# US death row inmate Christa Pike says she was prepared to die by execution, but instead woke up alone in a hospital, confused and in pain. In September, the 50-year-old survived two lethal injections of the drug pentobarbital, which left her in a critical condition in Tennessee. In her first statement since the botched execution, Pike says her entire body hurts, and she is still struggling to speak. She added that she is deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position.
Christa Pike says she is in constant physical pain since her botched execution