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Zion Harvey became the first child to undergo a double hand transplant after doctors had to remove his hands and feet due to a life-threatening infection when he was 2 years old.
Zion tells TODAY that his favorite thing about his new hands is “being able to wrap them around my mom,” who shares how it “took her heart” to see her son throw a baseball for the first time after his transplant.
It’s been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion received a double-hand transplant, and he said Tuesday what he really wants to do is play football.
“I feel happy about my new hands, and I don’t feel different. I like now that I can throw a football further than when I didn’t have hands,” he said during a briefing at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he underwent the 10-hour surgery in July 2015. His mother, doctor and physical therapists joined him.
The nation’s youngest hand transplant patient has been going through extensive rehab to learn how to use his new hands. He lost them and his feet to amputation seven years ago and has leg prosthetics that allow him to walk.
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Zion Harvey On The Joy Of His New Hands was originally published on praisecleveland.com
