Doctor: Natasha Richardson May Have Suffered ‘Talk and Die’ Syndrome
How can a person be fine one minute and brain dead the next?
Natasha Richardson was reported to be “fine at first” after she hit her head in a skiing accident, but the 45-year-old actress’ health began to deteriorate within an hour.
Now sources close to the Tony award-winning actress say she is brain dead and being flown back to New York, where she will be taken off life support.
“I can only speculate, but it sounds like something we call the ‘talk and die’ syndrome,” said Dr. Steven Flanagan, director of Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University’s Langone Medical Center.
“What this implies is that someone hits their head and they are seemingly OK initially,” he told FOXNews.com. “But then they get a rapid collection of blood — usually called epidural hemorrhage — and that means bleeding between the skull and the brain.”
Richardson was reportedly in serious condition with a head injury after falling on a beginner’s trail during a ski lesson at the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec, Canada.
“She did not show any visible sign of injury, but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor,” the resort said in a statement.
Mont Tremblant spokeswoman Catherine Lacasse said Richardson was getting a private lesson and that she said she was “fine at first.”.....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509586,00.html
Prayers up.
I’m so torqued about the news out of DC and the state of things I’m going to eat a vulture on your other thread. And not come back.
My (unprofessional) guess is that she was prone to aneurism to begin with and the trauma caused a weakened vessel to rupture later. This was followed by hemorrhage , swelling and loss of consciousness. And to that add socialized healthcare , and she suffers irreversible brain damage.