Dallas Weins before his full facial transplant. (credit: Facebook)
BOSTON (CBS) — The man who received the country’s first full face transplant is getting ready to leave Boston and head back to his home state of Texas.
Dallas Wiens will talk with reporters on Monday morning about what he has gone through.
Wiens had been severely injured in an electrical accident while on the job inTexas. In March, he had a 15-hour surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in which a team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and residents worked on his new face. They replaced his nose, lips, facial skin, facial muscles and nerves that provide sensation.
3 Comments
This brave young man needs our prayers.
May 8, 2011 at 10:29 pm | | Report comment
He got the transplant thanks to Obamacare. He had no health insurance prior to Obamacare passing. Thank God for Obamacare.
May 9, 2011 at 3:11 pm | | Report comment
The Army paid for it
Thank God for war, War is Good!
Well it makes about as much sense as your reply.
May 11, 2011 at 10:03 pm | | Report comment