![]() The men and women serving our country are the true heroes. "I gave it my all and know my participation in the study will still be beneficial," Nash said in a statement to The AP. She had recently noticed strange patches on her face and doctors found her body was rejecting the transplanted skin. Read: Amusement Park Allows Its Chimpanzee to Smoke Cigarettes, Says Animal Rights Group Nash has been removed from the study and returned to her original medication, Phomahac said, according to The Associated Press. ![]() The study was designed to benefit military members with transplants from war-related injuries. She is participating in a military-funded medical experiment to try to wean her off anti-rejections meds that can have debilitating side effects. TRAVIS the chimp was raised like a human child he would play, wear nappies, dress in clothes, and even starred in adverts for Pepsi. Bohdan Pomachac said in a statement that Nash will leave the hospital in a day or two. Her eyes had to be removed because of disease transmitted by the chimpanzee.ĭr. In 2009, the then 50-year-old went to visit her pal Sandra Herold in Stamford Connecticut, where she had raised her pet chimpanzee Travis for most of his life. “My thoughts were always ‘How is she allowed this animal in her house? What if he gets loose someday and somebody gets hurt?’ “I know the animals are cute - but they're just not pets.”Īfter the attack, her family sought permission to sue Connecticut for £100 million for failing to seize the animal before the attack.īut her action was denied after authorities said state law did not prohibit the private ownership of chimpanzees at the time of the attack.The 62-year-old woman lost most of her face and hands in 2009 when a friend’s 200-pound chimp mauled her. 11 Charla Nash revealed the horrific extent of her injuries on Oprah Credit: OPRAH When Charla Nash was savagely mauled by her friend's pet chimpanzee, it was a wonder she survived at all. “I remember looking at him in his cage and feeling sorry for him,” added Charla. Sandra died of an aneurysm four years ago. Talking about Travis the chimp, who was shot dead by police, she said she never felt at ease around the monkey after it was locked up in Sandra Herold’s Connecticut home. That was my favourite, salads.”Ĭharla said she hoped one day she will be able to move back home after finding staff and residents now keep their distance out of fear. I'm starting to get back into eating salads again. I can chew chicken, it's a little softer. “They just made some bottom teeth for me recently,” she said. She puts herself through gruelling physical therapy on her face as she works to strengthen her jaw. She explained how she now spends her days listening to audio books alone and going for walks in the grounds of her nursing home in Massachusetts. A woman whose face and hands were ripped off by her friend’s pet chimpanzee has launched a bid to sue the state of Connecticut for 150 million (£90 million) in damages. I don't know what my future is, that's the scary part.” “Sometimes you want to cry, you want out, you want some kind of home. ![]() Not even live - half-live,” Charla added. Recently she was fitted with teeth that allow her to chew tougher foods, such as chicken. Two years after the assault Charla underwent reconstructive surgery and was given a new face.ĭoctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston also fitted the single mum with a glass eye but were unsuccessful in attempts to transplant a hand. ![]() The monkey called, Travis, seriously disfigured her and she sustained extensive damage to her eyes, nose, lips and hands. The 60-year-old was left fighting for her life in February 2009 after a friend’s pet chimp launched a brutal attack on her. I could change my own truck tyre, and now I can’t even feed myself.” “Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot I can do,” she said. A woman who had her face and hands ripped off by a chimpanzee, has told of her battle to cope five years on.Ĭharla Nash spoke about the isolation she feels but added she was determined to get better regardless.Īnd now, three years after her face transplant, Charla is even practising expressions so she can learn to smile again.īut she revealed that other residents at the American care home where she lives no longer go near her because of her appalling injuries.
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