Pal Joey, I enjoy your posts elsewhere and understand your reticence to believe or listen to these reports, but your outrage is misguided IMO. It is perfectly logical, yes, speculation. I can tell you that as soon as I read the first reports this morning that she was in the hospital after a fall on the slopes, albeit on the bunny slope, I posted to another board I hang out on that while I thought she could just have a concussion, I guessed that she had something more in line with a subdural hematoma. The reason I guessed this also was because there was such a lack of details coming out that said to me it was much more serious than was being said, despite them saying it was serious.
All I can say is I speak from years of experience of treating those types of patients with those types of injuries, from seemingly innocuous events. I've seen them all across the spectrum, from those that recover completely all the way to those who did not, still living with no significant quality of life.
Did you happen to watch Larry King with the 2 Neurosx Chiefs explaining this type of injury? Of course no one not involved can say that's definitely what happened to her, but it's not unlikely either. It was my first thought upon hearing this story as I said. And I'll bet those MD's have connections and do know all about what's going on with her, but can't say officially.
I'm sorry this distresses you so, but I think the outrage is unnecessary at this point. If it all turns out a lie, rage on.
ETA: And if it wasn't true, I can't imagine the family or spokespeople or someone wouldn't nip all this in the bud to at least give an indication that the situation was different and stop all the handwringing about the worst. What would be the point of letting the world spin around like a top with such untrue info out there without at least trying to calm a little of it down?
Updated On: 3/17/09 at 09:53 PM
