1.   The newsreader mentioned a child who had gone to the States for a life-saving operation, a vital double transplant that had never been done in Britain.

2.   LITTLE Laura Davies, who was flown to America for a double transplant operation, is due to return home this week.

3.   LITTLE Laura Davies cannot wait to start school after being given the all-clear to travel home following her double transplant operation in America five months ago.

4.   On the flight home, Laura tucked into smoked salmon, fillet steak and raspberries -- proof that her double transplant was a success.

5.   A few months after the article appeared Natalie received the double transplant.

6.   Three patients have received left and right hands in double transplants.

7.   Michael Gehab, vice president for clinic programs at OHSU, said the average wait for a double transplant could be as long as two years.

8.   Without the double transplant, Stroeder is expected to die within two years.