Her lawyers say Christa Pike survived the execution meant to end her life.

Now back in a Tennessee prison after days unconscious, the 50-year-old faces a recovery shadowed by reported cognitive difficulties and psychological trauma, while the possibility of another execution leaves her future unresolved. Her hospital stay is over, but the unanswered questions have only deepened the unce…

Christa Pike has returned to Nashville’s Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where her attorneys say she continues receiving medical care. During the September 30 execution attempt, witnesses reportedly described repeated difficulties establishing an IV line.

Pike remained alive after a second dose of pentobarbital and was hospitalized. Her legal team had previously warned that a blood-clotting disorder could make lethal injection unnecessarily painful.

Although she can now speak and stand, her attorneys say the lasting effects remain uncertain.

Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Job Corps classmate Colleen Slemmer, whom she and then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp killed. That crime remains the foundation of her sentence as her lawyers seek a reduction to life imprisonment.

According to the report, Tennessee’s upcoming executions are paused while investigators examine what happened. Whether officials will pursue another attempt remains unresolved, leaving questions about Pike’s medical condition and legal future unanswered.