Amedy Dewey, then 24, sits on a chair outside her home, holding a portrait of herself as a high school cheerleader Jan. 25, 2024, in Scottville, Mich. Dewey lost her vision in 2018, after her stepfather shot her in the face with a shotgun. He then killed Dewey's mom and killed himself. Dewey was 18 when she sustained her injuries.
DAVID RODRIGUEZ MUÑOZ, USA TODAY NETWORK
Christian Vercler, a plastic surgeon, takes a knee as he performs a facial reconstruction surgery on Dewey in 2023 at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor.
DAVID RODRIGUEZ MUÑOZ, USA TODAY NETWORK
Over the course of three surgeries, surgeons at Lenox Hill Hospital used bone from Amedy Dewey's lower leg to rebuild her upper jaw, implemented a set of prosthetic teeth and inserted specialized implants into her eye socket to support a future prosthesis. After months of healing, they fitted a custom orbital prosthesis.
LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
The team at Lenox Hill created a custom orbital prosthesis to replace structures lost around Dewey's eye socket, along with an ocular prosthesis, an artificial eyeball, that fit in it.
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Amedy Dewey, then 24, sits on a chair outside her home, holding a portrait of herself as a high school cheerleader Jan. 25, 2024, in Scottville, Mich. Dewey lost her vision in 2018, after her stepfather shot her in the face with a shotgun. He then killed Dewey's mom and killed himself. Dewey was 18 when she sustained her injuries.
Christian Vercler, a plastic surgeon, takes a knee as he performs a facial reconstruction surgery on Dewey in 2023 at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor.
Over the course of three surgeries, surgeons at Lenox Hill Hospital used bone from Amedy Dewey's lower leg to rebuild her upper jaw, implemented a set of prosthetic teeth and inserted specialized implants into her eye socket to support a future prosthesis. After months of healing, they fitted a custom orbital prosthesis.
The team at Lenox Hill created a custom orbital prosthesis to replace structures lost around Dewey's eye socket, along with an ocular prosthesis, an artificial eyeball, that fit in it.
