Chimp Mauling Victim Permanently Blinded

After saying last week that they were encouraged by their sister's progress, today the brothers of chimp mauling victim Charla Nash further discussed how she's doing on the Today show. Steve Nash said, "The psychiatrist says she understands a lot about her injuries, but she’s not interested at this time to find out how they occurred... We’re positive all the time we’re with her.... telling her she’s in the best place in the world to help with her injuries, and that she had an accident and we’re going to take care of her." Nash, who lost her nose, lips, eyelids, hands and bone structure in her mid-face, is at the Cleveland Clinic; Steve is staying in Cleveland while her twin Mike is in Connecticut, taking care of her 17-year-old daughter. Mike said, "She’s got to know that we’re still here for her and there are still a lot of reasons to keep hope there, tell her that that she has a daughter and a future and she needs to be part of it." The Cleveland Clinic says she "has made significant neurological and psychological improvement" but "Full cognitive recovery could take up to a year" and many surgeries are planned.

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By Jen Chung in News on April 7, 2009 5:11 PM

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gossipgirl

Might be for the best, if she is permanently blind from this. She probably wouldn't recognize herself anyways.

schizofriendly

I didn't care to read the details about the incident when it happened, thinking it was an overblown piece of nothing to give folks a charge on a slow news day. I hope this poor lady finds peace somehow.

inoyourider

Hopefully the chimp owner takes very nice financial care of the victim for the rest of her life.

SP

Welcome to Barack HUSSEIN Obama's Amerikkka!!!

Clarice City

Awwwww. Let's take a moment to mourn the loss of HUGO MEGO.

Murgus

Awesome, the most idiotic, moronic and off topic comment of the year so far.

theevilone

This woman and her family, who will be taking care of her for the rest of her life, deserve serious bank from the chimp owner. That is so messed up; drop by a friend's house - lose your hands, vision, and most of your face. Damn.