As fans may remember, actress and activist Ashley Judd took to Instagram last week to thank the men and women who saved her life after a recent, devastating hiking accident in the Congo.
Now, the 52-year-old is giving her Instagram folloeers an update on her condition after almost losing her life.
"Friends. Without my Congolese brothers and sisters, my internal bleeding would have likely killed me, and I would have lost my leg," Ashley wrote on Instagram.
"I wake up weeping in gratitude, deeply moved by each person who contributed something life-giving and spirit salving during my grueling 55-hour odyssey," she explained, before sharing touching stories of every single person who kept her alive.
"Dear Friends, Ubuntu. I am because we are. I want to give my deepest and most vulnerable thanks to Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, for making split second decisions upon my arrival," she began.
"I arrived to them from DRC in terrible shape and my leg had no pulse. I desperately needed a blood transfusion. Their sisters (nurses) are exemplary, technically top notch, and they cared for the trauma in my body as well as my soul with equal proficiency."
"What he did was significant and I am forever in his debt. It must be noted I was being cared for during the Covid B.1.351 strain that is plaguing RSA. Sunninghill is world class and a wonder. Thank you to my trauma surgeon, anesthesiologist, head of nursing, hospital management - everyone."
"Eventually I was qualified to have the 8-hour surgery to repair the bones, decompress the hemorrhaging nerve and pick the shards of bones out of the nerve. I am now recovering from surgery."
The actress ended her update: "Let us always remember those without insurance. Let us remember those who do not have choices. Let us remember those who are lonely and afraid."
