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I believe in the power of prayer and appreciate everyone who is praying for me.' 'I'm just happy I had the chance to help,' Nash said. Prior to the face transplant surgery, Nash wore a veiled hat to cover her face after the attack Doctors had to remove the hands shortly thereafter due to her body rejecting the transplant. 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.

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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.

Newsweek has contacted the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office and the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance for comment.Chimp attack victim hospitalized in Boston after her body rejects face transplant nearly five years later She told OregonLive: 'Attacks from any privately-owner primate in captivity should be expected because these animals are not living healthy lives where they can express their natural urges and engage in natural behaviors.' It is also illegal to privately breed any species of ape within the state.Įrika Fleury, a program director at the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance, said the attack was not unexpected. The state banned the private ownership of apes in 2010, but 'certain individuals' were allowed to keep existing primate pets, as long as they held an Oregon Department of Agriculture exotic animal permit, according to Michigan State University.

In Oregon, owning chimpanzees, gorillas and other primates was banned more than a decade ago over health and safety concerns. The bullet went through the animal's head, killing it. Moments later, he confirmed the kill to other officers and said: 'He's down.' The deputy then requested an ambulance for the woman who had been injured.īodycam footage showed the moment a deputy in Oregon opened fire on a chimpanzee.

After asking whether the woman was safe, the deputy once again put the rifle through the fence, before firing a single shot. While holding his rifle through wire fencing, pulled his rifle away when he heard a woman nearby. The deputy could be heard saying: 'I'm going to try and get in for a shot.' Police video, seen above, showed the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office deputy entering through a gate at the home while carrying a rifle, before taking aim at the animal.ĭuring the clip, the primate could be heard screeching from somewhere near the house. The deputy arrived at the home in Pendleton, Oregon, on Sunday after reports the chimpanzee had attacked the 50-year-old woman. Bodycam footage captured the moment a sheriff's deputy fatally shoot a chimpanzee in the head after the animal, which was being kept as a pet, escaped its cage and attacked its owner's daughter.

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