Victim of chimp attack gets a full face transplant

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/06/10/general-us-chimpanzee-attack-face-transplant_8511123.html

BOSTON -- A Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee gone berserk has received a new face in the third such operation performed in the U.S. and is looking forward to going out in public again and eating hot dogs and pizza after months of pureed food.

Charla Nash, 57, underwent a full face and double hand transplant late last month, but the hands failed to thrive because of complications and were removed, Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, leader of the 30-member surgical team at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said Friday. Overall, her prospects are excellent, he said.

"It will certainly help her tremendously to feel human again," Pohamac said.

In February 2009, she was attacked by a neighbor's 200-pound pet chimpanzee, named Travis, which went berserk after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into her Stamford, Conn., house. The animal ripped off Nash's hands, nose, lips and eyelids before being shot and killed by police.

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[arcane1]

1. That chimp didn't "go berserk"

it went chimp.

Apologies to Chris Rock for mangling your joke :(

[Raine]

2. True enough the chimp was just being a chimp

that's why they don't make good pets.

[Raine]

3. I'm glad for the woman, I hope this was successful

so you can get her life back.