Nash said she wants to warn people about potential dangers posed by exotic animals. Nash told Winfrey that the animal had once ripped out a hunk of her hair. The animal had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in its system, according to toxicology tests, but investigators don’t know whether the drug played a role in the attack. The animal also played a role in Herold’s towing business, appearing at the garage and attending promotional events.Ī Connecticut state biologist had warned state officials beforehand that the chimp could seriously hurt someone.
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When he was younger, Travis starred in TV commercials and took part in a television pilot. Herold owned the 14-year-old chimp, named Travis, nearly all his life.
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“Sandy hopes and prays for a full and speedy recovery.” “All of Sandy’s hopes and prayers are with Charla and her daughter in this challenging time,” the statement read. Herold’s attorney, Robert Gol ger, provided Winfrey with a statement, saying Herold wishes Nash the best. Nash’s family has filed a $50 million lawsuit against Herold, saying she was negligent and reckless for lacking the ability to control “a wild animal with violent propensities.” Herold’s attorney has argued the attack was work-related and the case should be treated as a worker’s compensation claim. “I don’t want to wake up with nightmares.” Nash said she didn’t remember anything from the attack and doesn’t want to. “It’s like less for me to worry about if I don’t know,” she said. She said she doesn’t touch her face very often. Nash told Winfrey that she is not in pain but can’t breathe through her nose and has to eat through a straw. She remains in stable condition at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The chimpanzee ripped off Nash’s hands, nose, lips and eyelids. 16 attack occurred when the animal’s owner, Sandra Herold, asked Nash, her friend and employee, to help lure the animal back into her house in Stamford, Conn.
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She had a large scar near the bottom of her face and a large piece of skin where her nose had been.
Winfrey removed Nash’s hat and veil to reveal her face, which was swollen and damaged beyond recognition. “I don’t even think about it,” Charla Nash said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” “And there’s no time for that anyways because I need to heal, you know, not look backwards.” Her eyes had to be removed after the attack.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĬHICAGO - A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television Wednesday, saying she is blind and has to eat through a straw but isn’t angry. She could eat, smell, express her emotion and feel the face." When the transplanted tissue heals and nerves regrow – a process that will take at least nine months and possibly longer – Pomahac says Nash "should control the face well. "We're optimistic that should Charla choose in the future, we could transplant the hands again, should a suitable donor be identified."ĭespite the loss of the hands, Pomahac says, "I consider it still a success" because Nash has a very good chance of regaining "a very functional face." "After several days of doing everything possible to retain the hands, it was clear that they were not thriving," Pomahac said at a press conference. That compromised blood flow to the transplanted hands, so surgeons had to remove them. But after the operation Nash suffered a blood infection that caused her blood pressure to crash.
In a 20-hour operation, surgeon Bohdan Pomahac says the team transplanted hands from the same donor. Charla Nash: Transplant animation from BWH Public Affairs on Vimeo.
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