(The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)In 2015, Zion Harvey became known to the public as the youngest person in the world to go through a successful bilateral hand transplant. The report documented the first 18 months of Zion's progress and noted that he is now able to write, feed and dress himself independently. [World’s youngest double hand transplant recipient ‘woke up smiling’]And within a year, he had achieved one of his original goals: gripping and swinging a baseball bat with both hands. Last summer, the hospital released a video marking the first anniversary of Zion's surgery. At the time, even small movements — holding objects, scratching his nose, shaking hands goodbye — were early indications that Zion's transplant was successful.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2017 22:37 UTC