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Ashley Judd Recuperating From “Catastrophic” Leg Injury After Fall In Congo Rainforest
Deadline ^ | February 12, 2021 | Greg Evans

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.”


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies; Travel
KEYWORDS: ashleyjudd; bonobos; congo; judd; nastywoman; rainforest; trump
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To: EEGator
Idiotic pose. Anyway...



the Weinstein ex-thot hit the wall hard both physically and internally.
41 posted on 02/12/2021 6:23:43 PM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: EdnaMode

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.


42 posted on 02/12/2021 6:24:01 PM PST by lee martell
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To: EdnaMode

The Trump curse is a beautiful thing.


43 posted on 02/12/2021 6:25:54 PM PST by gcparent (Justice Amy Coney Barrett)
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To: EdnaMode

Poetic justice for a hateful leftist.


44 posted on 02/12/2021 6:27:35 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: BobL

How much of her personal Hollywood wealth has she donated to any small Congo villages to help build even small health clinics?


45 posted on 02/12/2021 6:27:39 PM PST by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: rollo tomasi

She’s crazy, and time has caught up.
She was alright in Kiss the Girls and Double Jeopardy.


46 posted on 02/12/2021 6:27:46 PM PST by EEGator
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To: newfreep

“Inner Demons” ?
With Her it’s “Legions!”
I worked for Dario,Her Ex,
When they were dating. One
Evil gal then,just Mean.


47 posted on 02/12/2021 6:29:13 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: liberalh8ter
She should have set the example and not used her “privilege” to receive medical care.

Since she lost that immediate opportunity the only thing left to do is pledge her net worth to the Congolese.

48 posted on 02/12/2021 6:31:56 PM PST by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!)
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To: rollo tomasi

Ah.... more ‘fight’ signaling, from the left.

Yawn.


49 posted on 02/12/2021 6:32:39 PM PST by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: Secret Agent Man

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?


50 posted on 02/12/2021 6:32:51 PM PST by PA Presbyterian (Never Surrender!)
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To: EdnaMode

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.


51 posted on 02/12/2021 6:37:11 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: EdnaMode

Next time don't be such a nasty woman. BTTT.
52 posted on 02/12/2021 6:37:28 PM PST by conservative98
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To: EEGator

Nice luggage....


53 posted on 02/12/2021 6:39:07 PM PST by gathersnomoss (I know nothing, NOTHING!)
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To: EdnaMode
Walk it off, Judd.

Rub some dirt on it.

54 posted on 02/12/2021 6:39:46 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: EdnaMode
The Congo, eh? Ashley should have watched the film Empire of Dust
55 posted on 02/12/2021 6:41:23 PM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: lee martell

“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.


56 posted on 02/12/2021 6:41:26 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: PA Presbyterian

75 y/o and ticking.


57 posted on 02/12/2021 6:41:54 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EdnaMode

The Congo, eh?

I remember the Congo.

Sears Tower.....deep dish pizza.....the Bears....

Wait a minute.....that was Philadelphia.


58 posted on 02/12/2021 6:46:10 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity
Wow. What a story. Glad to hear your friend is ok as well as his leg. I had a serious injury in my ear while flying in Costa Rica and upon landing the only one to help was a rural, Spanish only speaking doctor. It was a long story. But all I can say is having ANY sort of health concern or injury in certain countries is not only terrifying. But could be life and limb changing just by the nature of where it occurred.

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.

59 posted on 02/12/2021 6:49:29 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Arones

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’.


60 posted on 02/12/2021 6:51:28 PM PST by BluH2o
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