Alannah Shevenell, 9, returned home Wednesday afternoon, three months after receiving six new organs in a groundbreaking operation.
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Alannah Shevenell, 9, returned home Wednesday afternoon, three months after receiving six new organs in a groundbreaking operation.

Maine girl bounces back after successful six-organ transplant

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HOLLIS, Maine — A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.

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