37-year-old Richard Lee Norris, was injured in 1997 when he accidentally shot himself with a gun in the face. The accident left him terribly disfigured
and for 15 years, he
lived as a recluse in Hillsville, Virginia, hiding behind a mask and
only coming out at night. Richard lost his nose, lips and most movement in his mouth in the accident.
But now, after a 36-hour surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center, U.S, he can now feel his face and is able to
brush his teeth and shave. He has also regained his sense of smell, which
he had lost after the accident. He was given the most extensive face transplant ever performed.
Prior to this life-changing surgery, he has had
multiple life-saving, reconstructive surgeries which
also replaced underlying nerve and muscle tissue from scalp to neck. To ensure that he would retain
maximum function of his facial expressions and movements, doctors gave
him a new tongue for proper speech, eating, and chewing, normally
aligned teeth, and connected his nerves to allow for smiling.
Amazing, truly amazing. See his picture taken seven
months after and the team of Surgeons who performed the surgery after the cut...
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| The operation by Dr Rodriguez and his team took 36 hours |
God is faithful
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