Historic: Katie Stubblefield tried to take her own life in March 2014 with a rifle. On May 4, 2017, she became the youngest person ever to receive a face transplant.
17 year old Katie, eight months before her attempted suicide. and at 22 year after her transplant. she is now on immunosuppressant drugs as she learns how to walk, speak, and read Braille.
Katie before her operation and after is the 40th person in the world to receive a face transplant, and the third at the Cleveland Clinic.
Katie's parents Alesia and Robb lived in the Ronald McDonald house in Cleveland during Katie's recovery period.
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