HARTFORD, Conn. -- For the first time since being mauled by Travis, a 200 pound chimp, Charla Nash gave her first interview to Oprah Winfrey.

In February, Nash went to help her friend and employer Sandra Herold with the pet chimp when he attacked her ripping off her hands, nose, lips and eyelids. The accident left Nash blind and doctors said she will need two years of surgery.

Winfrey said the mother of a 17-year-old had other things on her mind during the interview. Winfrey said, "She's a good mother and like all good mothers she's worried about her daughter. She's worried if her daughter will pick an appropriate prom dress and worries she will not be there."

Nash's twin brother wrote about the interview on his Blog and said that the film crew met with Nash in the days before the interview to make sure she was comfortable with the whole process.