Terrible injury suffered by George Clooney

[brentspeak]

Last year, he suffered a spinal cord injury during the filming of "Syriana". Turned out he tore his dura, the membrane that protects the CNS and buoys the brain with cerebrospinal fluid. The "leaking" of spinal fluid actually made his brain sink slightly within his cranium, causing excruciating headaches and memory loss.

He's still suffering from headaches and memory loss. I give him a lot of credit for being able to tough it out to promote his new film.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16397878&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=george-clooney-exclusive--i-piled-on-30lb-for-a-role---and-ended-up-tearing-my-spine--name_page.html

[Wetzelbill]

1. geez I guess

that sounds a little bit worse than a sprained ankle, huh?

[KT2000]

2. he was on Letterman

some time ago and he said that his nose was constantly running - it was spinal fluid!!!
Yikes!

[nicknameless]

3. That's awful.

I wonder what the prognosis is. I hope he's able to recover completely.