WCCO 4 NEWS.
EIGHT MONTHS AFTER MAYO
SURGEONS ATTEMPTED ITS FIRST
EVER FACE TRANSPLANT THEY ARE
SEEING AMAZING RESULTS.
THIS IS ANDY SADNESS.
WHEN HE WAS 21 HE TRIED TO KILL
HIMSELF WITH A GUNSHOT TO HIS
FACE.
HE REALIZED IT HAD BEEN A BIG
MISTAKE AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR A
SECOND CHANCE.
DOCTORS AT MAYO TOOK ON THE
CHALLENGE.
A DONOR WAS FOUND AND NINE
SURGEONS LED BY DR. SEMERE
MARCH DENY -- MARDINI WORKED
FOR 56 HOURS.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY
BY THE RESULTS AND NOW WITH
THIS TRANSPLANT, I JUST FEEL
MORE COMFORTABLE AND MORE
CONFIDENT IN DOING THESE
THINGS.
I CAN'T SAY THANKS ENOUGH TO
THOSE PEOPLE, WHAT THEY DID,
WHAT THEY GAVE ME.
LIKE ANY TRANSPLANT PATIENT,