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I think had this been my own situation I'd rather have some kind of plastic prosthetic than someone else's face and a lifetime of rejection treatment. I just don't think my psychology could handle the physical and emotional pain of accepting another face. That said, I know little about living with the alternative that she was dealing with.
Crazy story.
Does anyone know why most (if not all) face transplant have such wide jaw line ?
They didn't mention in which state was the donor before her grandmother agreed to donate her face. Was she already dead from the overdose? Did they just take the full skull to the hospital?
A fascinating part of this is considering whether I as an organ donor would want my face continuing to exist on someone else after my own death.
The advancement on face transplant has been amazing to watch. Especially since the largely publicized face transplant for the Mississippi Firefighter two years ago (Patrick Hardison). Does anyone here know how long it takes for the face to "settle in" where the donor face and patient face start fusing? Also I noticed that the eye movements on all these transplants have a distinctive unusual movement to it. Is this a…
Several years ago I tried to kill myself by cutting my neck. I sliced below the jaw-line from my ear to my chin. I still have "numb areas" after 3+ years, and there aren't really any muscles there that need to be controlled. It's very easy to imagine not ever getting full facial muscle control back in her situation.
They didn't mention in which state was the donor before her grandmother agreed to donate her face. Was she already dead from the overdose? Did they just take the full skull to the hospital?
I think it mentioned that she was in a coma when the grandmother made that decision. A fascinating part of this is considering whether I as an organ donor would want my face continuing to exist on someone else after my own death.
Why did she have access to that gun? I bet Robert considers himself a "safe" gun owner too. Keep your guns locked and separate from your ammunition. Gun culture takes another victim.
They didn't mention in which state was the donor before her grandmother agreed to donate her face. Was she already dead from the overdose? Did they just take the full skull to the hospital?
> While the two were outside talking about how upset Katie was, she went into the bathroom, put the barrel of Robert’s .308-caliber hunting rifle below her chin, and pulled the trigger. Why did she have access to that gun? I bet Robert considers himself a "safe" gun owner too. Keep your guns locked and separate from your ammunition. Gun culture takes another victim.