Face Transplant Recipient To Appear On 'Oprah'
POSTED: 8:25 pm EDT September 21,
2009
UPDATED: 8:33 am EDT September 22,
2009
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Clinic made worldwide news last year for the first ever full face transplant.On Tuesday, Oprah will go one-on-one with the transplant recipient, Connie Culp.Connie Culp, 46, of Hopedale, was disfigured and blind after getting shot in an attempted murder-suicide in September 2004. The shot shattered her jaw, cheek and nose.Culp lived without a face for five years before receiving the transplant.Culp's husband, Thomas, shot her from 8 feet way, then turned the gun on himself. Both survived. He was later sentenced to seven years in prison.You can hear her amazing story of survival on Tuesday's "Oprah Winfrey Show" at 4 p.m., followed by Live On Five.
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