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Son of former Carolina Panthers TE Greg Olsen goes home after heart transplant

The 8-year-old son of retired Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen went home on Wednesday less than two weeks after successfully undergoing a heart transplant.

But before TJ left Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, he fulfilled a promise made to his parents to ring the bell that patients often do when they are released.

As the elder Olsen has done throughout the process, he shared the moment on social media.

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"Ever since TJ was admitted into the ICU a little less than a month ago in heart failure, he would lay in bed at night and talk about 'ringing the bell!