(October 28, 2011, DANVILLE, Daily Item)--Nearly two years after his nose was bitten off by a hyena, 8-year-old Sisay Shimeles has a reconstructed face and a new life to go with it.
Sisay originally was taken to Geisinger Medical Center in January from his Ethiopian home as part of a charity mission to construct him a prosthetic nose and repair his face. Now, nine months later, his surgery and new nose are complete.
Sisay was attacked by a hyena one night near the village of Kolu when he left his family’s house to go to the bathroom. His father, Shimeles Taye, heard his son’s screams and rushed outside to help him, but the animal had already ripped off Sisay’s nose and most of his upper lip.
Taye took his son to hospitals across Ethiopia, selling off livestock and borrowing money to pay for his son’s care. While at Ethiopia’s St. Yared General Hospital, Sisay was discovered by Geisinger maxiofacial surgeon Dr. Adam Waksor. A native of Ethiopia, Waksor was on a medical mission to the country, and upon seeing Sisay, he knew he needed much more advanced treatment.
“The first time I saw him, it was a traumatic experience,” Waksor said during the February press conference where Geisinger first introduced Sisay. “Once I saw him, I knew it was definitely impossible to treat him in Ethiopia.”
Championed by Waksor, Geisinger arranged to have Sisay and his father brought to the United States for extended treatment at the Danville hospital. The two stayed in the Ronald McDonald House on Geisinger’s campus while Sisay was operated on. Read more from Daily Item »
Sisay was attacked by a hyena one night near the village of Kolu when he left his family’s house to go to the bathroom. His father, Shimeles Taye, heard his son’s screams and rushed outside to help him, but the animal had already ripped off Sisay’s nose and most of his upper lip.
Taye took his son to hospitals across Ethiopia, selling off livestock and borrowing money to pay for his son’s care. While at Ethiopia’s St. Yared General Hospital, Sisay was discovered by Geisinger maxiofacial surgeon Dr. Adam Waksor. A native of Ethiopia, Waksor was on a medical mission to the country, and upon seeing Sisay, he knew he needed much more advanced treatment.
“The first time I saw him, it was a traumatic experience,” Waksor said during the February press conference where Geisinger first introduced Sisay. “Once I saw him, I knew it was definitely impossible to treat him in Ethiopia.”
Championed by Waksor, Geisinger arranged to have Sisay and his father brought to the United States for extended treatment at the Danville hospital. The two stayed in the Ronald McDonald House on Geisinger’s campus while Sisay was operated on. Read more from Daily Item »
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