Anne Heche has been officially announced brain dead and will be taken off life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery LA car crash last week, her friends and family have said.
The actress, 53, who’s in a coma and in critical condition, will remain on a ventilator to determine whether any of her remaining organs are viable to be donated, per Anne Heche’s wishes.
Anne Heche, who’s been hospitalised at the Grossman Burn Centre at West Hills hospital north of Los Angeles, suffered a severe anoxic brain injury, a statement from her family and friends said. Such an injury is caused by a sustained lack of oxygen to the brain.
A representative for her loved ones said that they wanted to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne’s recovery and thank the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses that cared for Anne at the Grossman Burn Centre at West Hills hospital, but unfortunately, due to her misfortune, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition, and she was not expected to survive.
They added that it’s long been her choice to be an organ donor, so she will stay technically alive until the check is done.
The statement continued that Anne had a huge heart and touched everyone she met with her abundant vibrancy.
More than her incredible talent, she saw extending compassion and joy as her life’s work, especially moving her hand for acceptance of who you love. She will be remembered for her fearless openness and dearly missed for her light.
The actress, 53, was last reported still in a coma battling for her life in the worst state you could imagine after slamming her car into a house at 90mph while high on cocaine.
It was said that cocaine was discovered in Anne Heche’s bloodstream following the horrific collision, but officials confirmed that she’d not been consuming alcohol, despite being pictured with a vodka bottle in her cup holder.
A close friend of the actress told a newspaper outlet that she was in a terrible state and that the smoke inhalation was life-threatening, and that it would be a miracle if she recovers from this and comes out of the coma.
Her spokesperson said the actress lost control of her car as it careened into a home, and ignited a fire that badly burned her, leaving her in an extremely critical condition.
And although it’s extremely sad, thank goodness she didn’t take anyone with her, although she nearly did, and thankfully, by her own hand, she was her only victim with her poor choice to drive. She could have also taken out an entire family of innocents as well as the poor woman whose house she destroyed.
The drugs caught up with her, which is extremely sad, but she was reckless, and it destroyed another woman’s life. This woman has lost irreplaceable possessions, which is sad all around.
She took drugs and then drove into a house at 90mph and this was a foreseeable and moronic self-flagellation, and it’s sad that she’s gone but so fortunate that she was her only victim, although a lady lost her home, a lifetime of photos and keepsakes, and financially she may never come back from this.
There will also be the financial strain that will take its toll and her life has been shredded apart, although I’m sure the homeowner is a forgiving person who would have been more concerned about the loss of life.
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