OT: R.I.P. Bengals WR Chris Henry [merged]

Re: OT: WR Chis Henry involved in very serious car accident

ctpatsfan77 said:

For those who are interested:

The Glasgow Coma Scale has three components:

Eyes, from spontaneous movement of eyes (4 points) down to not opening the eyes at all (1 point)
Verbal, from normal conversation (5 points) down to no verbalization at all (1 point)
Motor, from obeys commands (6 points), to responses to painful stimuli (5 points down to 2 points, depending on the exact movements), to no movement at all (1 point)

Someone walking around and functioning normally has a GCS scale of 15. Anything below 8 is considered a severe impairment of consciousness.

Glasgow Coma Scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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That's essentially correct. A GCS of 8 or below is an automatic indication for intubating a patient (i.e., putting in a breathing tube and putting them on what the lay press refers to as "life support"). But beyond that there can be a world of difference. Someone who comes in to an emergency room with a GCS of 5-6 and has a CT scan showing a focal bleed (subdural or epidural hematoma) could have a reasonably good prognosis with prompt surgical evacuation, whereas someone who comes in with a GCS of 3 and a diffuse edema pattern will generally do very poorly. Both the severity of the CT scan and the clinical exam are important in determining whether and how to treat. If the combination of the two is severe enough, the patient may be deemed "non-survivable" by a neuro surgeon.

Even in the worse cases it often takes a few days to progress to an actual diagnosis of "brain death". There is often secondary swelling of the injured brain which cuts of blood supply. Such patients often end up as organ donors.

It's too early to tell how bad Chris Henry's injury is, but the initial reports are not encouraging.

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Soooo freakin sad. And during the holidays. I'll definitely hold a good thought for his family.

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I don't feel particularly bad about this and certainly don't see it as a tragedy. A tragedy is a mother and child getting mowed down by a drunk driver or a stricken by a terminal illness.

From his previous history I don't think it is too far fetched to say this guy was a real punk. Why was his fiancee fleeing? What was this "domestic dispute" all about? Who in their right mind jumps into the back of a speeding pick up truck?

He is a wealthy young man that has had every advantage in life.
Listen, I obviously don't wish harm on anyone (well almost) and I sincerely hope he recovers but lets slow down here with all the melodrama.

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HaveYouSeenMyBaseball? said:

I don't feel particularly bad about this and certainly don't see it as a tragedy. A tragedy is a mother and child getting mowed down by a drunk driver or a stricken by a terminal illness.

From his previous history I don't think it is too far fetched to say this guy was a real punk. Why was his fiancee fleeing? What was this "domestic dispute" all about? Who in their right mind jumps into the back of a speeding pick up truck?

He is a wealthy young man that has had every advantage in life.
Listen, I obviously don't wish harm on anyone (well almost) and I sincerely hope he recovers but lets slow down here with all the melodrama.

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Wow, good to know you're really waiting until everything is okay before you judge the situation. The guy is 26 years old, give him a break.

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HaveYouSeenMyBaseball? said:

I don't feel particularly bad about this and certainly don't see it as a tragedy. A tragedy is a mother and child getting mowed down by a drunk driver or a stricken by a terminal illness.

From his previous history I don't think it is too far fetched to say this guy was a real punk. Why was his fiancee fleeing? What was this "domestic dispute" all about? Who in their right mind jumps into the back of a speeding pick up truck?

He is a wealthy young man that has had every advantage in life.
Listen, I obviously don't wish harm on anyone (well almost) and I sincerely hope he recovers but lets slow down here with all the melodrama.

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Well said.

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HaveYouSeenMyBaseball? said:

I don't feel particularly bad about this and certainly don't see it as a tragedy. A tragedy is a mother and child getting mowed down by a drunk driver or a stricken by a terminal illness.

From his previous history I don't think it is too far fetched to say this guy was a real punk. Why was his fiancee fleeing? What was this "domestic dispute" all about? Who in their right mind jumps into the back of a speeding pick up truck?

He is a wealthy young man that has had every advantage in life.
Listen, I obviously don't wish harm on anyone (well almost) and I sincerely hope he recovers but lets slow down here with all the melodrama.

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Yikes! We usually see a fund set up to help the player's children in these types of situations, but I guess you won't be contributing.

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Honestly, if he hasn't provided for his kids and needs a fund.... that's just sad. Just a million dollars would have provided for them for life (invested properly, of course).

I feel bad for his family, not him. Doing that sort of thing is just...selfish. When you risk your life doing something which from the outside has more to do with his machismo than anything else...it's just selfish for him to have put his family and friends in a position where part of their lives are going to be taken by grief.

Like I said... grieve for the family and hope the man pulls through to learn a lesson for once.

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From a web news report: Henry is engaged to Loleini Tonga, and the couple has been raising three children. Tonga's MySpace page identifies herself as "Mrs. C. Henry" and has a picture of her next to a person who appears to be Henry. She also has a post from Tuesday talking about buying wedding rings.

This concept of raising three kids and then thinking about getting married ... I wonder if this had something to do with the domestic dispute. So, from the reports it seems that she got in the pickup and took off, he jumped into the back and then fell out while she was driving. Then she kept going.

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It's now being officially reported on ESPN that he died at 6:26am this morning.

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May he find peace in death that he couldn't get hold of in life.

Boston Channel Reporting Chris Henry has died

Bengals Receiver Chris Henry Dies - Boston Sports News Story - WCVB Boston

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Disco Volante said:

It's now officially reported that he died at 6:36am.

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Tragic but not surprising, and probably a blessing given how severe his injury seems to have been. I see those kind of injuries every day, and the survivors of really severe traumatic brain injury are the unfortunate ones, as far as I am concerned.

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry - ESPN

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Uggggggh, that blows....... really talented player. Bengals can't catch a break. Talented............ but troubled.

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It's reported on ESPN as well. There's already a long thread on this.

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry - ESPN

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That is tragic. R.I.P.

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Sad to hear. Rest in Peace.

Shocking, terrible news. RIP, Chris.

Re: OT: WR Chis Henry involved in very serious car accident

PATRIOTSFANINPA said:

He may have a criminal background, but this is no time to look at his past...best wishes for a full recovery Chris.

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What is the point of saying that? Do you have something personal against this guy? Sure, he had some widely publicized troubles, but a lot of people have problems. He's dead now and was probably a confused and ****ed up kid most of his life. He was given a chance to turn things around and we don't fully know what he did or did not do with it. But, what is the point in any event? He's dead!

Are any of us so perfect that we can gratuitously dis a guy who just died, apparently tragically? I'll admit that I'm not.

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I never really like the guy because of his behavior, but he didn't deserve this. RIP....

This is just sad news! Especially for those 3 kids of his! Makes you think about how important family is. I can't wait to get home, and give my kids a big hug and tell them I love them! Gotta call mom and dad too!

RIP Chris!