{"id":2236,"date":"2026-06-01T09:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:28:43","slug":"he-lost-half-his-face-now-a-groundbreaking-surgery-gave-him-a-second-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/?p=2236","title":{"rendered":"He Lost Half His Face\u2014Now a Groundbreaking Surgery Gave Him a Second Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4480-637x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4480-637x1024.jpeg 637w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4480-187x300.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4480-768x1234.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4480-956x1536.jpeg 956w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4480-1275x2048.jpeg 1275w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4480.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Michigan man who developed a rare form of cancer and lost half of his face to the disease is now getting a second chance at life, thanks to a surgeon helping rebuild his features using tissue taken from his leg and forearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tim McGrath is speaking publicly for the first time about his three-year battle in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, and he also explains why he\u2019s glad his story has gone viral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Michigan man who developed a rare form of cancer and lost half of his face to the disease is now getting a second chance at life, thanks to a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":2259,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions\/2238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}