According to a spokesman for her family and friends, Anne Heche, an actress, has been on life support and is not expected to make it after ramming her car into two residences last Friday.
53-year-old Heche has been in the hospital since the incident, in which she is charged with speeding in her blue Mini Cooper and hitting two residences, the second of which she hit. which caught fire.
The spokesperson informed Deadline that she had anoxic brain damage. What changes does it make to the body?
hypoxic brain damage
When the brain is completely deprived of oxygen, anoxic brain damage occurs. According to the Shepherd Center, a private, nonprofit hospital in Atlanta, brain cells start to start dying off after roughly four minutes of having their oxygen supply cut off.
causes of head trauma
The brain does not always cause brain damage. Any physical injury that impairs the body's capacity to absorb oxygen, such as a stroke or injury to the lungs, can result in them.
signs of brain damage
Indicators of brain damage to watch out for include both physical limits and behavioral abnormalities, like:
- Aphrasia (difficulty speaking)
- alterations in sleeping habits
The injuries she incurred in the collision and following vehicle fire, which occurred last week when actress Anne Heche smashed her car into a Los Angeles home, are anticipated to Kill her, her relatives said in a message issued Thursday night.
The statement, which was sent to The Washington Post, stated that Anne Heche "unfortunately sustained significant anoxic brain damage owing to her accident and remains in a coma, in She is in serious condition, and her prognosis is bleak.
Heche is being kept alive on life support to see if any of her organs are still usable for donation, according to the statement. Heche is "brain dead," the spokesperson said to The Post.
"Anne had a big heart, and her kindness impacted everyone she encountered. Beyond her tremendous skill, she saw it as her life's purpose to inspire compassion and joy, especially by promoting acceptance of who you love, the statement continued. She will be missed much for her light and remembered for her brave honesty.
Heche, 53, was taken to the hospital last Friday after crashing her Mini Cooper into a home in the Mar Vista district of Los Angeles, igniting both the car and the house. Over an hour, approximately 60 firemen were needed to put out the fire. Police are looking into the potential that Heche may have been driving while intoxicated.
According to Officer Tony I'm, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department, a preliminary blood test on Heche revealed that she had drugs in her system. According to him, a second test was conducted to determine if the presence of such chemicals was related to her medical care.
Heche became well-known after making an appearance in the 1980s soap series "Another World." She went on to feature in movies including "Donnie Brasco," "Six Days, Seven Nights," and "Volcano," and she is most known for her three-and-a-half-year romance with Ellen DeGeneres that took place in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Heche purchased a wig from a salon before the accident on Friday morning, and the proprietor told the Los Angeles Times that she appeared to be in high spirits and not inebriated. Citing untimed footage, TMZ said that Heche struck an apartment complex garage before veering off down the street. Minutes before the collision was reported, surveillance video from another house captured a blue Mini Cooper racing down a residential street.
The Times stated that Heche was removed from the vehicle with significant burns. Days later, a spokesperson informed media outlets that the actress had fallen into a coma.
A GoFundMe account was started for the home's resident, who, according to the fundraising statement, "very narrowly averted bodily damage" but lost many of her valuables.
Heche's family expressed gratitude to the Grossman Burn Center team and "everyone for their warm thoughts and prayers for Anne's recovery" in a statement released late on Thursday.
