(26 May 2011) HEADLINE: 1st appearance for full face transplant patient
CAPTION: The nation's first full face transplant recipient has made his first public appearance since his operation. Dallas Wiens had the operation in March. He received a new nose, lips, skin, muscle and nerves from an unidentified dead person. (May 9)
IT'S THE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE FOR DALLAS WIENS (WEENS) ...
THE 25-YEAR-OLD TEXAS NATIVE IS THE FIRST AMERICAN RECIPIENT OF THE A FULL FACE TRANSPLANT..
THIS IS DALLAS BEFORE THE TRANSPLANT.
HIS FEATURES WERE ALL BUT BURNED AWAY ...
AND HE WAS LEFT BLIND AFTER HITTING A POWER LINE WHILE PAINTING A CHURCH IN NOVEMBER 2008.
DALLAS RECEIVED A NEW NOSE, LIPS, SKIN, MUSCLE AND NERVES FROM AN ANONYMOUS DONOR.
THE SURGERY WAS PAID FOR BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS PART OF A RESEARCH GRANT.
DOCTORS SAY THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RESTORE DALLAS' SIGHT...
AND SOME NERVES WERE SO BADLY DAMAGED THAT HE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ONLY PARTIAL SENSATION ON HIS LEFT CHEEK AND THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD.
SCARLETT IS FOUR YEARS OLD ...
DALLAS SAYS SHE WAS HIS SOURCE OF MOTIVATION THROUGHOUT HIS ORDEAL.
AND HER FIRST REACTION TO HIS NEW FACE? QUOTE "DADDY ... YOU'RE SO HANDSOME."
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