Owners of Bacchanal Injured
Chris Rudge, owner of Bacchanal in the Bywater and his wife, Otter, (of Backyard Ballroom) were in a very serious car accident, early Monday morning. Their friend that was driving the vehicle, passed away. Chris with his adrenaline cut him and Otter out of the vehicle himself.
Chris has severe injury to his ankle and leg, but will hopefully be alright. His wife Otter was flown to a different hospital due to her extensive list of injuries. She is currently still in ICU and her condition is ‘guarded’ as of last night.
This is a call out to our friends and neighbors of Bywater and of New Orleans. Please support Bacchanal Wine to help and keep it open, while Chris and Otter remain hospitalized. Kelly will be there from 2pm-9pm Monday through Sunday. They are asking specifically if you can pay cash, it will be appreciated while Chris is in the hospital unable to deal with banking transactions and vendor agreements. However, all patronage will be appreciated. Sunday events will go on as scheduled. They are also asking for your patronage to Saturday wine tastings from 3pm-6pm.
Additionally, we are working to get a trust fund established with the bank in which large donations can be made, as it does not appear they had health insurance. Information on that and possibly other fundraisers will follow.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:42 am
This is terrible news indeed. We had the most wonderful evening there last summer. I will keep them in my thougts and prayers.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:56 am
How awful. Will definitely have to stop by this week for vino & such. Hope you posted this to neworleans lj
April 1st, 2008 at 8:16 am
Its already on there. Send the link around, spread this. Bacchanal is an asset to the community and we should do everything we can to support them. IMHO the same goes for Backyard Ballroom.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:03 am
Oh, I am so sorry to hear about this!
I know Chris from going to Bacchanal.
I do healing work - Reiki, specifically, but also am trained in other healing modalities.
I often work in hospitals.
I would be happy to pay them a visit if they would like.
Reiki can bring tremendous healing, and in a situation like this can be very helpful to a person’s survival & healing process.
You can email me at NoLaReiki@gmail.com if they are interested.
Best,
Elizabeth
April 1st, 2008 at 10:39 pm
First, let me say I moved by how much caring response I have seen about this. It’s quite a powerful thing….
It seems that Andrea, from L’Art Noir Gallery is keeping a running email of information on this. Perhaps those wishing to help, or get further information of that sort, could contact her: andrea@lartnoirneworleans.com
The following bulletin is a repost from this evening, by Candace, from One Eyed Jacks…
Thanks for reading;
LD
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From: Candace
Date: Apr 1, 2008 8:04 PM
I just talked to Quintron and Panacea. They actually saw Otter today- shes at University Hospital in New Orleans in ICU in “Guarded” condition. She has several broken ribs and her colon was punctured. There may be other injuries but that was the main ones they told me about. The prognosis is good. They expect her to be ok. Chris has a broken ankle (or ankles) and wrist and a broken sternum (Ouch) He is also expected to be ok. Chis is in the hospital in Slidell (where apparently the wreck happened). The visiting hours in ICU are weird and Otter is still pretty out of it. So maybe wait till after shes out of ICU to go see her. Please do not send flowers to ICU as they are not permitted there. I would venture to guess that a monetary gift would be appreciated. As soon as I find out details about any fund being set up, I’ll let people know (perhaps at Bacchanal?) Please send out any prayers or good intentions their way…… Candace