Katie Stubblefield has a second chance at life: women were the youngest in the United States to undergo transplant after a suicide attempt
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
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Katie Stubblefield will complete a 31-hour operation in 2017 after waiting three years for the donor after attempting to commit suicide in his brother's bathroom at the age of 18.
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Now 22, she has shared her story along with a picture of a complete historical transplant procedure, at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, in a cover story documentary and National Geographic magazine.
Ms. Stubblefield recalls any suicide attempt in March 2014 or the following month and surgery.
He is the 40th person in the world, known as the new face.
On May 4, 2017, she received a full face transfer from Adrea Schneider, a 31-year-old woman who had just died.
Ms. Schneider is a registered organ donor whose heart, lungs, kidneys and liver are also donated and rescued in the United States.
After the transplant, Ms. Stubblefield's facial structure was restored so she could close her eyes, her nasal and lip wrinkles.
Fourteen months after the procedure, his doctor completed three major surgical procedures and was still thinner, reducing scarring and repairing eyelids. Over time, his face will work again.
Ms. Stubblefield told National Geographic, "I have a second chance in life now, that's the beginning of another chapter."
His operation was paid by the Department of Defense through the Armed Forces Reconstitution Institute to improve the treatment of wounded service personnel in combat and return with similar injuries.
The "Face Story" is featured on the cover of Katie Piper's National Geographic issue of September 2018 and on the shelves of September 5th.
The Samaritans can be reached at 116,123. In the United States, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1800 273 8255. Other international self-help guidelines are available at befrienders.org.
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