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'What they've done for us is just so amazing,' she said. She said she's hoping to attempt another double hand transplant one day.Īsked by Today what she would say to the donor's family, Ms Nash's daughter, Brianna, said she'd tell them how grateful she is.

#Chimpanzee face eat full#

It was the third full face transplant in the US.īut doctors later had to remove the hands because of complications that developed when Ms 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 eat only pureed food, and she was barely understandable when she talked. Ms Nash was left with no eyes and only a small opening where her mouth once was. The animal, named Travis, ripped off Ms Nash's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by police. Ms Nash, now living in a Boston-area nursing home, was attacked in February 2009 by a neighbour's 90-kg pet chimpanzee, which went berserk after its owner asked Ms Nash to help lure it back into her house in Stamford, Connecticut.

Today also reported Ms Nash could eat eggs with cream cheese after the transplant - the first solid food she's had since the attack. The show aired footage of Ms 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,' Ms Nash said. In a statement released by the hospital, she thanked all the doctors, nurses and other medical experts who helped her over the past two years.