Christa Pike has returned to the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Tennessee after several days in a hospital following a failed execution attempt, her attorneys said Saturday, Oct. 10. Pike’s lawyers said she is receiving medical care at the prison and that they are monitoring her recovery. In a statement, they said she was “grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances.” The hospitalization followed Tennessee’s Sept. 30 attempt to execute Pike, who survived two doses of pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly used in U.S. executions. During the procedure, Pike said her arm was burning after the first dose and asked whether that was expected, according to an account from an attorney who witnessed the attempt. After the second dose, Pike lost consciousness but continued breathing and making choking sounds, attorney Randy Spivey previously said. He described her as “a survivor.” The execution attempt is also the subject of a court order in Davidson County. Chancellor I’Ashea Myles ordered state prison officials to preserve evidence related to the attempt, including messages, after Pike’s attorneys sought to ensure records were retained. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old fellow student at the Knoxville Job Corps. Pike was 18 at the time. Her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, was also convicted and is serving life in prison without parole. Pike’s return to custody comes as questions about the failed procedure and the state’s handling of evidence remain before the court.