A nine-year-old Hillsboro, Texas boy, whose head was detached in a car accident three months ago, has miraculously survived and is recovering after doctors reattached his skull to his spine.

"As far as I'm concerned, he has a full recovery -- he is neurologically intact. He walks -- that's one of the biggest things. He isn't weak and is active; it's amazing," Dr. Richard Roberts, the pediatric surgeon who led an operation to reattach the skull of Jordan Taylor to his spine with a metal plate and titanium rods, told CBS News on Monday. "He's done better than anyone thought he would. His injury is normally catastrophic, fatal, and he managed to survive."

The doctor from the Cook Childrens' Medical Center in Fort Worth said Taylor suffered an orthopedic decapitation or the separation of his skull from his neck when a wayward truck bumped the car he was riding in.

Taylor's mother, Stacey Perez, said her son is excited to go back to school next month.