praying he will come out of the coma and remember who they are. i just, you know praying
man s neck in a fight over a tomato. the victim s 10-year-old daughter saw it happen. the two were driving past a tomato field. the child the father pulled over for a closer look. his daughter picked a tomato. soon after, according to a report, a man came speeding up and said he was the owner of that field. the father and daughter, calling them thieves, the man threw the dad to the ground and now the father is in a neck brace with a titanium rod in his neck. police are looking asking the public for help in finding the suspect. this is the sketch they released in the case. that is awful. amazing amateur video film at the very moment shots rang out at a church in northern california. you can see people in the choir ducking for cover. the shooting left two teenage brothers wounded. the 14 and 19-year-old victims