God...

I'm shaking all over. My stomach clenched so hard for a second that I'm still feeling sick now that it's slowly uncramping again. So, I'm sniffing around the usual news sites, getting my daily fix. I'm also checking imdb.com because there's usually interesting news there, too. And then I see this...

Mauled Roy Died for a Minute, Skull Fragment Kept in Stomach

Part of mauled magician Roy Horn's skull was removed and stored in his stomach during a radical operation where the illusionist officially died for almost a minute. According to American tabloid Star, the 59-year-old German performer suffered a stroke and is paralyzed on his left side after being horrifically attacked on-stage by a white tiger on October 3. They describe his condition as being "far worse" than previously thought. A source tells the publication, "Roy has been fighting like mad to stay alive. Anyone else would have died by now." The extreme procedure involving his skull - called a hemicraniectomy - may have saved his life by reducing the amount of pressure from brain swelling. The skull fragment was kept in his stomach for safekeeping and to keep the bone marrow alive. Dr. Joshua Bederson, a neurosurgeon at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center, tells the New York Daily News, "It is amazing - and we see immediate improvement in some of the patients." He also believes Horn will be able to recover from the paralysis, adding, "Frequently someone like that will regain a tremendous amount of function, including the ability to walk, drive, and return to work again." As part of flamboyant illusion duo Siegfried And Roy, Horn had performed at Las Vegas's Mirage venue thousands of times since 1990.

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*cries* You can't imagine the shock I went through when I read these first three words. MAULED. ROY. DIED. *cries more* How can they phrase it like that when they know that people worry and fear for his life. This is a horrible story, horrible. I don't even know how to read this. It just sounds so bizarre. I have no idea what the fuck they did, but... God.

This sounds bad, doesn't it? As if he was crippled for life, never going to be the same again. I realize they say people have recovered before, but now they say it's far worse than initially thought. And it's been almost two weeks now and still no significant change in his condition...

I wish for his swift and complete recovery. So much...