Coping with our daughter’s new face – BBC News
Katie and her parents describe what it has been like adjusting to life since she underwent a face transplant last year.
Colm Flynn interviewed the family in Cleveland, where the 22-year-old is recovering.
Edited by Anglica M Casas
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I can't stand her voice
I would have ended myself for good after waking up with this face, especially with the face she had before. Just, real talk. Not like I haven't been through a lot myself.
"More importantly, how have I done this to my family" is NOT as important as "what have I done to myself." This family has F*cked up liars written all over them, monitoring her interview. So obvi, gross people
her goals are so simple now and would have been so easily attainable before. College, career goals, love and family. with this impulsive decision, she may never attain any…sad.
over a breakup….
I think everybody should take a lesson from this with no judgments. Growing up is hard, and if we can destroy our lives by making impulsive decisions, which would have been avoided if there wasn't a firearm in the house.
LOSE THE GUNS.
It’s hit me hope many other commenters like myself are survivors of suicide attempts, something im grateful is roughly a decade behind me. If i had access to a gun, this could have been me. Except my genetic disorder would have rendered any transplant ineffective and highly unlikely to have survived. It’s chilling now, thinking how close i was to a death im so relieved to have avoided. I wouldn’t be surprised if her survival was due to a last second realization of regret and the bullet aimed at the temple instead hit her face more so. I hope she feels how beloved she is and keeps going, knows how important she is to so many and will be to so many more in her lifetime. Your life and dreams are still yours, Katie. Keep going! I just desperately hope she is getting high levels of professional support and will continue to for as long as she needs. Its not just getting through this time period , its making sure that she has a life to look forward to and a strong sense of self to carry herself forward
I will also say that her family showed up so much and still does. I had some support post attempt that i dont want to minimize , and I dont think it was the amount i needed or as long as I needed it. And its so hard to need support from mental health issues that are directly making it near impossible to ask for it without increasing symptoms through feeling like a burden and failure. Once i was out of the hospital , people thought I was fixed. Seeing her family be so caring and devoted makes me so happy she has it, and wish everyone else who needs that can have it. And even in this interview video, there are thousands of views and comments taking about a pretty taboo subject. I rarely talk about my experiences, and likely wouldn’t have if i didnt come across it literally right after therapy. You are changing the world Katie, and one day your kids will be as proud of you and happy you are still here just as your family and community does now ❤❤❤❤
Isn’t that enough to start banning guns??
Idiot
When I was this age I knew a girl who jumped in front of a train because of a break up. She was beautiful and smart and loved, in her first year of university and had her whole life ahead of her. It's been 25 years and I still think about her. No boyfriend or girlfriend is ever worth hurting yourself over.
To gain attention of her ex, she shot herself. This way she made him guilty. She literally bit her nose to spite her face. She was selfish and didn't care what trail of disaster she was going to leave for her family. She was entitled and couldn't bear rejection. That's weak. The situation is permanent and an imprint on her character.
She better live a good life now onwards and contribute to even out the plane
Damn she was literally so beautiful and now she’s disfigured
The surgeon did such a great job.