Comments | werewolf_lib: Actress Natasha Richardson has died

werewolf_lib

Actress Natasha Richardson has died

Mar 17, 2009 21:40

Injured while skiing, she is reportedly profoundly injured at best and brain-dead at worst: http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/upstaged/2009/03/natasha-richardson-is-brain-dead/Read more... )

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o_deanna March 18 2009, 01:55:41 UTC

It's awful isn't it? It really doesn't look good if they've flown her out, I can't see them putting her on a plane unless she was completely stable D:

werewolf_lib March 18 2009, 02:05:49 UTC

I can't imagine transporting someone with the potential for swelling on the brain unless the possible damage won't matter. She's a brilliant actress and reportedly so kind; it's nauseating that a single moment can take away such people from their families and from the world.

bamachick73 March 18 2009, 02:30:53 UTC

Yes, the news still says she's fine, but I did hear she was brain dead, and not expected to live through tomorrow. What's odd is, yesterday after the accident she said she was 'okay' and later complained of a head-ache...and then became brain dead? That's just scary.

werewolf_lib March 18 2009, 04:24:20 UTC

Brain injuries are like that; one moment you're insisting everything is fine and the next, you're hooked up to a machine. The injury could have caused a slow bleed or triggered a small stroke or something else equally horrible, and there would be no way of knowing until it showed itself.

brienze March 18 2009, 02:39:26 UTC

It will be interesting to hear what happens in the next week or so. CBS Evening News was reporting it as a head injury, and there seem to be a lot of angry, "shame on you" type comments in that much more pessimistic TONY thread. FWIW I hope the major outlets are correct and she can recover. I'm curious whether TONY has a scoop or an irresponsible editor.

Either way, I guess the lesson is to let them take you to the hospital if you get a blow to the head, even if you feel ok.

werewolf_lib March 18 2009, 04:26:33 UTC

Always go to the hospital when possible for a head injury. They're so stealthy with their damage, and it's so hard to reverse. My cousin's grandfather died today of complications from a stroke; it occurred last week and it was almost a day before he bothered to go to a doctor because he didn't think anything was wrong.