The Connecticut woman horribly mutilated by a chimpanzee is speaking, asking for her daughter and even responding to fairly complicated commands, her brothers said yesterday.
Stephen and Michael Nash told The Associated Press by telephone from Cleveland they are encouraged by test results for brain damage to their sister, Charla.
About two weeks ago, Charla said her first word, “Lisa” — the name of her nurse at Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic. The nurse rushed to tell Stephen.
“We gave each other a hug. It makes you cry,” he said.
Charla, 55, lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids in the Feb. 16 attack in Stamford. Hospital officials said she might be blind and brain damaged.