Ashley Judd is celebrating her “stunning recovery” as she marks two and half years since she shattered her leg within the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In February 2021, the actress suffered a horrific injury after she tripped over a fallen tree while walking through a rainforest within the African country.
On Saturday, Judd, 55, shared photos during which she was seen mountain climbing the Alps while on a visit to Switzerland.
“Walking. Switzerland. After 5 breaks in right leg, a paralyzed foot, possible amputation, all while hemorrhaging, my leg and I even have come far in 2.5 years since my accident in Democratic Republic of Congo,” the “Double Jeopardy” star wrote within the caption.
She continued, “We got here far up these Alps, for the sheer joy of it, confidently. Ongoing gratitude of profound proportions to the Congolese who saved me, and the surgeons, neurologist, and physical therapist who set me up for this stunning recovery.”
“How are you celebrating your blessings?”
The slideshow that Judd posted featured images of the blue sky, a waterfall, a butterfly and scenic views of the mountain range.
In one among the photos, the California native was seen from behind as she walked along a trail with trekking poles.
Judd was pictured beaming as she stood at the bottom of a waterfall in one other snap. The Emmy Award nominee was seen sitting in front of a standard alpine stone cabin in one other photo.
Judd previously detailed her “grueling 55-hour” after the injury, which landed her within the ICU. The actress was flown to Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa for surgery.
“I arrived to them from DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo] 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 so they cared for the trauma in my body in addition to my soul with equal proficiency.”
The star was eventually flown to an American hospital where she underwent an 8-hour operation to repair her shattered leg. Judd spent months in intense physical therapy with a view to have the ability to walk again.
Five months after her accident, Judd shared photos of herself mountain climbing at Swiss National Park and thanked the individuals who aided her in her recovery.
“My leg won’t ever be the identical,” Judd wrote. “She is a latest leg. And I really like her. We’re buddies. We have now a come a great distance and we’ve got a wonderful life ahead. I even have been loved and understood and helped in my healing.”
In January 2022, Judd accomplished a 25-mile hike to mark the 11-month anniversary of her accident.
Last October, Judd revealed that she had suffered one other leg injury over the summer, which she said was resulting from grief-associated clumsiness after the death of her mother.
During a conversation series in association with UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Judd recalled the “freak accident” fractured her femoral condyle near the knee last summer just months after her mom Naomi Judd, 76, died by suicide, in response to the Hollywood Reporter.
Judd has said she was the one who found her mother on April 30, 2022 on the country music star’s Tennessee home.
The actress said her newer leg injury was not serious and healed in “two months, lickety-split” and truly made her pause to grieve.
“It was what it was,” she said. “Clumsiness is related to grief, and there have been other people in our family, after mom died, who fell down stairs and had accidents, and that’s just what mine happened to seem like. It really allowed me to grieve. It really allowed me to stop what I used to be working on at that moment and to grieve.”
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