Connie Culp Passed Away!

Ohio woman who got reconstructive surgery on her face after being shot passed away.

The American woman who survived reconstructive surgery after being shot in the face passed away at the age of 57.

BE WARNED THIS WILL BE GRAPHIC!

Connie Culp was the first American woman who had a near-total face transplant in 2008. She was a victim of domestic violence. Her abusive husband (who I won't name) tried to execute a murder-suicide. He managed to shot Connie directly in the face.

Her face was completely blown off and she was rushed to the hospital. She and the monster both survived their injuries. The incident happened in the village of Hopedale, Ohio.

The monster survived the shooting.

He was convicted in state court and given a seven year bid in the iron college. Connie forgave the monster at the sentencing and said that she would be waiting when he gets out of the iron college.

This was Connie before the incident.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Connie changed her mind. She said that her daughter fought with her over that. She felt that that monster didn't deserve mercy or forgiveness.

Connie said, "Mom, what kind of example would you be setting for me if you went back to the man who shot your face off?"

The shotgun blast destroyed Connie's nose, cheeks, the roof of her mouth and an eye. She underwent 30 operations before her facial transplant.

Polish surgeon Maria Siemionow and a team of doctors went through a 22 hour operation that replaced 80% of Connie's face. They used the skin of a woman who recently passed away to reconstruct Connie's face.

AGAIN BE WARNED IT WILL BE GRAPHIC.

The facial surgery took some time and it did reject portions. The nose was completely rebuilt and some of the disfigurement repaired happened during surgery.

Connie's donor was Anna Kasper. She passed away in the Cleveland-suburb of Lakewood, Ohio.

Anna was an organ and tissue donor and a match. Connie was grateful to her and met her husband, Ron. Connie told The Cleveland Plain Dealer that the family agreed to donate Anna's face for Connie's surgery, telling the newspaper that "the overriding factor was we knew it was what Anna would've wanted."

Connie's face was swollen after the surgery. However she was able to breathe on her own an eat solid food following the transplant. The Associated Press had said that "Ms. Culp's expressions are still a bit wooden, and she remains almost blind (right eye is prosthetic, left eye is damaged), but she can talk, smile, smell and taste food again, and has learned braille. Her speech is at times difficult to understand. Her face is bloated and squarish, and her skin droops in folds that doctors plan to pare away as her circulation improves and her nerves grow, animating new muscles."

Connie worked as an advocate fostering an understanding for survivors of burns or other disfigurements.

Connie had her final surgery in 2010 which would regain much of her facial functions, including the ability to smile, speak, and feel facial sensations due to the regrowth of facial nerves.

Connie passed away from an infection unrelated to her facial transplant.

Connie leaves behind two children.

Connie managed to survive domestic violence.

The "good guy" with a firearm is the most dangerous person to have a firearm. Matter of fact, the NICE GUYS are often the ones who are spurned by society. Bad relationships, losing your job, jealousy over promotions, family feuds and racism are typical NICE GUY issues.

NICE GUYS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS WITH A FIREARM.

THE NICE GUY GETS SPURNED BY SOCIETY. THEY TAKE REVENGE ON SOCIETY.

RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE JUST A PIECE OF PAPER. THEY WILL NOT (I REPEAT) STOP A "MAD" INDIVIDUAL FROM OBTAINING A FIREARM.

I repeat myself over and over again! I use the same old copy and paste. I hear the same trolls saying that there's nothing we can do. I keep hearing "concern" trolls telling us that it's their own fault for their own deaths. I hear the same old talking points about "good guys with guns" and "god's given rights."

Every time these folks offer "thoughts and prayers," "their condolences," "their hearts going out to," and "their apologies," they are not sincere. For every naming of a road, park, bench, building and holiday, it won't matter to the community. For every time they lower flags, offer moments of silence and candlelight vigils, we just offer "feel good-isms."

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence.

We have mass shootings in the United States everyday. We are the only country in the world that continues to do nothing about this. Donald J. Trump, Congress, the National Rifle Association and agitators in the junk food media have moved on from dealing with this. They're too busy sniping over partisan blame games. With Trump being impeached while in office, he's unlikely to focus on gun violence.

Trump and lawmakers elected to federal office made politics extremely toxic. It's not just the fault of our dear leader and lawmakers, but relentless agitators on the 24/7 cable news channels. They are profiting off division and divisiveness. The internet is also a problem. It's is a breeding ground for potential mass shooters. Facebook, Twitter, Google and other social media outlets have been "ground zero" for disinformation, partisan threats and social activism. Incels and social outcasts find their outlets on sites that inspire them to cause harm to their fellow human beings.

It never happens in your community.......! Until it does! Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. A mass shooting will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how "guns save lives." They don't. The only thing that survives a gun shooting is the gun.

FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP. 

I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION.

GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

THERE IS NO GOD!

GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!

We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others.