Anne's accident

Apologies if this is the first news that you’re hearing about this. Anne was in a very serious accident in Buenos Aires on Saturday morning. She came to visit her parents for a vacation. She was out for her morning run and was hit by a car. She is currently in the ICU and is recovering. The best news is that her brain injuries are stable and have been healing for several days. Anne still needs surgery on her shoulder, and if all goes well she will transfer to a world-class hospital tomorrow here in Buenos Aires. She should spend the rest of her time in ICU and recovery (and surgery) at this next hospital. I’ll send out the contact information there once she’s transferred, since that might be a place where you could send mail and probably even call.

Anne is on a lot of drugs for the pain, and sleeping is her main interest. She was more alert today than yesterday. She remembers yesterday pretty well, but nothing from the the accident Saturday morning, or Sunday. Her memories pick up again on Monday. Although, she does remember seeing the kids Sunday night. Anne is still herself - she just wants to leave the hospital and get back to Puerto Madryn to recover. She is strong and a fighter and will pull through. Her transfer is exciting for the kids, because they’ll likely get to start seeing her starting tomorrow. They were only allowed to see her for a few minutes Sunday night. This has been a real tragedy - the kids being here but not getting so see their mom:(

Thanks to all of you for the support! It is impossible to keep up with all of your messages individually. It would require a personal assistant or something, and Carmela just can’t type that fast yet. I just got a new phone (yes, I now have an iPhone) and the thing is blowing up with messages that must have been building up over the past several decades. My number is +54 117 030 8850. 

We have new information on the accident - Anne was out on her morning run when a driver ran a red light. The car is in police impound and legal actions are being taken. I do not know specifics about the situation yet, but the information will begin to arrive soon. Lots of people have asked about this, so hopefully this is enough information for now.

There is a youcaring site, https://www.youcaring.com/annebutoleache-1017078, thanks to the Seattle crew for setting that up. I don’t have the emotional bandwidth to look at it yet. I’ll do that with Anne when she gets out of the ICU.

I'll try to keep everyone updated here until Anne is able to take over again and write one hell of a blog. Maybe she will even post a picture of her scar - it's F&*^@%# AWESOME!

J - e - l - l - o