HOUSTON, April 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- A rare quadruple organ transplant at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston gave 14-year-old Maria Mendez the ability to not only live, but eat solid food for the first time in her life. Several months after receiving a new liver, small bowel and two kidneys in a 14-hour operation, Mendez takes her first bite ever of a classic American favorite with Bob Saggi, M.D., transplant surgeon at Memorial Hermann's Texas Liver Center, assistant medical director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Center and a clinical assistant professor at UT Medical School.
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