男孩双手移植的下一个目标:踢足球(更新)
![Zion Harvey, center, who received a double hand transplant in July 2015, shakes hands with a health care worker as his mother Pattie Ray, left, smiles during a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Zion Harvey talked about his progress since receiving a double hand transplant in July 2015, becoming the youngest hand transplant patient in the U.S., and now the boy from the Baltimore suburb of Owings Mills, Md., can throw a ball, zip his clothes and write in his journal. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) 男孩双手移植的下一个目标:踢足球(更新)](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2016/boywithdoubl.jpg)
它已经超过一年9岁的锡安哈维接受了双手移植手术,他说周二他真正想做的是踢足球。
“我觉得开心我的新手中,我不感觉不同。我喜欢现在我可以进一步抛出一个足球比我没有手,”他说,费城儿童医院的一次会议上,他在2015年7月10个小时的手术。他的母亲,医生和理疗师加入他。
全国最年轻的手移植患者已经经历广泛的康复学会使用他的新手中。他失去了他们,他的脚截肢七年前因严重感染,并腿假肢,让他走。
本月早些时候,巴尔的摩郊区男孩展示了他的新能力,扔掉第一球在金莺队比赛。
斯科特•莱文博士锡安组长锡安的手术,说应对手术比很多成年人处理简单的程序。
“我从没见过锡安哭,”莱文说。“我从未见过他不想做治疗。他只是一个了不起的人,更不用说孩子或成人。他有这样的勇气和决心,给了我们灵感。”
![Zion Harvey, center, who received a double hand transplant in July 2015, sits next to his mother Pattie Ray, left, and holds hands with one of his surgeons, L. Scott Levin, right, during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Zion Harvey talked about his progress since receiving a double hand transplant in July 2015, becoming the youngest hand transplant patient in the U.S., and now the boy from the Baltimore suburb of Owings Mills, Md., can throw a ball, zip his clothes and write in his journal. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) 男孩双手移植的下一个目标:踢足球(更新)](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2016/2-boywithdoubl.jpg)
锡安说他的智慧”来自两个最令人惊异的人:我的妈妈,我的祖母,”警告他的妈妈:“不要开始撕毁。”
28人在美国有手移植,和11双手所取代,据联合国机关网络共享。在世界范围内,近100人有手或手臂移植。
肉饼雷他母亲说,这是一个长途旅行,但现在她感觉她住她的梦想。
“这是他的梦想,但它是我的,。我只是经历他,我只是在这里以任何方式支持他,帮助他做任何他想做的事,如果它是一个baseball-not足球。只是一个棒球。”
![Zion Harvey, front right, who received a double hand transplant in July 2015, raises his right arm while sitting next to his mother Pattie Ray, left, during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Zion Harvey talked about his progress since receiving a double hand transplant in July 2015, becoming the youngest hand transplant patient in the U.S., and now the boy from the Baltimore suburb of Owings Mills, Md., can throw a ball, zip his clothes and write in his journal. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) 男孩双手移植的下一个目标:踢足球(更新)](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2016/1-boywithdoubl.jpg)
锡安告诉记者,他的妈妈不让他尝试为足球,并试图反驳她的观点,它太危险,指出他会对小孩子玩,不是专业人士。她告诉他,他们会再讨论。
“我的下一个目标:说服妈妈让我踢足球,”他说。
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