{"id":236,"date":"2009-03-19T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/natasha-richardson-how-fragile-we-are.html"},"modified":"2009-03-19T11:00:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T11:00:59","slug":"natasha-richardson-how-fragile-we-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/natasha-richardson-how-fragile-we-are.html","title":{"rendered":"Natasha Richardson: How Fragile We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"t1home.richardson.gi.jpg\"<\/span>The swirling news rumors about Natasha Richardson<\/a> took the worst possible turn yesterday: the family friend who  told People magazine “there is no chance” for the actress’ recovery after a ski accident turned out to be right. Richardson died at age 45. <\/p>\n

After her fall (on a beginner’s slope, apparently), Richardson was talking and joking with friends, until a headache prompted her to return to the hospital, where her health took such a serious turn.  <\/p>\n

As CNN’s medical producer explains in this article<\/a>, “minor” head injuries can turn out to be anything but–“It’s very common for someone who’s had a fall or been in a car accident
\nto appear perfectly lucid just after the impact but then to suddenly,
\nrapidly deteriorate.”<\/p>\n

How are you reacting to this?  For me, in addition to feeling heartbroken for Richardson and her family (who we feel like we “know” because we know their theatrical work), I feel a tingle of anxiety.  It’s that “does not compute” feeling of, how can a person be laughing and talking one moment, and gone the next?  How can a person be pronounced “ok” after a fall but be brain-dead less than 24 hours later?  <\/p>\n

This tragedy is, ultimately, not ours, but her family’s. I know I’m not the only one who’s picturing Liam Neeson’s heartbroken face<\/a> as he clutched at his wife’s coffin in the movie “Love Actually….”  <\/p>\n

What a delicate, fragile mystery are these bodies of ours….<\/p>\n

Leave your thoughts below, or post your comments on this discussion in our community<\/a>. <\/p>\n

image: CNN.com
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