Metro Lulz

[plumtreeblossom]

When this morning's Metro ran a front page headline about the first full face transplant in the US right next to a photo of MBTA General Manager Richard Davey (who is well known by name but not by sight) my first thought was "They did a fantastic job! He looks great!"

Yes, I e-mailed the Metro about it. :-)

Comments

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious. (And he's healed so quickly....)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

In addition to this, I also noted how someone might dyslex the headline to read "US does 1st full faceplant" to which I would have said "Oh, this is far from the 1st..."

:-D

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Heh.

Last night I actually saw a pre-surgery photo of the patient in question. There are no words. *shudder*

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I saw it, too. But I think they're going to do a very good job. The technology continues to improve. I'm sorry that he lost his eyes, though. It's too bad they can't help him see the finished results.

[beowabbit]

The one who had the face transplant at BWH didn’t lose his eyes, at least not both of them. This story and a couple others mention that he got to look in a mirror four days after the operation.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Actually that's not the same man. The one you linked was the first partial transplant. This man is getting the first full transplant:

http://therealtimer.com/Dallas-Wiens-First-Full-Face-Transplant-in-U-S

[beowabbit]

Ah, oops! Reading comprehension fail. I didn’t realize Brigham and Women’s had done more than one face transplant.

[beowabbit]

PS — This timeline describing his recovery is pretty interesting.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Different patient, sweetielove. But I'm glad the man who got the partial transplant is doing well.