![]() “What they’ve done for us is just so amazing,” she said. 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, Nash’s daughter, Brianna, said she’d tell them how grateful she is. It was the third full face transplant in the U.S.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. 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’s now living in a Boston-area nursing home, was attacked in February 2009 by a neighbor’s 200-pound pet chimpanzee, which went berserk after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into her house in Stamford, Conn. “Today” also reported that Nash was able to eat eggs with cream cheese after the transplant - the first solid food she’s had since the attack. The show aired footage of 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,” Nash said in the statement. In a statement released by the hospital, Nash thanked all the doctors, nurses and other medical experts who helped her over the past two years. Nash, 57, didn’t appear on “Today” because relatives said she was too weak to do an interview. They were later released by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where she had face transplant surgery in May. The pictures of Charla Nash were first shown on NBC’s “Today” show and in Hearst Connecticut Newspapers on Thursday morning. Own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass.The new face of a Connecticut woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee two years ago was revealed for the first time Thursday in photos showing a startling transformation. Them the chimpanzee was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his Only after he became too tired to resist.Īt the time of the 2003 incident, police said the Herolds told Treats and ice cream in an attempt to lure him, but subdued him Incident in 2003 when he escaped from his owners' vehicle inĭowntown Stamford for two hours. Police have dealt with the animal in the past, including an Maybe from the medications he was out of sorts. We have no indication of whatĬonklin said the chimp has been ill from Lyme disease, "so "He rides in a car every day, he opens doors, he's a "He's been raised almost like a child by this family," Conklin Television pilot, according to a 2003 story in The Advocate Well-known around Stamford because he rode around in trucksīelonging to his owners' towing company, Travis appeared on TVĬommercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola when he was younger, made anĪppearance on the "Maury Povich Show" and took part in a Two police officers also suffered injuries. Herold was also taken to the hospital after she began having chest pains, officials said. She suffered life-threatening injuries with severe facial and extremity bites and lacerations, according to fire officials. ![]() The victim was identified as 55-year-old Charla Nash. ![]() Home, through the house and to his living quarters, where he had Trail of his blood down the driveway, into the open door of the ![]() Officer who then shot the chimpanzee several times, Conklin said. Opened the door to one cruiser and started to get in, trapping an The officers, who retreated into their cars, Conklin said. Officers set up security so medics could reach theĬritically injured woman lying on the ground, Conklin said.Īs the woman was treated, the chimpanzee went after several of Travis ran away and started roaming on Herold's property. Police arrived on the scene a short time later. Pet numerous times in an effort to save her friend, who was really "She retrieved a large butcher knife and stabbed her longtime Richard Conklin said Herold wrestled with the animal, Police said they had no idea why the 15-year-old chimpanzee,Īttacked the woman. Witnesses told Eyewitness News that when that friend arrived, she got out of her car and Travis immediately attacked her. Travis apparently wanted to go for a ride, investigators said. The owner, 70-year-old Sandy Herold, called a friend to help get the chimp named Travis back into the house. According to police, the 200-pound chimp somehow found the keys to the house at 241 Rock Rimmon Road shortly after 3:30 p.m. ![]()
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