Zion Harvey — 8-Year-Old Double Hand-Transplant Patient at CHOP — Released from Hospital Today
Photo via Penn Medicine/Facebook
Late last month, the world fell in love with Zion Harvey, the eight-year-old Baltimore native who received a double hand transplant in early July at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The surgery, the first-ever hand transplant performed on a child, was a joint effort of physicians at CHOP and the University of Pennsylvania. It was deemed a resounding success.
Penn Medicine announced that Zion was released from the hospital today, posting several new photos of Zion with transplant team leader L. Scott Levin. The caption reads: “Zion is a tremendous, brilliant child, and though he has a lot of work ahead of him, he’s already talking about ways in which he can help others who face similar circumstances. We’re privileged to have been a part of his story.”
Check out all the photos below.
Six weeks ago, eight-year-old Zion Harvey made headlines around the world as the recipient of the first ever pediatric…
Posted by Penn Medicine on Wednesday, August 26, 2015
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