Christa Pike was supposed to be put to death in Tennessee last Wednesday.Instead, the 50-year-old remains unconscious and critically ill in a hospital, still on a ventilator as doctors work to remove doses of the lethal barbiturate pentobarbital from her system.Pike was given two doses of the drug during the execution attempt, but according to a court filing from her legal team, problems with the IV lines meant the pentobarbital entered her body rather than properly reaching her bloodstream.Four days later, doctors are still dealing with the consequences as Pike remains unconscious in a heavily guarded hospital room.Pike’s attorney, assistant federal defender Stephen Ferrell, provided an update on her condition during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union.

He said doctors are still working to clear the two doses of pentobarbital from her system.”It remains the same. She’s still in the hospital on a ventilator, critically ill.”We don’t really know the prognosis yet, and may not know for several days.”Christa Pike was supposed to be put to death in Tennessee last Wednesday.Instead, the 50-year-old remains unconscious and critically ill in a hospital, still on a ventilator as doctors work to remove doses of the lethal barbiturate pentobarbital from her system.Pike was given two doses of the drug during the execution attempt, but according to a court filing from her legal team, problems with the IV lines meant the pentobarbital entered her body rather than properly reaching her bloodstream.Four days later, doctors are still dealing with the consequences as Pike remains unconscious in a heavily guarded hospital room.Pike’s attorney, assistant federal defender Stephen Ferrell, provided an update on her condition during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union.