She told CBS Boston: 'It's given me a new life again. Just in March, Nash, who would wear a veil over her head, said the facial transplant had changed her life. When she began the experiment involving the suspension of anti-rejection drugs in March, 2015, doctors said it would eventually include other patients and its findings could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of people, military and civilian alike. Nash is blind after doctors had to remove her eyes because of a disease transmitted by the chimp. She later received new facial features taken from a dead woman in 2011 She also underwent a double hand transplant, but it failed when her body rejected the tissue. She later received new facial features taken from a dead woman. He was eventually shot to death by the police after he assaulted an officer.ĭoctors also had to remove her eyes because of a disease transmitted by the chimp. Herold stabbed Travis during the attack, but the 70-year-old failed to stop the animal. The Xanax, which is used for anxiety in humans, may have also fueled Travis' aggression. Investigators suggested Travis may have mistook Nash, who was familiar with the chimp, as an intruder after she appeared with a new hairstyle. When Nash, arrived at the house to help, the animal brutally attacked her. Herold, who died in 2010, tried to lure Travis back into the house and gave him an iced tea laced with Xanax. Travis tried to escape by taking Herold's car keys and attempted to use them on several cars. He even used the computer as his owner, Sandra Herold, treated the chimp as if he were her son. The animal, who appeared in commercials for Old Navy and Coca Cola, was thought to be domesticated since he would open doors, drink wine from a glass, eat at the dinner table, and dress himself. Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelids and hands when she was mauled in February 2009 by her employer's 200-pound pet chimpanzee named Travis in Stamford, Connecticut. I believe in the power of prayer and appreciate everyone who is praying for me.' 'I'm just happy I had the chance to help,' Nash said. Prior to the face transplant surgery, Nash wore a veiled hat to cover her face after the attack Doctors had to remove the hands shortly thereafter due to her body rejecting the transplant. Nash, who had a double hand transplant at the same time as her facial surgery, is expected to be released from the hospital within the next few days. We expect this rejection episode to be resolved within the coming week.' 'Charla is currently experiencing a moderate rejection episode, which face transplant patients experience on occasion. Overall, she is doing well,' Director of Plastic Surgery Transplantation at Brigham and Women's Hospital Dr Bohdan Pomahac said in a statement. 'The viability of Charla's face transplant is not in jeopardy. The brave woman had been taking part in a military-funded experiment in which doctors at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital tried to wean her off the anti-rejection drugs she had been taking since the 2011 operation. The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant in 2011 after being viciously attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her body is rejecting the transplant.Ĭharla Nash, 62, says doctors have decided to end an experimental drug treatment and put her back on her original medication in the hopes of reversing the rejection. Graham and Jessica Chia For and Associated Press Nash said: 'I believe in the power of prayer and appreciate everyone who is praying for me'īy Regina F.Doctors say the viability of her face transplant is not in jeopardy.
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US military funded the transplant to learn how to help wounded veterans.Attack happened when Travis escaped and Nash tried to help capture him.Charla Nash, 62, had her nose, lips, eye and hands ripped off by a chimpanzee named Travis in February 2009.Chimp attack victim hospitalized in Boston after her body rejects face transplant nearly five years later
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