Boy, 8, Is First Child Ever To Receive Double Hand Transplant

(function(){var src_url="https://spshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?playList=518974999&height=381&width=570&sid=577&origin=SOLR&videoGroupID=155847&relatedNumOfResults=100&responsive=false&relatedMode=2&relatedBottomHeight=60&companionPos=&hasCompanion=false&autoStart=false&colorPallet=%23FFEB00&videoControlDisplayColor=%23191919&shuffle=0&isAP=1&pgType=cmsPlugin&pgTypeId=addToPost-top&onVideoDataLoaded=track5min.DL&onTimeUpdate=track5min.TC&onVideoDataLoaded=HPTrack.Vid.DL&onTimeUpdate=HPTrack.Vid.TC";if (typeof(commercial_video) == "object") {src_url += "&siteSection="+commercial_video.site_and_category;if (commercial_video.package) {src_url += "&sponsorship="+commercial_video.package;}}var script = document.createElement("script");script.src = src_url;script.async = true;var placeholder = document.querySelector(".js-fivemin-script");placeholder.parentElement.replaceChild(script, placeholder);})(); An 8-year-old Maryland boy took a big step closer to his dream of throwing a football earlier this month when he became the first child to receive a double hand transplant. "I wanna say thank you guys for helping me down this bumpy road," Zion Harvey said at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Zion has spent most of his life without hands and feet. When he was 2 years old, doctors amputated his extremities after an infection caused him to develop gangrene. His mother, Pattie Ray, said seeing Zion's new hands "felt like he was being reborn," accordin...
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