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Face transplant recipient Patrick Hardison discusses having the procedure done on a special edition of 'Hannity' Patrick Hardison, 42, dreamed of watching his children's baseball games without parents whispering and pointing as they comforted their crying lads who were frightened by his severely disfigured face. After undergoing what was considered in 2016 to be the most extensive face transplant ever performed, Hardison returned to his family in Mississippi to begin his new life over a decade after he sustained extensive facial burns to his head, neck, and upper torso in a house fire he was ...

Their voice, their mannerisms, the person who they are.t and that's what we begin to recognize as a person, right? and you knew your dad without a normal face, and it's the same dad now with a normal face. and you've loved him the say way and you're going to continue to love him the say way and nothing will change. >> 93 days after surgery dr. rodriguez said patrick's doing really well. swelling continues to subside. for the first time in 14 years he's grown hair in his scalp and face and fully opened his lives and for the first time in their lives, patrick's youngest children saw their dad fo...

Former british colony. now back to hannity for all you headlines, -- headlines log onto fox news.com. >> sean: volunteer firefighter patrick hardison spent nearly 15 years with no face after being severely burned rescuing that woman from a fire. now he was about to undergo the most extensive face transplant ever attempted under the direction of dr. eduardo rodriguez. okay, now it's go time. how many people are in this room? >> for patrick's case it was close to 80 people in the rooms and it's two operating rooms working simultaneously, one from the donor room and one for patrick to receive the...

>> and that's a lot of pressure. >> sean: a lot of pressure. >> no question.nd everybody's got a lot to lose in all of this, and i feel ultimately responsible if something bad happens. which things could happen that are out of control. habut there is that potential glory if we can achieve this, i think about the number of individuals that we could potentially help. >> you ready to go? how are you feeling? we're going to take care of you okay? >> sean: after 14 years ofom waiting, that moment has now arrived. dr. rodriguez and his massive medical team, they were about to attempt the most comple...

It's so much more extensive.nt >> sure. >> sean: because of the progress you made with people like patrick, you were able to do it more quickly. >> yep. >> sean: fascinating. >> the tricky part was the arms, something we had no experience with, but we've been in this scenario. similar scenario, different territory. we rehearsed plenty of times. the arms are a little tricky because we have a lot of tissue. we have to attach 24 tendons three major nerves, six major blood vessels. m but we've created these sterile tags, so when we cut a nerve, we have to tag everything. it looks like the inside o...