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Hand transplant patient hopes to feel wife's touch

AP Health News - Posted: July 16th, 2009, 8:26pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- From a Pennsylvania hospital bed, Jeff Kepner says he is looking forward to being able to feel his wife's and his daughter's hands when he holds them. The 57-year-old Augusta, Ga., man is the nation's first double hand transplant patient. He held hands with his wife Valarie on Thursday as he talked to news reporters about his recovery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he underwent the nine-hour surgery in early May....

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