What a former doctor says about Christa Pike being awake and talking after failed execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - Christa Pike is alive, awake and talking after her botched execution, according to her legal team.Paul Allen, a former doctor, said he was not surprised by the news.“I wasn’t surprised at all,” Allen said.Defense questions drug deliveryPike’s defense team believes pentobarbital may not have been going directly into her vein during the attempted execution.Allen said the drug probably could have still killed her the night of the scheduled execution if she did not receive medical care after. When Pike did not die in a certain time frame, doctors were called in to keep her alive.The Tennessee Department of Correction said it followed all protocol.“Had they just left her, I think she would have succumbed to the drug,” Allen said. “And then it was just a matter of time until the large dose of pentobarbital metabolized, came down and then she was able to respond and her breathing center worked normally.”What’s next in the caseWith Pike still alive, the focu