The grueling 55-hour rescue Ashley Judd experienced after shattering her leg was just the start of her lengthy recovery process.
After the 52-year-old actress made it out of the jungle in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where she had tripped over a fallen tree during a visit to see the endangered bonobos monkeys, she was flown to Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa for surgery. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. I arrived to them from DRC in terrible shape and my leg had no pulse, Judd wrote. 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.
The actress, who needed a blood transfusion, was airlifted to South Africa, said the nurses there “cared for the trauma in my body as well as my soul with equal proficiency”
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