Nine-year-old girl receives six-organ transplant surgery

A nine-year-old girl is making what doctors described as a remarkable recovery Sunday, days after surgeons transplanted six of her organs in a groundbreaking procedure.

The surgery performed last Tuesday on young Alannah Shevenell, sought to remove an aggressive cancerous growth festering since 2008, and that had attacked her stomach, liver, pancreas, esophagus, small intestine and spleen.

The surgery was performed in Boston, Mass., at Children’s Hospital, one of this nation’s most highly regarded medical facilities.

“For just under 100 days Alannah and her grandmother have been staying at Children’s while she received treatment for a rare and aggressive cancer that was compromising several of her internal organs,” the hospital said in a statement.

Dr. Heung Bae Kim, director of the Children’s Pediatric Transplant Center, said the girl is expected to make a complete recovery.