Posted on 02/24/2012 11:04:29 AM PST by 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.
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Don't you watch CSI?
See, you plant a an RF activated toe-popper on the south face ...
er, was that my outside voice, again?
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.
I will pray for you and your family and pray for an Easter miracle.
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