Christa Pike's attorney says she's 'up and walking' more than a week after botched execution

Christa Pike, the Tennessee death row inmate who survived two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital last week, is "up and walking," according to one of her lawyers."What's been described to me is that physically there's quite a bit going on, that her arms are very injured and she's not able to use them very much," attorney Stephen Ferrell told BBC Radio 4 early Thursday."She is up and walking for the first time today, but just around the room, not very far."He went on to say it remains unclear whether she suffered "permanent damage" and that her head is "somewhat foggy."CHRISTA PIKE NOW CONSCIOUS AND TALKING AFTER SURVIVING 2 DOSES OF LETHAL INJECTION DRUGChrista Gail Pike is seen during her trial for the murder of Colleen A.

Slemmer March 18, 1996, in Knox County Criminal Court.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)"She can lose her train of thought really easily and forgets where she's going," he said.Neither Ferrell nor a spokesperson for Pike's legal team responded to requests for comment Thursday morning.Dr.

Joel Zivot, an anesthesiologist who advises Pike's legal team, told Fox News Thursday that he believes she's still in the intensive care unit.DEATH ROW INMATE UNCONSCIOUS ON VENTILATOR AFTER BOTCHED EXECUTION FOR TEEN’S KILLING: ATTORNEYSAn undated portrait photograph of Colleen Slemmer provided by her mother.(May Martinez/Special to the News Sentinel)Randy Spivey, another attorney for Pike, said outside a Nashville courthouse Wednesday that her legal team did not expect her to wake up, believing she was "brain dead" Monday evening."To the shock of everyone, including me, including her team and including the medical team, Christa woke up and began talking," he said.

"I do not have an explanation for what happened between Monday night and Tuesday morning, but what we do know is that Christa has a long road to recovery."WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT PENTOBARBITAL AFTER DEATH ROW INMATE SURVIVES 2 LETHAL INJECTION DOSESRandy Spivey, an attorney for Chris...