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Elbow surgery

an update tonight on a story we brought you this week about the man receiving an elbow transplant. a surgery never done before. we’re happy to report the transplant was completed yesterday. today surgeons tell us they are confident with the procedure – saying it went very well. yesterday we kept you updated as reggie cook was worked on by surgeons for about 12 hours. two teams of surgeons work simultaneously on cook’s arms putting his left elbow into his right arm.. doctors are saying the bone and joints in his elbow came back together very well and that they are pleased with the results. “cook is moving his hand so there is no damage to any nerves during operations and so all of the things we can measure early on went very well.” great news for cook. we will be sure to keep update with his continued progress. have you ever wanted to be a super

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