the Weinstein ex-thot hit the wall hard both physically and internally.
Posted on 02/12/2021 5:46:24 PM PST by EdnaMode
Actress, author and humanitarian Ashley Judd is recuperating at a South African trauma unit after almost losing a leg in a “catastrophic” fall in a Congo rainforest.
In an Instagram Live chat with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof – watch it below – Judd, speaking from her ICU bed, says she was walking in a Congo rainforest when she tripped over a fallen tree, shattering her leg. Judd, a frequent visitor to Congo, was doing work to track the Bonobos, an endangered great apes species.
Describing “an incredibly harrowing 55 hours” during which she was transported, in part by being hand-carried out, in part on a six-hour motorbike trip, from the remote rainforest location to a medical center in South Africa, Judd holds up the stick that she was biting to distract from the pain, “howling like a wild animal.” The actress, sister of Wynona Judd and daughter of Naomi Judd, recalls fading in and out of consciousness as she went into shock, repeatedly reciting “the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want” from Psalm 23.
Judd tells Kristof that despite the pain – “at the very edge of my edge” – and fear, she was fully aware of her “privilege” in having the opportunity to transfer to a fully equipped medical facility. Most Congolese people, she says, would have remained in the village, lost the leg and maybe a their life.
“The difference between a Congolese person and me is disaster insurance that allowed me 55 hours after my accident to get to an operating table in South Africa,” she says, adding that Congo villages lack not only electricity but “a simple pill to kill the pain when you’ve shattered a leg in four places and have nerve damage.”
Judd further explained on her own Instagram page, writing that she decided to speak out about the accident to spread the word about “what it means to be Congolese in extreme poverty with no access to health care, any medication for pain, any type of service, or choices.”
She continues, “Please join us and learn what it is like for much of the world – and how you can help. Bonobos matter. And so do the people in whose ancestral forest they range and the other 25,600,000 Congolese in need of humanitarian assistance.”
If you plan to travel to far away places, be double, triple sure that you have a Disaster Insurance Policy that covers your country of concern. Ashley or her agent was smart enough to get that in place first.
The Trump curse is a beautiful thing.
Poetic justice for a hateful leftist.
How much of her personal Hollywood wealth has she donated to any small Congo villages to help build even small health clinics?
She’s crazy, and time has caught up.
She was alright in Kiss the Girls and Double Jeopardy.
“Inner Demons” ?
With Her it’s “Legions!”
I worked for Dario,Her Ex,
When they were dating. One
Evil gal then,just Mean.
Since she lost that immediate opportunity the only thing left to do is pledge her net worth to the Congolese.
Ah.... more ‘fight’ signaling, from the left.
Yawn.
What happened to her mother who years ago went on and on about having acquired terminal hepatitis during her nursing career? It was the reason, supposedly, that she was ending her country music career. My, what a dramatic announcement that was! Tears, posing as martyr, begging for sympathy.
What a crock that was. As far as I know, Naomi Judd is still alive and kicking. Am I wrong?
From South Park:
[Bridge. Man sings] Someday if we work hard, boys and girls,
Each year, the Rainforest is responsible for over three thousand deaths from accidents, attacks or illnesses.
[Woman sings] There’ll be no more rainforests left in the entire world!
There are over seven hundred things in the Rainforest that cause cancer.
[Man joins her] World!
Join the fight now and help stop the Rainforest before it’s too late.
Nice luggage....
Rub some dirt on it.
“Something or somebody must have fallen on her leg.”
They’re saying clearly, “she tripped on a fallen tree.”
She notes that she is very privileged to get to a Western hospital after being carried by hand, then by motorbike, etc. But evidently she is not so privileged that she was flown out by helicopter... Bwahahahahah.
75 y/o and ticking.
The Congo, eh?
I remember the Congo.
Sears Tower.....deep dish pizza.....the Bears....
Wait a minute.....that was Philadelphia.
Not a fan of Ashley. But glad to hear she repeatedly reached for prayer. Although knowing her this article is probably a set up to shoot it as a film or tv special in the future or to generate future work by sympathy, recognition, and virtue signaling sadly. But I wish her well in her recovery.
Always found her attractive because she had a unusual look … not the usual blond crap you typically have foisted on you as beauty Hollywood style. Perhaps the most beautiful, in my estimation, is Jennifer O’Niell … the actress in ‘Summer of ‘42’.
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