In 2004, Connie Culp’s life was changed forever when her husband shot her in the face. It destroyed 80 percent of her face, including her nose and cheeks, leaving her completely unrecognizable. Incredibly, she survived, but her future was uncertain. During a trip to the store, one child even called her a “monster.”
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But five years later, Connie got a second chance at life. She received the first near-total face transplant in the US, all thanks to a gracious donor. The surgery, performed at the Cleveland Clinic, took 23 hours and a lot of marvelous work from professionals.
After several further procedures and surgeries, she got a completely new face. And the result was nothing less than incredible.
Connie Culp and her husband, Tom, hadn’t even finished school when they met and fell in love, embarking on an adventure into the unknown. At 16, they ran off together, even though they didn’t quite fully understand what they were doing.
In the end, the couple opened a bar in an Appalachian town. However, though they were very much in love, Connie’s husband didn’t treat her well.
“My relationship with Tom wasn’t any different than living with my dad. He told me what to do, and I did it. He teased me and called me names. My dad did the same thing, so I just thought it was a normal way of life,” she told Oprah.