Great news!  Charlotte will be released from the hospital today because she is doing better than expected.  She and her parents will stay in a rented apartment across the street until Friday, when a donor will fly them home in a charter plane.

She has a very good start to a nose, and will be back in about six weeks to begin the next phase of surgery.  Sue Thoms of MLive.com wrote a thorough update:  Charlotte Ponce will soon have a ‘beautiful nose,’ Mom says as girl recovers from surgery to repair raccoon-attack injuries

Charlotte takes her stuffed animals for a walk down the hospital hall. She will be released from the hospital today.  Photo courtesy of Beaumont Children’s Hospital.