He said she will most likely leave the hospital in the next day or two. Pomahac said doctors have removed Nash from the experiment and put her back on her original medication. Anti-rejection drugs can have serious side effects, and the military had funded the experiment in hopes of using the findings to help soldiers who had transplants after returning from war. Nash was taking part in an experiment in which doctors had tried to wean her off the anti-rejection drugs she had been taking since the 2011 operation. Bohdan Pomahac, director of plastic surgery transplantation at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said Wednesday that Charla Nash is experiencing a "moderate rejection episode" and the transplant is not in jeopardy. HARTFORD, Connecticut - The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her body is rejecting tissue from the transplant.ĭr. He spoke to earlier this year when Nash first revealed on the Oprah Winfrey show both her mangled face and her desire to receive a transplant.Charla Nash had been taking part in an experiment in which doctors at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital had tried to wean her off the anti-rejection drugs she had been taking since the 2011 operation. Richard Winters of the department of facial and plastic surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.
"A double transplant makes finding a donor more difficult, although face is the primary determinant of donor selection, hand must match as well," said Dr. Charla Nash before she was attacked by a chimpanzee. After her evaluation at Brigham and Women's she will live at an assisted living center near Boston.ĭoctors said Nash's blindness made it unlikely that she would be approved for a hand transplant, given the difficulty she would have using a new hand if she were unable to see. Lawyer: Hospital cannot perform face, hand transplant surgery on chimp victim. Nash left Cleveland on May 6, after nearly a year and half there, where she underwent surgery and regular rehabilitation. Right now she moved to Boston to be closer to her home, daughter who is starting college and her brothers," he said. We're considering a lot of scenarios at a number of places around the country. She's getting better and she is mentally bright. There are still a lot of dots to connect here. "Further evaluation and consultation are necessary.
"Charla has a number of options before her, all of them positive options," said John Orr, Nash's spokesman. Nash underwent several surgeries at the Cleveland Clinic, but physicians there said it was unlikely face and hand transplants could be performed simultaneously. We expect her to be at Brigham and Women's for a couple of days," hospital spokesman Peter Brown said in a statement. "Charla Nash is at Brigham and Women's Hospital for a preliminary evaluation to determine if she is a potential candidate for face and hand transplant. Nash, 56, who last week was discharged from the Cleveland Clinic, is currently being evaluated by a team of physicians in Boston to determine if surgery can replace the nose, lips, eyes and fingers she lost in February 2009, when she was mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee owned by her friend and employer. Jeffrey Spiegel With special expertise in all aspects of facial plastic surgery, and a particular skill for revision surgery, its clear. May 10, 2010— - Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman whose face and hands were destroyed by a chimpanzee, may yet be a candidate for a face and hand transplant, even though doctors initially told her she was not eligible for the lengthy and dangerous surgeries.
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