![]() “This has really given my mom the hope to move forward, a chance at a life again.” “What they’ve done for us is just so amazing,” she said. Nash said that she is hoping to attempt another double hand transplant one day.Īsked by Today what she would say to the donor’s family, Nash’s daughter, Brianna, said she would tell them how grateful she is. However, doctors later had to remove the hands because of complications that developed when Nash caught pneumonia. ![]() It was the third full face transplant in the US. She received skin, underlying muscles, blood vessels, nerves, a hard palate and teeth from a dead person who has not been named. In late May, she underwent a full face and double hand transplant in Boston. She could only eat pureed food, and she was barely understandable when she talked. Nash was left with no eyes and only a small opening where her mouth once was. The animal, named Travis, ripped off Nash’s nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by police. Nash, who is now living in a Boston-area nursing home, was attacked in February 2009 by a neighbor’s 90kg pet chimpanzee, which went berserk after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into her house in Stamford, Connecticut. Today also reported that Nash was able to eat eggs with cream cheese after the transplant - the first solid food she has been able to consume since the attack. Herold died last year of an aneurysm.The show aired footage of Nash in a hospital bed, nodding to visitors, her face smooth and features appearing nearly normal. Ms Nash's family is suing the estate of the chimpanzee's owner, Sandra Herold, for $US50 million ($A49.2 million) and wants to sue the state for $US150 million ($A147.7 million), claiming officials failed to prevent the attack. "This has really given my mum the hope to move forward, a chance at a life again." "What they've done for us is just so amazing," she said. Ms Nash said she's hoping to attempt another double hand transplant one day.Īsked by Today what she would say to the donor's family, Ms Nash's daughter, Brianna, said she'd tell them how grateful she is. ![]() It was the third full face transplant in the US.īut doctors later had to remove the hands because of complications that developed when Nash caught pneumonia. She received skin, underlying muscles, blood vessels, nerves, a hard palate and teeth from a dead person who hasn't been named. She could eat only pureed food, and she was barely understandable when she talked. Ms Nash was left with no eyes and only a small opening where her mouth once was. The animal, named Travis, ripped off Ms Nash's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by police. The show aired footage of Ms Nash in a hospital bed, nodding to visitors, her face smooth and features appearing nearly normal. "I am tremendously grateful to the donor and her family." I will be able to kiss and hug loved ones. ![]() I will have lips and will speak clearly once again. "I will now be able to do things I once took for granted," she said. In a statement released by the hospital, Ms Nash thanked all the doctors, nurses and other medical experts who helped her over the past two years. Ms Nash, 57, didn't appear on Today because relatives said she was too weak to be interviewed. ![]() The pictures of Charla Nash were first shown on NBC's Today show and were later released by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where she had face transplant surgery in May. THE new face of a woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee two years ago has been revealed for the first time in photos showing a startling transformation. ![]()
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