8/13/2023 0 Comments Travis chimpanzee face![]() ![]() 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.She is back in a Boston hospital as doctors now hope to reverse the rejection by ending experiment and putting her back on original medication.Nash recently discovered several unusual patches on her face and doctors did a biopsy Monday that determined her body was rejecting the transplant.Doctors tried to wean her off anti-rejection drugs she had been taking since 2011 operation and put her on an experimental drug treatment.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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