Teenage girl born without a nose or eyes prepares for surgery that will use bone from her skull to rebuild her face

A North Carolina teen born with a rare condition that left her without a nose or eyes is preparing for her final operation which will give her a real nose.

Cassidy Hooper, 16, will undergo three surgeries at Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte over the course of two weeks that will create a nose from cartilage and bone taken from her skull.
And the good news has left the energetic teen ecstatic because for the first time she will be able to smell and breathe through her own nose.

Cassidy Hooper is preparing for surgery to give her a real nose built from cartilage and bones from her skull after five-years of preparations

When she was born, her condition left doctors baffled, especially since had no other medical problems and leads a healthy life.
'Her heart and brain are normal,' said her mother, kindergarten teacher, Susan Hooper 

'Nothing else is going on with her.'