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On Mar 20, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Mary Krauss wrote:

> As I said, of course one should be watchful after any sort of head 
> trauma. ?(Yes we should all wear helmets!) ?I'm merely pointing out 
> that she took a very soft fall, yet wound up dying. ?This is NOT the 
> typical outcome of a minor head injury followed by careful monitoring 
> and excellent medical intervention. ?
>
> Lynn's story makes my point. ?She says, "I flew over her head and hit 
> the back of my head",?a pretty extreme occurrence--much more dramatic 
> than a little tumble in the snow, yet Lynn is still alive and well 
> enough to make cogent points about head injuries. ?The trauma on 
> Lynn's scan clearly shows damage, yet her brain seems to be 
> functioning well. ?

But I was wearing an ASTM certified Equestrian helmet which absorbed a 
lot of the shock, much like airbags do in car accidents (I have no 
doubt that I'd be dead without it). That I'm functioning well now, a 
decade lateer, just shows that the brain can heal.

Corn snow, which is what I'd expect a ski resort in the New 
England/Quebec region to have in the spring is not a soft fall -- it's 
icey.




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


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