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On Mar 20, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Mary Krauss wrote:

> A lot of people are spooked by what happened to Natasha 
> Richardson--most of us probably don't need to worry unduly though.
>
> I think they're suspecting she had an pre-existing aneurysm that was 
> likely to burst with very little trauma.  That's probably why they 
> couldn't save her despite giving excellent medical care in a fairly 
> prompt manner.
>
> Most people's skulls are pretty robust.  Having said that, of course 
> one should be watchful.  I wouldn't stress out worrying over every 
> little bump though--that's kinda falling into the "fragile egg" theory 
> of the brain--similar to the "fragile environment" theories about 
> nature.  Brains and nature both recover from all sorts of trauma.....

OTOH, I had to have an head MRI some years back (related to migraines) 
and when the neurologist was reviewing the results he asked when I was 
in an accident because there was obvious brain trauma in the lower back 
left region.  And I remembered that six weeks earlier I was at a NATRC 
ride gaiting along when my mare caught her back leg in a hole and went 
down and I flew over her head and hit the back of my head.  I had a 
helmet on and the hit was visible on the inside foam.  I continued to 
ride but by lunch my horse was lame and I had a headache, so we pulled 
from the ride, I was watched by friends, and we drove home the next 
day.

No *skull* injury -- but injury to the grey matter floating inside that 
was clearly visible almost two months later . . . and with a helmet 
having been worn.


Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
ranch:  http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
http://www.joyofriding.org/


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