NWR - Donor for First US Face Transplant Revealed

doctabroccoli · December 2010

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/12/lakewood_family_goes_public_wi.html

I feel like it would be so strange for these people to be staring at the face of their own wife and mother...... Definitely an amazing work of science.

Anysunrise · December 2010

That's both terrifyingly creepy and awesome and amazing at the same time.

[Deleted User] · December 2010

That is definitely very awesome. What an awesome Christmas present for that lady.

[Deleted User] · December 2010

I think it's amazing that more than 50 people were able to be treated in some way because she was an organ donor.

doctabroccoli · December 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_nwr-donor-first-face-transplant-revealed?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:157f6949-eafc-47df-9fce-d3d68db537bfPost:a7cf1292-889e-47be-a573-597f8ffe795c">Re: NWR - Donor for First US Face Transplant Revealed</a>:
[QUOTE]I think it's amazing that more than 50 people were able to be treated in some way because she was an organ donor.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

For sure. That is why I'm a donor.

direy25 · December 2010

That really is amazing! And I just wish more people would make the decision to be organ donors. My mom had a kidney transplant back in 2002 and I actually have a piece of bone in my back which was also from a donor.

The Mel and Todd Show · December 2010

This is awesome, but I'm somewhat disappointed that nobody has made a Nicolas Cage/ John Travolta reference yet

Pirata13 · December 2010

From what I have heard about face transplants, the recipient really doesn't end up looking like the donor, as the recipient's bone structure etc is often very different from the donor. But I had the same misconception--that they'd look like the donor. Then I saw a special or read some articles in our newspaper, and they explained all the stuff about bone structure etc. Made sense.

doctabroccoli · December 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_nwr-donor-first-face-transplant-revealed?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:157f6949-eafc-47df-9fce-d3d68db537bfPost:138de4d6-acc6-477a-b2c1-d42dca2e7d21">Re: NWR - Donor for First US Face Transplant Revealed</a>:
[QUOTE]From what I have heard about face transplants, the recipient really doesn't end up looking like the donor, as the recipient's bone structure etc is often very different from the donor. But I had the same misconception--that they'd look like the donor. Then I saw a special or read some articles in our newspaper, and they explained all the stuff about bone structure etc. Made sense.
Posted by Pirata13[/QUOTE]

This is true. But they were talking about seeing some similarities in the article. I feel like maybe WE wouldn't see that many similarities, but if it's a loved one, I could see how they might be able to see something.

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