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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Owings Mills Boy Youngest Double Hand Transplant Recipient

An 8-year-old Baltimore boy who lost his limbs to a serious infection has become the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant, surgeons said Tuesday.

Zion Harvey received the hands earlier this month at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, though doctors did not publicly disclose the 11-hour operation until now.

A 40-person medical team used steel plates and screws to attach the old and new bones. Surgeons then delicately reconnected arteries, veins, muscles, tendons and nerves.

Zion, a bright and precocious child, contracted an infection years ago that resulted in the amputation of his hands and feet. It also necessitated a kidney transplant, an organ he received from his mother.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

God Bless him Greatly!
Such an adorable little fellow!

Anonymous said...

I truly pray that all of his current supporters are there to help put him through college when the time comes.

Anonymous said...

Wow! God Bless Him!