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Ashley Judd Recalls Scary Leg Injury That Almost Led to Amputation: ‘I Am Profoundly Grateful’


Actress Ashley Judd recalled the scary leg injury she suffered during a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo that nearly led to an amputation.

I remain grateful to my siblings there who saved my life and encouraged my spirit as I was carried out of the depths of the second lung of the planet for 67 hours to get medical attention and that first pain medicine.” “It’s been a long journey to full recovery: I have had a parasite (gone now, and featured, thank you, in the New England Journal of Medicine, so exotic was it), mono, big weight gain and now loss, finally a diagnosis of a sleepiness sleep disorder (I now know why I always napped over lunch on movie sets! “We are addressing that once-paralyzed nerve and nearly amputated leg in order to add more technical hiking to my abilities: uneven terrain with loose rocks and carrying a big heavy backpack again,” she shared.

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