Ashley Judd Details ‘Harrowing’ Journey To Hospital After Shattering Her Leg In The Rainforest

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Ashley Judd is revealing the extent of her injuries.

Ashley Judd is on her way to recovery. On Monday, the actress took to Instagram where she detailed her "grueling 55-hour" rescue after shattering her leg.

Making progress. Ashley Judd shared an update on her recovery after undergoing grueling surgery for her shattered leg bones.

Ashley Judd is recovering from surgery after shattering her leg in the Democratic Republic of Congo during an excursion she took while researching an endangered species of apes, the bonobos.The actress took to Instagram to update fans on her recovery and revealed that she is «up and around already» after undergoing an 8-hour surgery to repair her bones.«I want to give my deepest and most vulnerable thanks to Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, for making split second decisions

Ashley Judd is back home and doing better.

NEW YORK -- Ashley Judd has recounted a painful ordeal she believes almost cost her leg after tripping in a Congolese rainforest and having to be evacuated by motorbike.In one of two Instagram Live videos hosted Friday by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, the actor said she was stuck on the ground for five hours with a “badly misshapen leg,” biting a stick because of pain, and “howling like a wild animal.”Judd was injured when she and researchers were up early in a rainforest looking

The New York Times‘ Nicholas Kristof in which she spoke from a South African hospital’s trauma unit.Judd, who was in the Congo to track the endangered Bonobos, explained that she sustained “massive catastrophic injuries” after tripping over a fallen tree. “What was next was an incredibly harrowing 55 hours,” she said.Recalling her evacuation from the rainforest, Judd said she spent five hours lying on the ground with her “badly misshapen leg”.

Ashley Judd revealed on social media Friday that she was involved in a "catastrophic accident" in the Congo rainforest where she nearly lost her leg. Speaking from an ICU bed, the actress and humanitarian said in an Instagram Live video with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof that she shattered her leg in four places and has nerve damage.

Ashley Judd is in intensive care after shattering her leg in an accident in the Congo. The 52-year-old actress has revealed she is currently in the ICU at a hospital in South Africa after she suffered a fall which left her with a “shattered leg in four places” as well as “nerve damage” whilst in the Congo region of the continent.

Haley Bosselman editorAfter nearly losing her leg in a “catastrophic” accident while at a research camp in a Congo rainforest, Ashley Judd is recovering at a hospital in South Africa.Judd opened up about the accident and her work in the Democratic Republic of Congo during an Instagram Live with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. Walking with a “powerful stride” early in the morning before sunrise, Judd did not see a fallen tree and tripped, shattering her leg.