Ashley Judd Reveals ‘Grueling 55 Hour Odyssey’ After Her Serious Leg Injury

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Ashley Judd reveals the 'grueling 55 hour odyssey' after her serious leg injury: 'Without my Congolese brothers and sisters, my internal bleeding would have likely killed me, and I would have lost my leg'

took to Instagram to give further insight into her recent gruesome accident while at a research camp in a Congo rainforest.

She thanked each person who helped her, laying out the chronology of the catastrophic accident through photos. After evacuating the rainforest, Judd recovered at a hospital in South Africa.Judd opened up about the accident and her work in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week 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.

 

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...umm.. No, once your dead they usually leave the mangled limbs in place. so.. good news / bad news. lol. I like her. glad she's ok.

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