Miss. woman gets shot in head, but makes tea.

[Scales]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_...d_shot_survivor

By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Writer Jay Reeves, Associated Press Writer – Fri Apr 17, 9:02 pm ET

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday. Tammy Sexton, 47, remained hospitalized three days after being wounded by her husband, who killed himself after he shot his wife. A bullet struck her squarely in the forehead, passed through her skull and exited through the back of her head, authorities said. She is expected to fully recover.

"There's no way she should be alive other than a miracle from God," said Sheriff Mike Byrd of Jackson County, Miss.

Byrd said deputies were looking for Sexton's husband, Donald Ray Sexton, earlier in the week to give him a document ordering him to stay away from his wife. Court records show he was put on probation for six months on April 9 for domestic violence.

He showed up at their home in rural Jackson County in Southeast Mississippi about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday and confronted his wife as a relative ran next door to call police, the sheriff said.

"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."

A deputy was greeted by the woman when he arrived minutes after she was shot with the slug from a .380-caliber handgun.

"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, a neurosurgeon who wasn't involved in Sexton's case said such an outcome is possible. Medical journals also confirm people have been shot in the head with little or no lasting injury.

"There is a space in the brain where a missile could pass without doing any major damage. Is it possible? Yes. It would be rare," said Dr. Patrick Pritchard, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

The sheriff called the case bizarre.

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

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Associated Press writer Holbrook Mohr in Jackson, Miss., contributed to this report.

I'm speechless, this is.. wow.

[Angel of Death]

I always said the only way I would kill my self was a bullet to the head; that was only because I always "knew" it would kill me. Now you tell me there's a chance I could survive that to...

P.S. Don't take that the wrong way. I don't want to kill myself no matter how much I despise my own life. So don't call the mental hospital quite yet plz kthxbi!

[ttogreh]

If there is a one in a million chance that it can happen to a person in their lifetime, it is going to happen 6,300 times.

People have survived falling from 30,000 feet.

[TitsMcGee]

I remember reading that, and the sadistic part of me was thinking that her husband did a half ass job. You're supposed to check to make sure you did the person in before offing ones self.

I think she's very lucky though.

[peelingchrome]

I always said the only way I would kill my self was a bullet to the head; that was only because I always "knew" it would kill me. Now you tell me there's a chance I could survive that to...

The only "lucky" spot is front to back, between the lobes. A bullet to the temple works every time. I'm not suggesting that you practice this on yourself, merely stating the fact. *hugs* No shooting yourself!

[Soulrev]

I always said the only way I would kill my self was a bullet to the head; that was only because I always "knew" it would kill me. Now you tell me there's a chance I could survive that to...

P.S. Don't take that the wrong way. I don't want to kill myself no matter how much I despise my own life. So don't call the mental hospital quite yet plz kthxbi!

No way. 10 bags of heroin. That's how I'd do it. Not that I'm going to, either. But if I were, I'd have to go out with a "bang"

[Azeuron]

And she was cordial enough to offer the sheriff tea when he arrived!

[Homicidalheathen]

[Soulrev]

I've heard other bizarre stories like this. I read in the newspaper once that a woman was stabbed in the back with a chef knife and didn't even know it. I can't remember the exact circumstances, but I know she managed to go to the grocery store where someone obviously said "Umm excuse me ma'am, but doesn't that hurt?" hahaha. Could you imagine? Well, truth is stranger than fiction.

I think I also saw a similar situation where a man was stabbed in the head with a kitchen knife and checked himself into the ER by himself. It was on RealTV. The X-Ray was unbelievable. Talk about luck.

[TitsMcGee]

I've heard other bizarre stories like this. I read in the newspaper once that a woman was stabbed in the back with a chef knife and didn't even know it. I can't remember the exact circumstances, but I know she managed to go to the grocery store where someone obviously said "Umm excuse me ma'am, but doesn't that hurt?" hahaha. Could you imagine? Well, truth is stranger than fiction.

I think I also saw a similar situation where a man was stabbed in the head with a kitchen knife and checked himself into the ER by himself. It was on RealTV. The X-Ray was unbelievable. Talk about luck.

Then there was the lady from Detroit recently who was shot and the bullet was stopped by her bra. That one is still kinda boggleing my mind.

[taysteewonderbunny]

Then there was the lady from Detroit recently who was shot and the bullet was stopped by her bra. That one is still kinda boggleing my mind.

My mom saw that story on the news. Despite my having sung the praises of underwires to her for years, it's THAT STUPID STORY that has finally convinced her to buy some. As if. Victoria's Secret is the new Kevlar, y'all.

[Soulrev]

Shit if they make a kevlar wonder bra that can stop a 7.62mm armor piercing round, I'll fuckin wear one!