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New Look: Blind Mom Gets Prosthetic Face

For the past 11 years, Chrissy Steltz had been living without a face. After an accident with a shotgun destroyed her face and left her blind, Steltz made incredible strides toward living a normal life. She learned to read Braille and use a cane. She met her boyfriend in a school for the blind. And she gave birth to a son on July 23, 2009. Despite her full life, there was still one thing that Steltz felt she was missing: a face for her young son to look into. To cover her injuries, the...Full Story
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