Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution attempt in Tennessee earlier this week, remains hospitalized in critical condition, her lawyers said in a new statement Friday.
\n\nShe is unconscious, intubated and breathing through a ventilator. The death row inmate is also being treated for “significant injuries to both arms” sustained when two lethal injections of pentobarbital failed to kill her.
\n\nAt one point, Pike said it felt like her arm was exploding, and she could be heard whimpering, according to her legal team.
\n\n“We are working closely with those closest to Christa to respect her wishes, safeguard her privacy and protect her rights as a patient during this extraordinarily difficult time,” attorney Luke Ihnen said in a statement. “We ask that the public and the media respect that privacy as well.”
\n\nThe state of Tennessee attempted to put Pike to death Wednesday night by lethal injection for a murder she committed when she was 18.
\n\nPike, now 50, has been on death row for decades and would have been the first woman executed in the state in 200 years.
\n\nNBC News earlier reported that there was no emergency medical oxygen in the execution room in case something went wrong.
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