Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike said Friday that she has been in pain every moment since her failed execution a month ago, BBC News, CBS News and Fox News report. It was her first public statement since the September 30 execution attempt, the outlets report.

"Several days later I woke up alone in a hospital confused and in pain," Pike said in a statement dictated to her lawyers, CBS News and Fox News report. "My body hurts. My arms hurt. My hands hurt. My throat hurts. I still struggle to speak," she said, the outlets report.

Pike, 50, survived two doses of the drug pentobarbital and was taken to a hospital, the outlets report. She was later discharged and returned to prison. BBC News and CBS News say she is believed to be the only person known to have survived an execution attempt by lethal injection.

"I had not contemplated life beyond that night, and I'm deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position," Pike said, BBC News and Fox News report. Fox News reports she said she is largely isolated in the prison's medical ward.

Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, the outlets report. Governor Bill Lee has paused executions for the rest of the year and ordered an independent review, BBC News and CBS News report. "I suspect her sentence will be the same as before unless determined otherwise by the courts," Lee said this week, BBC News and CBS News report. Pike's lawyers have asked Lee to commute her sentence, CBS News and Fox News report.

What we know: Pike says she remains in pain a month after surviving her execution.
What we don't: Whether Tennessee will try to execute her again.