Ashley Judd has had a distressing experience since breaking her leg last month in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
But the twice Golden Globe nominee is now recovering at home, where she is surrounded by the support of friends and family.
She is optimistic as she ‘drowns in the trauma’ of the painful experience and took to Instagram on Saturday with an update on how she is recovering for her 497,000 followers.
Drowning in trauma: Ashley Judd remains optimistic as she ‘drowns in trauma’ from the painful experience of shattering her leg last month in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The 52-year-old actress started the caption with the proverb Zen: ‘If I understand, things are as they are. If I don’t understand, things are as they are. ‘
She continued: ‘I don’t understand why what happened happened. I understand that I was loved and helped enormously. I understand that nights are wild agony.
Ashley thanked her doctors Phil Kregor and Todd A Rubin for ‘seven hours of intensive surgical work, brilliant and inspired by my bones and nerves’.
She also showed appreciation for the nurses, nutritionists and caretakers who took care of her during her stay.
Zen proverb: The 52-year-old lady accessed Instagram on Saturday with an update for her 497,000 followers, beginning the caption with the Zen proverb: ‘If I understand, things are as they are. If I don’t understand, things are as they are ‘(photo in March 2018)
Best sister of all time: Ashley also included a photo of older sister Wynonna Judd, 56, washing her hair in an inflatable sink to keep her patient comfortable in bed
Part of the job: Wynonna recently updated page six: ‘I was researching how to wash the hair of someone lying in bed because she texted me:’ Can you wash my hair? ‘This is where the work of an older sister resides’ (photo in November 2019)
The Double Jeopardy star wrote: ‘Now, I am in the midst of a torrent of friends and family, too numerous to mention, who took me in their soft arms in this precipitous fall.
‘They do for me what I can’t do for myself – prepare meals, wash my hair and also offer deep spiritual direction and comfort in trying to start creating an arc of meaning and purpose. They also offer and meet my need for silence. I am lost and they are my shepherd’s staff.
‘For everyone who came before me and walks beside me with physiotherapy, I had no idea. Thanks. I’m just getting started and the combination of drowning in trauma and addressing the physical body is a lot. However, you did it, and I will do it too.
She posted the caption with a photo of her and cousin Rachel Sager under a beautiful mosaic entitled Truthseeker, which Rachel created, inspired by Ashley.
Wild agony: Ashley continued: ‘I don’t understand why what happened happened. I understand that I was loved and helped enormously. I understand that nights are wild agony ‘
Thankful: she thanked her doctors Phil Kregor and Todd A Rubin for ‘seven hours of intensive surgical work, brilliant and inspired by my bones and nerves’
Home sweet home: The Double Jeopardy star wrote: ‘Now, I am in the midst of a torrent of friends and family, too numerous to mention, who took me in their soft arms in this precipitous fall’
Just the beginning: She added: ‘For everyone who came before me and walks beside me with physiotherapy, I had no idea. Thanks. I’m just getting started and the combination of drowning in trauma and addressing the physical body is a lot. However, you did it, and so did I ‘
Ashley also included a photo of older sister Wynonna Judd, 56, washing her hair in an inflatable sink to keep her patient comfortable in bed.
Wynonna recently updated page six: ‘I was researching how to wash the hair of someone lying in bed because she texted me:’ Can you wash my hair? ‘This is where the work of an older sister resides. ‘
Ashley broke her leg in four places and suffered nerve damage last month after tripping over a tree in the dark while tracking bonobos, an endangered species of monkey.
The actress Divergente was transported to a hospital in South Africa after a 55-hour rescue mission, before returning to the United States and having surgery.
Brutal injury: Ashley broke her leg in four places and suffered nerve damage last month after tripping over a tree in the dark while tracking bonobos, an endangered species of monkey (photo in February 2021)