Jackson Memorial hospital has released photos of the 65 year old homeless man (Ronald Poppo) in Florida that had the majority of his face chewed off by the naked asssailant. Doctors say his is responsive and doing well under the circumstances, but still needs quite a bit of surgery.
Doctors say the lower half of his face appears to be in tact.... 50% of his face was missing. They say he is completely coherant, and as sad as it is to report...remembers that day in detail. I'd have to say the good part is.... he is alive. I can't imagine having to go thru what that man encountered.
Plastic surgeon Dr. Wrood Kassira says the primary goal for her medical team is to clean and close up all of the wounds. Mental health professionals will be there to assist Mr. Poppo with having to cope with what happened. Poppo has already had 3 different surgeries so far and at this point fighting off an infection and head trauma pretty close to that of someone in a car crash. This man is without a doubt "tough".... he was admitted with puncture wounds in his chest area that appear to be from gunshot wounds he suffered back in 1976.
Sources report that Poppo wants to go swimming, is up and walking with help on a daily basis, and has an immense craving for Italian food. He doesnt want the tv on unless the Miami Heat are playing and wants to talk about the NBA finals all the time. I cant say i blame him....tis the season!
It was May 26 when Poppo was attackedon that Boulevard exit ramp 31 year old Rudy Eugene from North Miami Beach. A full toxicology report is still pending but police speculate he may have very well been under what they call a "synthetic drug". Eugene was shot and killed by police on the scene.
Jackson Memorial hospital has released photos of the 65 year old homeless man (Ronald Poppo) in Florida that had the majority of his face chewed off by the naked asssailant. Doctors say his is responsive and doing well under the circumstances, but still needs quite a bit of surgery.
Doctors say the lower half of his face appears to be in tact.... 50% of his face was missing. They say he is completely coherant, and as sad as it is to report...remembers that day in detail. I'd have to say the good part is.... he is alive. I can't imagine having to go thru what that man encountered.
Plastic surgeon Dr. Wrood Kassira says the primary goal for her medical team is to clean and close up all of the wounds. Mental health professionals will be there to assist Mr. Poppo with having to cope with what happened. Poppo has already had 3 different surgeries so far and at this point fighting off an infection and head trauma pretty close to that of someone in a car crash. This man is without a doubt "tough".... he was admitted with puncture wounds in his chest area that appear to be from gunshot wounds he suffered back in 1976.
Sources report that Poppo wants to go swimming, is up and walking with help on a daily basis, and has an immense craving for Italian food. He doesnt want the tv on unless the Miami Heat are playing and wants to talk about the NBA finals all the time. I cant say i blame him....tis the season!
It was May 26 when Poppo was attackedon that Boulevard exit ramp 31 year old Rudy Eugene from North Miami Beach. A full toxicology report is still pending but police speculate he may have very well been under what they call a "synthetic drug". Eugene was shot and killed by police on the scene.
I'm not really sure what synthetic drug could cause a man to eat another living man's face and tolerate a barrage of gunshots... what i do know is I wish there were a drug to isolate and erase memories so that Mr. Poppo wouldn't have to remember any of that. I wouldn't even want to try and imagine the psychological torment that memory would be.
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