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Topic: Soldier who lost 4 limbs has
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Soldier who lost 4 limbs has
double-arm transplant
Associated Press, by Marilynn Marchione
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Posted By:jond, 1/28/2013 3:02:57 PM
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The first soldier to survive after losing all four limbs in the Iraq war has received a double-arm transplant. Brendan Marrocco had the operation on Dec. 18 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, his father said Monday. The 26-year-old Marrocco, who is from New York City, was injured by a roadside bomb in 2009. He also received bone marrow from the same dead donor who supplied his new arms. That novel approach is aimed at helping his body accept the new limbs with minimal medication to prevent rejection.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Bobn.T, 1/28/2013 5:43:32 PM (No. 9145009)
Let´s pray that Brendan does well and that his life will be long, happy, and wonderfully blessed.
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