Article: Nation's First Child to Receive Heart-Double Lung-Liver Transplant Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Historic Procedure at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Brendon Ednie underwent quadruple-organ transplant at Children's Hospital in August 1998

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The first child in the United States to receive a heart-double lung-liver transplant is marking the 10th year anniversary of his history-making procedure at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Brendon Ednie was 2 years old when he underwent the quadruple-organ transplant at Children's Hospital on Aug. 21, 1998. A team of transplant surgeons began his surgery at 10:30 a.m. and finished 20 hours later. Now 12, Brendon lives in South Daytona, Fla., with his mother and father, Rebecca and Bryon, and his 15-year-old sister, Rachell. He is ...

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