She survived two attempts to administer the lethal injection drug pentobarbital on September 30, leaving her in critical condition. J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/File Photo Christa Pike, a 50-year-old death row inmate in the United States, has been discharged from hospital 10 days after surviving a botched execution in Tennessee, her lawyers said on Saturday. Pike has been returned to the prison where she has been held for the past 30 years and continues to receive medical care, according to a statement from her legal team. She survived two attempts to administer the lethal injection drug pentobarbital on September 30, leaving her in critical condition. Earlier this week, Pike regained consciousness and began speaking, surprising medical professionals, legal experts and her lawyers. “She is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances,” her lawyers said. Pike's case has raised unprecedented questions about the state's next steps. She is believed to be the only person to have survived an execution attempt by lethal injection. During a court hearing on Wednesday, Tennessee Assistant Attorney General Will Ayers told a judge that he did not know whether the state intended to make another attempt to execute Pike. The judge also ordered Tennessee officials to preserve all evidence related to the failed injections, potentially laying the groundwork for future legal action against the state. Following the failed execution, Pike lost consciousness and was taken to a local hospital. Her legal team initially feared she had suffered brain death and believed doctors might soon withdraw life support. However, she regained consciousness and began speaking again on Tuesday. Her lawyer, Randy Spivey, said her first words were reportedly, “Where am I?” and “Who are you?” At a news conference on Wednesday, Pike's lawyers said she had been shackled to her hospital bed and was suffering from pneumonia and significant swelling in her arms. She was also unable to swallow. “We don't know the toll all of this will take” on her mental health, Spivey said, adding that Pike appeared “angry and confused”. Her lawyers had previously warned that she faced a long recovery. The precise nature of the medical treatment she is receiving following her return to prison has not been disclosed. Pike was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, tortured and killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. The pair had met Slemmer at a job-training camp for low-income young people. Pike was subsequently convicted of the murder and sentenced to death.