cnd Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 After two years of living behind a veil, Charla Nash revealed on TODAY the new face that science has given her, a visage that replaces the one mangled in a vicious attack by a friend’s pet chimpanzee that left her without a nose, eyes or lips. That Charla survived the attack at all is amazing in itself. But the new face that Charla has shown the world seems nothing short of miraculous. Once again she has a nose and lips. Once again she may be able to do the simple things we all take for granted: to literally smell the roses, to taste her food, and to breathe through her own nose. Her first meal after the surgery: Eggs and cream cheese. “I’m beginning to feel my jaw and chin,” Charla told TODAY. “And I can move my mouth and smile. I still feel weak. But little by little I’m getting stronger.” Her daughter, Brianna, is thrilled by Charla’s progress. “It’s just good to see such rapid progress and the happiness that wasn’t there before,” she told TODAY’s Ann Curry. “A new hope has sparked. It’s so nice to see her at it again.” Seeing emotions play across Charla’s new face has been amazing, Briana told Curry. “Just for her to make an expression – something we had to take from her words before,” Brianna said. “It’s nice that her body language can say what she feels.” As for Charla, she’s working hard at getting back some of what she once had. “I think she is impatient for recovery,” Brianna told TODAY. “Her speech is getting much better and she’s been getting up and starting to eat.” When Charla told doctors at a recent follow-up visit that she’d regained her sense of smell, an amazed Brianna could only utter one word: “Wow.” Back in May, in a grueling 20-hour surgery, doctors gave Charla her new face. The 30-member surgical team, under the leadership of Dr. Bohdan Pomanhac at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, performed a groundbreaking full face and double hand transplant. More: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44096766/ns/today-today_health/t/chimp-attack-victim-reveals-her-new-face/#.TkUKiWH4JeI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--- Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 That story is such a tragedy the amount of emotional and psychological pain... (not to mention the physical pain) i cant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 My heart goes out to her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexus97 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 damn she looks good! compared to some of the other facial transplant ive seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.omner Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 ;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 not a flattering photo... can we wait until she's out the hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexus97 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 not a flattering photo... can we wait until she's out the hospital? well this is how she looked before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaLpHieReBeL516 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 she should get someone to beat her "friend's" ass who the fuck has a chimp as a pet, besides mj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaLpHieReBeL516 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 well this is how she looked before OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalQuin Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 This is why I do gold fish is puppies.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 No Lexus.. I would prefer a photo where she doesn't look like she's asleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtraordinary Xternal Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I'm glad they were able to fix her face... bless her heart and the people who made it possible maybe now she can move on with her life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Wow that's terrible about the chimp attack, but good for her getting some of her senses back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Damn And Ma (lexus), you could have at least used the spoiler feature and put that picture in it (though I would have looked anyways ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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