Nash went on the Oprah Show and displayed her blank and mangled features.īut she's generally been loathe to go out in public without a veil. (You can listen here, but be warned, it's EXTREMELY disturbing.)įollowing her initial restorative surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. A harrowing 911 recording from the chimp's owner, pleading with police to come and shoot the rampaging chimp, has been widely circulated. Many people know of Nash because her injuries were so horrific – the angry chimp ripped off her face and gnawed her hands and forearm. She will need lifelong immune-suppressing drugs to prevent the donor tissue from being rejected. Nash is still on and off a ventilator and sedated much of the time, although Pomahac says she is communicating through nods and arm gestures. Her eyes had to be removed after the attack. She could eat, smell, express her emotion and feel the face.' When the transplanted tissue heals and nerves regrow – a process that will take at least nine months and possibly longer – Pomahac says Nash 'should control the face well. 'We're optimistic that should Charla choose in the future, we could transplant the hands again, should a suitable donor be identified.'ĭespite the loss of the hands, Pomahac says, 'I consider it still a success' because Nash has a very good chance of regaining 'a very functional face.' 'After several days of doing everything possible to retain the hands, it was clear that they were not thriving,' Pomahac said at a press conference.

That compromised blood flow to the transplanted hands, so surgeons had to remove them. But after the operation Nash suffered a blood infection that caused her blood pressure to crash. In a 20-hour operation, surgeon Bohdan Pomahac says the team transplanted hands from the same donor. Charla Nash: Transplant animation from BWH Public Affairs on Vimeo.

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