Dallas Weins, a 25 year old from Fort Worth, Texas recieved the first full face transplant in the United States this past week. He was injured in an electrical power line accident in November 2008, this left him disabled and disfigured. His injuries included being left blind, and he no longer had a nose, eyebrows, lips and could no longer feel sensation in his face. Dallas will not look like the donor of the new face, or his old self but he will look like something that is more imbetween. The surgery took more than 15 hours and involved over 30 nurses and doctors. The surgery was paid for by the Defense Department, and it cost around 3.4 million dollars which was given as a grant from the military for transplant research.
I believe that this is a miracle. An absolute miracle. This man who went from one day being a normal average everyday person, to in an instant becoming a victim of a freak accident and no longer able to see or feel his three year olds kisses on his cheek is just tragic. The family that donated this gift to this man should be rewarded. They helped improve his life, while at the same time improving and advancing medical research into the future of facial transplants. I believe in donating organs to others once you have passed on, but also at the same time it is a sacrafice for the family who is giving the ok for it to take place. The emtional scale for a person whos loved one has just died is immaculate, but then making the decision at the same time to give up that person in pieces to help someone else is just amazing to me.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42192670/ns/health-health_care/
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