Christa Pike, a 50-year-old woman on death row, is awake and speaking in a hospital in Tennessee, US. She survived two attempts to kill her with a deadly drug last Wednesday. She was not awake for several days. Doctors are still caring for her, and guards keep her in handcuffs.

A court gave Pike the death penalty for killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Pike was 18 at the time. Experts say no other person has survived after receiving the deadly drug in this kind of execution. Doctors do not know how much of the drug entered her blood. Her lawyers say her arms have serious injuries and that she may need a long time to get better.

Tennessee officials have not said if they will try to execute Pike again. Governor Bill Lee stopped all executions in the state for the rest of the year. Pike’s lawyers will go to court in Nashville on Wednesday. They want answers about what went wrong and what will happen next.