Dutch prince 'unlikely to regain consciousness' after skiing accident

UK Telegraph ^ | 2/24/2012 | Unattributed

[Huntress]

Doctor Wolfgang Koller said on Friday that it took nearly 50 minutes to reanimate the prince, who is the second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

MRI scans have showed his brain suffered "massive damage" in the avalanche in Lech on Feb. 17 in which he was buried for at last 15 minutes.

"It is clear that the oxygen starvation has caused massive brain damage to the patient," he said. "At the moment, it cannot be predicted if he will ever regain consciousness."

Prince Friso, 43, who is married and has two young daughters, will be moved at a later date to a private clinic for further treatment but it may take years before he awakens, if ever.

[HIDEK6]

Please explain how a crime syndicate can use an avalanche as an assassination weapon.

Don't you watch CSI?

[patton]

See, you plant a an RF activated toe-popper on the south face ...

er, was that my outside voice, again?

[Retired Greyhound]

Thanks for the kind words. Didn’t mean to hijack the thread and make it about me, but the story did hit close to home.

I posted a vanity about our misfortune last year and was overwhelmed with the amount of love and prayers that we received from FReepers.

Best.

[Ditter]

How tragic, you and your family have my most sincere prayers. Our middle son was born with a heart defect and almost died at 10 days of age, he had Wolf Parkinson & White syndrome tachycardia.

[mimaw]

I will pray for you and your family and pray for an Easter miracle.