Actor Christopher Reeve Dead at 52

Fox News ^ | October 11, 2004 | Fox News

[blondee123]

I have no idea, I saw that at Drudge several hours ago, did a search & only came up with the story of them hosting that charity event at their house, I think that was Saturday nite.

Guess we'll have to wait & see why they posted that. It's not like it's the enquirer, ABC could get in trouble for posting something like that, no???

[DustyMoment]

This is so sad. He was so determined to get out of his wheelchair and walk. I wanted him to succeed.

May God comfort his family and grant him peace.

[blondee123]

What html are you using to post pics? I haven't posted any tonite, maybe a glitch in the new upgrades here.

[blondee123]

I think I've seen him in leg braces, but I know my d-in-laws sister has tried everything on the market for sitting & she still gets them.

Similar to bed sores when people are bedridden. I know how sore my bottom gets when I put in 4 or more hours on the puter, imagine sitting all the time & not being able to get up unless someone is there to move you.

[djf]

It is a shame. He had everything. Then, he had everything taken away. Yet he was still upbeat, and found a reason and a hope to keep on going.

RIP. In a true sense, a man of steel.

[Conservatrix]

Have you seen the news lately about "medicinal maggots"? They are being used is severe cases of gangrene and PRESSURE SORES (bed sores).

The maggots clean away every bit of decayed/infected flesh but they do not eat healthy flesh. They provide superior results where antibiotics fail. In fact, this is what was used before there WERE antibiotics.

Google it, I don't have a link handy.

[AQGeiger]

Everything gets much trickier when the patient is a quadriplegic. The pressure sore didn't kill him. The sepsis did.

[YaYa123]

Has anyone but me seen Reeve's 1995 movie, Above Suspicion? It must have been made shortly before his accident, yet the movie is never mentioned, and never played on movie channels. The movie has been buried, I suspect because of image protecting political correctness. Reeve as a wheelchair bound villain in his last movie...is that cruelly ironic, or what?

In Above Suspicion, Reeve plays a bad, bad cop faking an injury that has him in a wheelchair the entire movie, plotting the murder of his cheating wife and brother.

[Casloy]

He was so passionate about his absolute faith he would walk again, I am sure he gave hope to a lot of other para and quadraplegics. It's a big loss.

[blondee123]

ABC has pulled the article about Sharon Osbourne.

[Dane]

Has anyone but me seen Reeve's 1995 movie, Above Suspicion?

Here are the Amazon reviews. It was an HBO movie.

Link

[Wonder Warthog]

"No matter how much padding and cushioning there is, pressure ulcers can still develop, especially in those who lead active working lives. They are a fact of life for those with sensation and movement problems, and nearly impossible to completely prevent."

I think they WOULD be very simple to prevent. It seems to me that a cushioned pad with alternating air cells (picture an old-style air mattress, but with every other "tube" independently sealed--hook every other tube up to a pressure/vacuum source (small pump), and alternately deflate and inflate them). No part of the body is thus under pressure for extended periods of time. This wouldn't work for things like braces, but it seems to me it would do the trick for bedsores and similar problems.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I'm assuming it's whatever the latest version is for Windows XP (I'm woefully ignorant when it comes to this kind of stuff.)

[Judith Anne]

Yes, for a bedridden patient. I started to post earlier that it's easier to prevent bedsores than pressure ulcers in neurologically compromised patients, but didn't want to confuse the point. Braces, clothing, immobility of position are the problems for active working quads and paras.

A mattress very similar to what you describe is in use at all the hospitals where I've worked.

[Gorzaloon]

Reason #1 why I don't ride horses.

I worked for a person whose horse injured him to the extent he was disabled. I am blessed with the kind of face horses HATE, though I love animals. So since they won't let me ride them, I guess it's just as well.

[gridlock]

Good job AM. A long night for you, I'm sure.

My condolences to the families.

[Cboldt]

Sorry to hear this. Was often prompted to think of Mr. Reeve, by the media harping on the subject of embryonic stem cell research. I felt badly for him when he broke his neck.

He turned in a good performance in "Sleuth," one of the longest movies I ever sat through in a theatre!

I hope he is cavorting with his horses with God today. Prayers for his family.

[ml/nj]

These eulogy threads are not appropriate places for hard edged political issues or cheap shots.

I don't know what was said, and certainly inappropirate things can be said. But when I woke up this morning and heard the new of Reeve's death, I immediately thought of Kerry going to the funeral and criticizing Bush for continuing to campaign. I'd be very surprised if enemies of a Free Republic, do not try to turn Reeve's death to their advantage.

ML/NJ