The actress Anne Heche, who suffered terrible burns in a horrific car crash last Friday in Los Angeles, is reportedly going to be taken off life support and is not expected to make it.
Heche’s loved ones had apparently been holding out hope that the actress might live, but they have now opted to remove her from the ventilator after the diagnosis of brain death by physicians.
“We want 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 Center at West Hills hospital,” a rep for Heche’s family told Deadline. “Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition. She is not expected to survive.”
According to Heche’s wishes, the family will now decide if any of her organs can be given, the spokesman said.
“It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable,” they said.
“Anne had a huge heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit. More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy as her life’s work –especially moving the needle for acceptance of who you love. She will be remembered for her courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light,” the statement concluded.
At the time of the collision that destroyed a woman’s home and business, Heche was apparently under the influence of cocaine and maybe fentanyl.