At first Nash's family had trouble finding doctors who were able to try to help her with a face transplant. She underwent dozens of surgeries in the months and years following the attack. After shooting the animal four times to kill it, police and emergency medical technicians were initially unsure that Nash was even alive. 19, 2009, that the chimp, a well-known character around town who was often seen riding in his owner's truck, went berserk, brutally mauling Nash, whom he'd known for years. Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelids and hands when she was mauled by her employer's 200-pound pet chimpanzee, Travis, in North Stamford where its owners lived. "They asked me, could they? I said, `Yeah, I'd be thrilled to help out in any way I could,'" said Nash, a former Connecticut resident who now lives on her own in Boston with the help of part-time aides. Charles Krupa/AP Photo/Charles Krupa Show More Show Less The military is hoping the information they learn from Nash's rehabilitation can help young, seriously disfigured soldiers returning from war. Nash, who is blind, lost her face, eyes and hands after being mauled by a chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn. The Department of Defense is following Nash's progress, after funding her transplant surgery in 2011. Stefan Tullius, the Chief of Transplant Surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, examines Charla Nash during an appointment at the hospital in Boston, Mass. Charles Krupa/AP Photo/Charles Krupa Show More Show Less 14 of18 Dr.
The Department of Defense is following Nash's progress, after funding her transplant surgery performed by Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, the Director of Plastic Surgery and Transplantation at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, talks with Charla Nash during an appointment at the hospital in Boston, Mass. Charles Krupa/AP Photo/Charles Krupa Show More Show Lessġ2 of18 13 of18 Dr. Nash, who is blind with only one digit remaining on her right arm, lost her face, eyes and hands after being mauled by a chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn. Charles Krupa/AP Photo/Charles Krupa Show More Show Less 11 of18 Charla Nash climbs the stairs at her second-story apartment in Boston, Mass. The military is hoping the information they learn from Nash's face transplant rehabilitation can help young, seriously disfigured soldiers returning from war. in 2009, spends much of her time listening to the radio and books on tape. Nash, who lost her face, eyes and hands after being mauled by a chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn. Charles Krupa/AP Photo/Charles Krupa Show More Show Lessĩ of18 10 of18 Charla Nash, who is blind, rests in her bedroom between her speakerphone and boom box at her second-story apartment t in Boston, Mass. Nash, who is blind with only one digit remaining on both hands, lost her face, eyes and hands after being mauled by a chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn. The Department of Defense is following Nash's progress, after funding her full-face transplant surgery in 2011.
Charles Krupa/AP Photo/Charles Krupa Show More Show Less 8 of18 Charla Nash checks the messages on her answering machine from a speakerphone in the bedroom at her second-story apartment in Boston, Mass. Nash lost her face, eyes and hands after being mauled by her boss's chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn.
6 of18 7 of18 A framed photograph of Charla Nash, taken before she was attacked by a chimpanzee, sits on a bookshelf at her second-story apartment in Boston, Mass.
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