Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt

Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5060x3373+0+0/resize/5060x3373!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F01%2F97%2Faef5f81d4712b66cdce4001fc3b6%2Fap26280677262297.jpg' alt='Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.'/><p>Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday.</p><p>(Image credit: George Walker IV)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5996402' />