How is ashley judd related to wynonna judd

Ashley explained from a hospital bed that she was "in an ICU trauma unit in beautiful South Africa, which has taken me in from the Congo, a country I deeply love which is not, unfortunately, equipped to deal with massive catastrophic injuries like I have had. She added, "And the difference between a Congolese person and me is disaster insurance that allowed me 55 hours after my accident to get to an operating table in South Africa.

Ashley went on to explain that she had shattered her leg in four places and suffered nerve damage. And although the actress was able to seek medical attention, she highlighted many Congolese people's lack of access to "a simple pill to kill the pain" in a similar circumstance. A post shared by Nicholas Kristof nickkristof. Here's where you might want to skip over the details if you're squeamish about injuries. Evidently, Ashley tripped over a fallen tree during an excursion after a malfunctioning headlamp made it difficult to see where she was going.

More than 15 years later, Judd now knows more of her family's story: Jordan also fathered a son with a different woman. His name is Michael, she says, and he is 53 years old and lives in Kentucky. Judd, also a Kentucky native, is now 56, making the half-siblings about three years apart.

Judd tells Cohen that she met Michael "yesterday," in an interview that aired on Wednesday Oct. Ashley was feeling well enough to ask her older sister for help washing her hair, as she's largely laying on her back to let her leg heal. Wynonna said she is "still processing" her sister's frightening accident and the true danger she was in. Several days after the rescue, Ashley took to Instagram to share photos of the extraction effort and reflected on what could easily have been a fatal accident.

The "Is It Over Yet" singer added that she had seen Ashley for the first time since the accident "the other day," calling her sister's recovery "a miracle. This isn't the first time Ashley has leaned on family following her hour rescue to bring her from the DRC to South Africa after she suffered nerve damage, internal bleeding and a shattered leg broken in four spots.

She added, "Their sisters nurses are exemplary, technically top notch, and they cared for the trauma in my body as well as my soul with equal proficiency. Ashley suffered the injury after she tripped over a fallen tree during a visit to see endangered bonobos monkeys.