"We are confident Charla will gain her goal to regain her health and independence in the future," he said.
Steve Nash, fighting back tears, called the operation "miraculous."
"I think her new face will allow Charla to be present when Briana graduates from college in a few short years."
#CHIMPANZEE FACE SURGERY FULL#
Charla Nash received a full face transplant in May 2010 at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital."We know it broke her heart," Pomahac said, pausing to control his emotions. Lightchaser Photography Brianna Nash sees her mother Charla Nash after surgery in an undated file photo. Charla Nash received a full face transplant in May 2010 at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. Nash Family Brianna Nash (left), and Steve Nash (center) visit their relative Charla Nash after surgery in an undated file photo. Lightchaser Photography Charla Nash is seen with her daughter, Brianna Nash (left), beofore her injury in a family photo. Reuters The Brigham and Women's Hospital team, which included more than 30 pysicians, nurses, residents and other clinical staff, are seen working in May 2010 during a 20-hour procedure to give face transplant recipient Charla Nash a new face. Nash, who was mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009, has received a full face transplant, the third surgery of its kind performed in the United States, Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital said on Friday. Reuters Face transplant recipient Charla Nash is pictured after her injury, in this undated photograph released on June 10, 2011. Nash, mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009, has received a full face transplant, the third surgery of its kind performed in the United States, Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital said on Friday. * WARNING * Photo below is graphic Face transplant recipient Charla Nash, of Stamford, Connecticut, is pictured before her injury in this undated photograph released on June 10, 2011. Herold died in 2010 due to a ruptured aneurysm. Nash's family has sued the estate of the chimp's owner, Sandra Herold, for $50 million and is seeking to sue the state for $150 million, claiming state officials could have prevented the attack. This was the third full face transplant in the United States. Bodan Pomahac with 30-member surgical team at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Nash still has an optic nerve, even though the chimp attack destroyed her eyes. Over the next few months, she will grow more control over facial muscles and feel more, allowing her to breathe through her nose and smell things. She looks just like everybody else, she said. She said her mother had recovered her original features. She looks fantastic, Nash's daughter Briana told NBC's Today Show. Still, there is hope that she could retry to get a hand transplant again later after some time. However, after the surgery, doctors could not successfully recover her hands and had to remove them due to pneumonia complications. That would be nice, Nash said before the surgery. The chimpanzee had previously been featured in television commercials for Coca-Cola and Old Navy. Travis was shot and killed by police after the incident. Chimpanzees are known to be 8 times stronger than humans. The chimpanzee, named Travis, belonged to her friend and weighed 200 pounds. During the attack, she lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids. The attack on Charla Nash, 57, took place in February 2009. The surgery, which took place in May, lasted 20 hours and took place at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. A Connecticut woman whose face was attacked by a chimpanzee has received surgery for a full face transplant.
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